Use Contacts from the Phone app on iPhone
In the Phone app on iPhone, you can call contacts and add recent callers to the Contacts app .
Add a Favorite
You can add VIP contacts to your Favorites list for quick dialing.
Select a contact, scroll down, then tap Add to Favorites.
Calls from these contacts bypass Do Not Disturb (see Turn a Focus on or off on iPhone).
Save the number you just dialed
In the Phone app
, tap Keypad, enter a number, then tap Add Number.
Tap Create New Contact, or Add to Existing Contact, then select a contact.
Add a recent caller to Contacts
In the Phone app
, tap Recents, then tap
next to the number.
Tap Create New Contact, or Add to Existing Contact, then select a contact.
Automate dialing an extension or passcode
If the number you’re calling requires dialing an extension, iPhone can enter it for you. When editing a contact’s phone number, tap , then do any of the following:
Tap Pause to enter a two-second pause (a two-second pause is represented as a comma in the phone number).
Tap Wait to stop dialing until you tap Dial again (wait-to-dial is represented as a semicolon in the phone number).
