Contacts: "mobile" vs. "iPhone" -- any difference

In the Contacts app, is there any difference is having the label for a person's mobile number as "iPhone" any different than simply "mobile"? Is it only FYI or can the iPhone use the knowlegde that a person's mobile number is an iPhone in some way?

I'm not sure if this is true for all, but the emoji I use will only show up in the receiving phone is also an iPhone.  In that context, it could be helpful to know.  Maybe there are other situations also. 

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    If your not sure what im asking just let me know and i will try to rephrase it or show an example. Thankyou

    I'm not sure if this is true for all, but the emoji I use will only show up in the receiving phone is also an iPhone.  In that context, it could be helpful to know.  Maybe there are other situations also. 

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    My contacts on my iPhone are organized in different groups. I have downloaded a trade show app which gives infos on the exhibitors of the show. It offers to create new contacts from these info. Is there any way to save these new contacts in a specified group instead of putting them into the contacts root, where they are mixed with all the old ones? By the way, can we create a new contacts group directly from the IPhone, without having to go through the sync process with the PC?
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    Sorry, I forgot to bookmark the thread where the app was mentioned, but searching for "group" or "contacts" should bring a few results in the AppStore.

  • When I sync my iPhone 5 to Outlook 2010, the email addresses that I have listed as Email 1 for any given contact in my iPhone will be automatically moved to Email 3 in the Outlook file. Is there a way to fix this?

    When I sync my iPhone 5 to Outlook 2010, the email addresses that I have listed as Email 1 for any given contact in my iPhone will be automatically moved to Email 3 in the Outlook file. Is there a way to fix this?

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  • I recently gave my old iPhone to my nephew, he switched it to his phone account, but somehow I now have his contacts on my new iPhone 5. When I look at my iCloud account, it lists his contacts. Is there any way for me to get my contacts back?

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    Finally, to un-merge the data you will then have to go to icloud.com on your computer and sign into each iCloud account separately and manually delete the data you don't want (i.e., deleting your nephew's data from your account, and vice versa).
    As for recovering your lost contacts, if they aren't on icloud.com when you check from your computer, you will have to recover them from a backup source.  You could try restoring to your last backup but this doesn't always work for contacts.  (Chances are you nephew deleted your contacts from his phone, not realizing it would also delete them from yours.)

  • HT1414 i lost all my data and contacts on my iphone, is any method to get them back into my phone , i think they all in my itune stored but not sure how to use it !!!

    hi ,i lost all my data and contacts on my iphone, is any chance to get them back into my phone , i think they all in my itune stored but not sure how to use it !!!
    plz replay if you know how resolve this problem thanks

    Hello evanfromvic
    If you have a back up in iTunes, you can restore from that back up. The article below will assist with getting that backup restored.
    iOS: How to back up and restore your content
    http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1766
    Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.
    Regards,
    -Norm G.

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