Facetime calling with other users

Is there a way to know that another contact has Facetime capability also? I have a contact set up but do not know if they have Facetime also to use the Facetime feature. If I make a call to a a contact who does not have Facetime, what happens? Do they see it as a normal call or do you simply get disconnected?

Not unless you know a contact has an iPhone 4. The iPhone includes an iPhone label for a contact's phone number in addition to the standard mobile label for a cell phone.
Since FaceTime can be done over wi-fi only, if trying to initiate a FaceTime call without placing a regular call first and the person you are calling is not an iPhone 4 user or if an iPhone 4 user with their iPhone not connected to an available wi-fi network at the time, nothing happens on the other end.
Best to place a regular call first and ask - do you have an iPhone 4 and if so, change the label for the contact's mobile phone number entry to iPhone with the contact's info, and then ask are you connected to an available wi-fi network. If the answer is yes to both, you can switch to FaceTime from the regular call.

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I have one problem with my iphone 4s i c"ant make facetime calls with other iphons. olso when i make calls on the facetime icon is question sign! can any oane hellp me! wath my be the problem because it is all new iphone!

i have one problem with my iphone 4s i c"ant make facetime calls with other iphons. olso when i make calls on the facetime icon is question sign! can any oane hellp me! wath my be the problem because it is all new iphone!

First question where ae you located? If you're in the Middle East or UAE, factime has been restricted by the government.
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