Finding a Contact in iPhone

I am very curious if iPhone has a search capability for Contacts! I have 4000 contacts in Address Book, which currently sync to my Blackberry. When I tested the iPhone the sales rep said it was scroll only. This can NOT be. Why wouldn't they want people who also use their phones for business to be able to use the iPhone. If it's not searchable, I can't get this phone. Am I missing something?

OMG....I sincerely wish people would do a search PRIOR to posting, especially when they already have the answer from an Apple employee. This non-function has been beat to death on these forums. There are numerous threads cluttering the board concerning the fact that what? you guessed it. You CAN'T search your contacts! If this is a feature you would like to see on the iPhone (which I do) you may tell Apple about it here: http://www.apple.com/feedback/iphone.html
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