Sorting Contacts on iPhone

Is it possible to sort contacts by "company" rather than by first or last name?

You can't sort your contacts by anything but name directly on the phone, but a little work on the computer can give a result that might work. I create groups in my contact manager that syncs to the iPhone. I can put people from different businesses in different groups. That way I can choose a specific group to look through, rather than all the contacts. It also works to separate out family and friends, etc. But you can't create the groups on the phone, only on the computer, and then sync them to the phone.

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  • Sorting contacts on iphone by company rather than individual names

    has anyone seen an application that will sort the contacts by company name rather than the individual names?

    You can't sort your contacts by anything but name directly on the phone, but a little work on the computer can give a result that might work. I create groups in my contact manager that syncs to the iPhone. I can put people from different businesses in different groups. That way I can choose a specific group to look through, rather than all the contacts. It also works to separate out family and friends, etc. But you can't create the groups on the phone, only on the computer, and then sync them to the phone.

  • How to Control the Sorting Order of iPhone Contacts from Outlook?

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  • How can i sort contacts according to company name on my iPhone

    how can i sort contacts according to company name on my iPhone

    That is not a sorting option in the built in app. There are other apps in the App Store that can access your contact information. Perhaps there is one that will let you do that.

  • Sort contacts by company

    I just bough the new Iphone 4. Can you sort contacts by company rather than name?

    In iOS 4 and 5 you could do it by creating the company name first, saving it and then going back to add the first and last name. In iOS 7 it is not possible to sort by company name no matter what you do.

  • Force iPhone to put newly added contacts under iPhone contact group

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    Message was edited by: apac

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    Pleas help me
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    or here:
    Removing and reinstalling iTunes, QuickTime, and other software components for Windows Vista or Windows 7
    http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1923
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    David

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    via iTunes on your computer
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