Linked contacts - what's the point?

markmcrobie said:

But if I have a contact with multiple details I simply add "home", "work", etc details within the original card.

any ideas?

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Sorry for bumping an old thread, but it just came up on a search.

This might be handy for folks that sync contacts to their iPhones from multiple sources (i.e. their work, via Exchange + personal, via iCloud).

If a contact exists in both sources, they'd show up twice on your iPhone until you deleted them entirely off all of your sources but one.

Personally, that's how I'd handle it, but I know that approach won't fly for some. They'd want that contact to continue to exist (with just work-related info) in their work contacts, while simultaneously existing (with just personal info) in their personal contacts. So I guess being able to link them on the iPhone solves the issue of that contact show up twice.