iOS 17: How to Create Your Own Contact Poster

[kingtj1971]

If you were at my dinner party your phone would be in your jacket pocket in the cloakroom. Give your fellow diners and your hosts your full attention or hit the road.

Fair enough. I'm not the kind to attend dinner parties formal enough to require suit jackets or restaurants with coat rooms, though. (After buying the new iPhone, my budget is more Arby's or Wendy's. Heh.)

 

[iPay]

For those of you who say that Apple doesnt innovate any longer. How do you explain contact posters? Checkmate ppl....

Reminds me of ancient times when you could send personalized ringtones to recipients... Didn't last long due to NSFW content. How is it handled this time? Recipients should be able to approve all, none or some, and install them as contact pictures imho.

 

[zorinlynx]

Why would I let the recipient know that I own an iPhone? For me that feels like an unpaid ad for Apple. It is like a blue bubble. For me it would be quite embarrassing if others learn that I bought an overpriced phone. That information can be quite damaging in the wrong hands. Research has shown that some online stores or hotel platforms show higher prices to iPhone users than to Android users, as iPhone users are less price sensitive.

Just FYI, anyone can find out if you have an iPhone or not by opening a new Messages window and punching in your phone number.

The message box will say "iMessage" if you have an iPhone, or "Text Message" if you don't. This has been the case for many, many years now. They don't even have to send a message, just open the window to send and look at the text input box.

 

[Dble07]

For those of us that have dual sims in our phones, I wish there was a way to configure two of these, one for each Sim (work number and personal number). Otherwise this is pretty cool.

Also, there’s a mechanism in place to stop pics from automatically showing up.

I said this weeks ago, hoping it might gain some traction. I even put in a request through Apple. Fingers crossed it comes to 17.1 or 17.2

 

[ikramerica]

If you were at my dinner party your phone would be in your jacket pocket in the cloakroom. Give your fellow diners and your hosts your full attention or hit the road.

I had to convert the cloakroom to the nanny’s lounge once the baby came.

 

[Skyscraperfan]

Just FYI, anyone can find out if you have an iPhone or not by opening a new Messages window and punching in your phone number.

The message box will say "iMessage" if you have an iPhone, or "Text Message" if you don't. This has been the case for many, many years now. They don't even have to send a message, just open the window to send and look at the text input box.

How is that information shared? Does Apple store that Information and send it to anyone who wants it? Could I just type in random numbers to look for iPhone owners? Imagine the consequences.

 

[Ntombi]

So you can only make your own? So people who call me who never bother to upgrade (probably vast majority, family etc) I’ll either have to borrow their phones and do it for them or just accept it’s feature that won’t work in many cases? Especially android users! I assumed I could create contact cards much like you do now, so when my mother rings, i see the photo I’ve chosen to see etc.

No, I have always had contact photos for people, and in iOS 17, they’ve only been replaced if the person adds one on their end. So, like several of my friends on the PB have updated theirs, but everyone else’s has stayed the same.

 

[Yujenisis]

So you can only make your own? So people who call me who never bother to upgrade (probably vast majority, family etc) I’ll either have to borrow their phones and do it for them or just accept it’s feature that won’t work in many cases? Especially android users! I assumed I could create contact cards much like you do now, so when my mother rings, i see the photo I’ve chosen to see etc.

You can make customized ones for anyone in your address book. Here’s an example of an Android contact.

 

[Yptcn]

No, I have always had contact photos for people, and in iOS 17, they’ve only been replaced if the person adds one on their end. So, like several of my friends on the PB have updated theirs, but everyone else’s has stayed the same.

Exactly what I wanted to know 👍🏻

 

[MysteriousStain]

No ability to have separate professional and friends/family posters?

 

[fwmireault]

So you can only make your own? So people who call me who never bother to upgrade (probably vast majority, family etc) I’ll either have to borrow their phones and do it for them or just accept it’s feature that won’t work in many cases?

No, you can have a personalized poster for them, but people around you will have the option to share their own, and you can then select the poster you prefer

 

[JippaLippa]

These updates to the UI are useless, but they make the phone feel fresh and more modern.
A frivolous, but welcome change.

 

[DesignTime]

Can businesses use this feature to promo their daily deals, offers or promotions? If not, that's a potential revenue option for Apple to sale businesses on.

 

[2Xtreme21]

Would love to but mine says "DISABLED".....what am I missing....is it country and carrier specific....UK user

Mine has been “Disabled” since Beta 1. When tapping on it to go into the menu it just highlights grey and doesn’t go anywhere. I submitted a Feedback on this topic way back then but haven’t heard anything. You’re so far the only other person I’ve seen with this issue.

I’m in Germany. Maybe it’s a US only thing??

 

[DaveTheRave]

How does this differ from Share Name & Photo on Messages? That displays my contacts pic when they call me.

 

[svish]

Good article. Nice to have customization options

 

[eastpointvet]

How does this differ from Share Name & Photo on Messages? That displays my contacts pic when they call me.

Nothing really besides its an upgraded version of this. Im surprised by the number of replies as if it didnt exist at all before.

 

[eastpointvet]

You can make a poster for anyone. My only gripe is if you have an emoji besides a name in your contact list it shows as whatever color you have the name in instead of the color of the emoji itself

 

[ProfessionalFan]

How does this differ from Share Name & Photo on Messages? That displays my contacts pic when they call me.

This added a customizable poster to the mix which uses the same kind of editing tools as the Lock Screen customizer.

 

[ProfessionalFan]

Delete

 

[CarAnalogy]

It's probably for those with a hard lightning connection for some accessory. I'm glad they made this adapter.

Hmm… so if someone creates their contact poster with some kind of obscene or NSFW image, it’s going to display on the unlucky recipient’s phone?

This will be.... interesting.

Does this only work if you have the person in your contact list?

Making my poster now! 😉

That's my first thought, since it's the kind of thing I would try.

I assume they will implement the same tech that blocks such images on Messages, so that's a no go.

However, it might not stop an image of a huge cucumber between two oranges and other such designs.

So we're back in business, kind of.

Apple addresses this. Contact Posters only show up from your contacts. So yeah I guess your friends can prank you by changing their contact poster.

Edit: though thinking about this a bit more, it changes that poster for everyone so if it’s a number they actually care about they probably don’t want to do anything too crazy with it.

Phone app -> edit in top left corner -> tap name -> Name and photo sharing toggle off

To turn off receiving them you have to turn off sending them too.

 

[cubedweller]

My contact poster won’t show up on my wife’s phone and I don’t know why 😫😫 everything appears to be setup properly although my wife hasn’t created her poster yet.

The entire experience is super buggy right now. I tried re-cropping some of the images, but the re-cropped image won't persist (even though it saves, shows while I'm still in the contact card, but as soon as I leave contacts, the old version comes back).

 

[yudilks]

Mine has been “Disabled” since Beta 1. When tapping on it to go into the menu it just highlights grey and doesn’t go anywhere. I submitted a Feedback on this topic way back then but haven’t heard anything. You’re so far the only other person I’ve seen with this issue.

I’m in Germany. Maybe it’s a US only thing??

Someone replied in reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/iOSBeta/comments/14211a4

Do you have your account signed in on any other device with another number? just disabled iMessages and Facetime on my other devices that use different numbers and it worked for me afterwards..

This tips works for me!!

 

[Yptcn]

I had to do over all my important contacts so I could get them full screen 🙄 . I'm sure most people I know won't even look into this !

 

[bizzwriter]

My contact poster won’t show up on my wife’s phone and I don’t know why 😫😫 everything appears to be setup properly although my wife hasn’t created her poster yet.

The entire experience is super buggy right now. I tried re-cropping some of the images, but the re-cropped image won't persist (even though it saves, shows while I'm still in the contact card, but as soon as I leave contacts, the old version comes back).

Ditto. Except my wife created hers too. I can't see my wife's, and she can't see mine. Super bummed!