iOS 6 still no grouping/categorizing contacts? other important features still missing

[Armen]

Can someone explain to me how a call log that goes back as far as a year is practical?

In my own experience if you called me 6 months ago I have already called you back and if need be I have added your number to my contacts if I intended to communicate with you further.

 

[cyks]

Can someone explain to me how a call log that goes back as far as a year is practical?

In my own experience if you called me 6 months ago I have already called you back and if need be I have added your number to my contacts if I intended to communicate with you further.

You can't think of any reason that a call log longer than a couple of weeks could be practical?

Even in your own example, what if you didn't foresee having to call that person back 6 months later and didn't make a contact for them?

For work reasons, someone may need to show that they had a conversation/ attempted numerous calls and getting the information from a phone company (especially on a work cell phone) isn't always the easiest thing to do.

If I don't think I'll be needing a phone number again in the future, I generally don't make a contact for it to save to. In the past (with other cell phones), it's been a nice blessing to have that number listed in the history... or, on some phones, it would automatically pop up if I began dialing.


As with most everything else, just because you don't see a need or have a use for something, it doesn't mean that others don't.

 

[Armen]

just because you don't see a need or have a use for something, it doesn't mean that others don't.

I'm not debating whether it's useful or not. I wanted to hear How others found it useful.

 

[AdelaidePete]

Can Group Contacts in IOS 6 Using Apps

I have two apps in my iPhone 5 that help me set up and use Groups.
Tacts lets me set up and assign contacts to groups - works great!
Power Contacts lets me browse a group with thumbnail images.
When I first used the former and synced to my MacMini, the groups turned up on my Mac but they no longer update their existence or membership.
I think that broke when I went to Mountain Lion, along with Notes sync.
I have to send contacts via iMessage, click the .vcf file and manually drag to groups.

I use iTunes to backup and sync what I can. I so far am trying to avoid iCloud so I can limit data consumption when international roaming - sorry Apple & money hungry telco's. On the Mac I can address to a Group name which, with the right checkboxes un-ticked, lets me send hiding email addresses from my recipients respecting their privacy - a boon. Can not seem to do so on the iPhone though?

 

[LithePanther]

You can't think of any reason that a call log longer than a couple of weeks could be practical?

Even in your own example, what if you didn't foresee having to call that person back 6 months later and didn't make a contact for them?

For work reasons, someone may need to show that they had a conversation/ attempted numerous calls and getting the information from a phone company (especially on a work cell phone) isn't always the easiest thing to do.

If I don't think I'll be needing a phone number again in the future, I generally don't make a contact for it to save to. In the past (with other cell phones), it's been a nice blessing to have that number listed in the history... or, on some phones, it would automatically pop up if I began dialing.


As with most everything else, just because you don't see a need or have a use for something, it doesn't mean that others don't.

And since it's for such a niche group, it doesn't need to exist. I am SO sick of people thinking every feature they can possibly think of needs to go into iOS and just because it was on a older, obsolete phone all the new ones should have it.

Get over it. Stop acting like spoiled children. Honestly...

Put it in a suggestions thread. Stop ranting on about it. No one gives a crap.

 

[Rajani Isa]

And since it's for such a niche group, it doesn't need to exist. I am SO sick of people thinking every feature they can possibly think of needs to go into iOS and just because it was on a older, obsolete phone all the new ones should have it.

Get over it. Stop acting like spoiled children. Honestly...

Put it in a suggestions thread. Stop ranting on about it. No one gives a crap.

Apparently someone does or they wouldn't be upset it wasn't in iOS6.

 

[blitzer09x87]

agreed, the iphone should remember more conacts, i get hundreds of calls in a week, and i want my phone to remember all those contacts so that i can call back. apple should improve this.

 

[desertman]

Having to use a Mac/PC to create/delete groups to use in iOS is ridiculous.

no its not, your managing it on icloud which is where you should manage it anyway as its easier

... and how do you do that on an iPad?

When I log into my iCloud account - with Safari on my iPad - I do not get into my actual iCloud account (as I do when logging in with Safari on my Mac) but just onto a page where I could setup iCloud even though it is, of course, setup already. Quite stupid, I think.