No "create new contact" option from a text message

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because I even tried it thinking that my phone was just being slow and it wasn’t prompting the other screen to show up

I thank you to everyone for the advice!!!

I am also not a fan of the change!!

Thanks for that. It helped out a friend who was on 17.2.x but I noticed that during our initial troubleshooting my own 17.3 was working the old way without having to click on the image. Anyway he is now updating to 17.3 and we'll see if it returns to normal.

LadyDiEv wrote:

So helpful about the lost ability to create a contact, thank you so much. Apple's new upgrade has been a disservice on so many levels.

So UNHELPFUL to not have read the Best Reply near the top of this page to learn that you have NOT lost the ability to create a contact.

It is not more complicated, it is just different. Things change. I like this better, as it is more intuitive.

You put yourself and your phone at risk if you don’t do updates, because with iOS (and Mac OS) security patches are included in every update.

Please, Apple return the ability to take a text message and be able to just go to info and add new contact. This is ridiculous that you have changed this and it is so frustrating there are several people asking please do a new update. Thank you.

Thank you so much, I have been wondering why it stopped working and there was no information and I was saving them separately, and then removing the message but now I can add them together. Thanks again

Yes this is horribly not intuitive and vastly worse than the prior method. Why make 3 steps when you had one before. Also, it just makes no sense at all. Why would anyone think hey touch the blank picture to create a contact instead of a simple label create new contact when tapping number. Apple is supposed to be better because it is intuitive. It is so unintuitive I have to look up this thread when I have not added a contact in months.

After getting useless advice from others and finding it almost impossible to find an answer to this exact question (people seem to love answering questions that were not asked) you have solved my problem exactly. Your level 1 response was spot on, compared to another level 10 response that was likely boilerplate and ignored the facts I presented.

That’s how I used to do it, but that option seems to be gone now with the most recent update. Do you still have this capability post-update?

Yes, it still works for me. I tried before I posted, because sometimes things do break.

Thanks for confirming! Have a good one.

Same here. Aggravating. I just want to be able to create a contact from a new text number.

So helpful! Thanks

This works but what a PIA, thank for your input, Now apple should maybe return it to normal to avoid frustration! :)