Contacts - where are they stored?

Hi all

I have just purchased a iPhone 4s and the shop have transferred over my contacts. That's fine, but with my previous Phone my contacts were stored on both the phone and the SIM card. So I have all my number appearing twice in my iPhone Contacts list.

What I don't know is where these contacts are stored - in my iPhone or on my new SIM card - or both. My concern is that if I delete the duplicate entries I could be deleting them from the SIM card or from my phone.

So the simple question is, when I add a new contact, where is it stored and how can I tell? My previous phone clearly showed this information.

iPhone 3GS, iOS 4

Posted on Jun 2, 2012 10:23 AM

33 replies

Jun 3, 2012 8:17 AM in response to Community User

You should be syncing and backing up your iPhone regularly to a PC or Mac and therefore your contacts will be backed up to whichever application you use for contacts i.e. Outlook or Address Book.

Sep 11, 2013 1:33 PM in response to HansWorldTravels

Exchange is no longer an option. CardDAV is for contacts. You sync email and calendar throught the regular Gmail set up.

Sep 11, 2013 4:08 PM in response to HansWorldTravels

Since you despise Apple so much, go back to that Swiss cheese for security android advice. You deserve it.

I'm done feeding a troll.

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Contacts - where are they stored?