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Q: What happened to the phone icon on my iPad ?

what happened to the phone icon on my IPad?

iPad Mini, iOS 9.0.2

Posted on Oct 16, 2015 9:13 AM

by Phil0124,Solvedanswer
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where  is the phone icon with the various options such as favorites recent contacts keypad and voicemail ?

As I said, the Phone App does not exist on an iPad. It has never existed on an iPad.  Those options are only available on iPhones.

 

You cannot dial a random number from an iPad. You can place calls by tapping the number in a Contact in the Contacts app.

 

But there has never been a dialer on iPad.

 

If you have an iPhone, you can use Continuity to place  Cellular calls through the iPhone from the iPad,by again tapping the phone icon next to the Phone number in a contact in the Contacts App.

 

Use Continuity to connect your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, and Mac - Apple Support

 

Once again, there is no Phone App (icon) on an iPad.

Posted on Oct 16, 2015 9:57 AM

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  • by Phil0124,

    Phil0124 Phil0124 Oct 16, 2015 9:18 AM in response to Jbwsw1
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    Oct 16, 2015 9:18 AM in response to Jbwsw1

    What phone icon?

     

    The iPad is not a phone, it does not have a phone app like an iPhone would.

     

    Please explain in detail what it is you are referring to.

  • by Jbwsw1,

    Jbwsw1 Jbwsw1 Oct 16, 2015 9:23 AM in response to Phil0124
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    Oct 16, 2015 9:23 AM in response to Phil0124

    I can make telephone calls from my contact list but I can no longer enter random phone numbers like before  where  is the phone icon with the various options such as favorites recent contacts keypad and voicemail ?

  • by Phil0124,Solvedanswer

    Phil0124 Phil0124 Oct 16, 2015 9:57 AM in response to Jbwsw1
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    Oct 16, 2015 9:57 AM in response to Jbwsw1

    where  is the phone icon with the various options such as favorites recent contacts keypad and voicemail ?

    As I said, the Phone App does not exist on an iPad. It has never existed on an iPad.  Those options are only available on iPhones.

     

    You cannot dial a random number from an iPad. You can place calls by tapping the number in a Contact in the Contacts app.

     

    But there has never been a dialer on iPad.

     

    If you have an iPhone, you can use Continuity to place  Cellular calls through the iPhone from the iPad,by again tapping the phone icon next to the Phone number in a contact in the Contacts App.

     

    Use Continuity to connect your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, and Mac - Apple Support

     

    Once again, there is no Phone App (icon) on an iPad.

  • by Jbwsw1,

    Jbwsw1 Jbwsw1 Oct 16, 2015 9:57 AM in response to Phil0124
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    Oct 16, 2015 9:57 AM in response to Phil0124

    Thanks Phil,

     

    I just got the Ipad. Shocked that the phone app is not designed in it especially since it has that capability as you described.

     

    Thanks again for your help,

    John

  • by Phil0124,

    Phil0124 Phil0124 Oct 16, 2015 10:03 AM in response to Jbwsw1
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    Oct 16, 2015 10:03 AM in response to Jbwsw1

    iPads were never designed to place calls on there own, so a Phone App would be kind of useless on them.

     

    When Continuity was implemented it, it was done so as an extension of an iPhone, so all calls are placed through the iPhone, so again, no real need for the Phone icon on the iPad.

     

    Its just not something iPads can use on their own, so its not included to avoid having a useless icon if you do not own an iPhone.

     

    And if you do, you can only place calls to your contacts. Other calls must be placed through the iPhone anyway.