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Create contact

You can save your contacts in your phone's address book. You can save additional information to a contact such as email address and personal ring tone.

Sony Xperia Z1
Sony Xperia Z1
Sony Xperia Z1
Sony Xperia Z1
Sony Xperia Z1
Sony Xperia Z1
  • 1
    Find "Contacts"
    • Press the menu icon.
    • Press Contacts.
  • 2
    Create contact
    • Press the new contact icon.
  • 3
    Enter name
    • Key in the required first name.
    • Press Last name and key in the required last name.
  • 4
    Select address book
    • Press the drop down list below the name.
    • Press Phone contact.
    • If you select Phone contact, the contact is created in your phone's address book. If you select SIM contact, the contact is created on your SIM. If you select an account, the contact is attached to this account but is also displayed on your phone.
  • 5
    Enter phone number
    • Press Phone and key in the required phone number.
    • Press the drop down list next to the phone number.
    • Press the required number type.
    • If you key in the phone number with a + followed by the country code, you can also call contacts in the address book when you're abroad.
  • 6
    Enter email address
    • Press Email and key in the required email address.
    • Press the drop down list next to the email address.
    • Press the required email type.
  • 7
    Add more information
    • You can add more information to the contact. The following steps show two examples:
    • Assign picture, go to 7a.
    • Assign ring tone, go to 7b.
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    7a - Assign picture
    • Press the camera icon.
    • To take a new picture:
    • Press Take photo.
    • Point the camera lens at the required object and press the camera icon to take the picture.
    • To assign an existing picture:
    • Press Choose photo from Album.
    • Press the required picture.
    • Drag the frame to the required position to select the required detail.
    • Press Crop.
  • 9
    7b - Assign ring tone
    • Press the menu icon.
    • Press Set ringtone.
    • Press the different ring tones to listen to them.
    • Once you've found a ring tone you like, press Done.
  • 10
    Save contact
    • Press Done.
  • 11
    Return to the home screen
    • Press the home icon to return to the home screen.