IOS – iPhone custom label in contacts

A custom label will have to suffice here. I have many contacts with their cell phones listed as 'mobile', and then a custom 'Google Voice' labeled number.

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An alternative to this is to make the change via Address Book.app on your computer, then sync the contacts to your phone.

Custom labels are available in all contact adding/modification screens.

First, browse to a contact, and tap the label name (to the left of a phone number, e-mail address, etc.). You will see the list of labels.

Second, swipe all the way to the bottom, and tap on "Add Custom Label".

Type in a new Custom Label;

And then it will be displayed next to the number.

It will now appear in a list of custom labels on later access.

You can't - in a straight-forward way.

The best work-around is to tap the "Contacts" button on the call screen. This will bring up your list of contacts which you can then select to see the number(s).

The good news: iPhone remembers you position in the contacts when you initiated the call so you don't have to scroll down all the way from "A" contacts.

The bad news: Hopefully you don't have more then one number for a contact. If you do (and most probably do), there is no way to know which of those 2 or 3 numbers you choose when you called the contact.

Interestingly enough, iPhone is nice enough to tell you which (of several under a single contact you are calling) number you are calling when you add a second call. Apparently as of iOS 6.1.3, iPhone no longer does this.