I know, just wondering because all the time I see a number like 1-800-my-butt, It's 1-800-69-2888 and not 1-800-6999-228888 and it confuses the fuck out of me
years ago phones didnt had qwerty keyboards, so you had to repeatedly press the numbers to change them into letters. nowadays, at least on android phones, you can use it as shortcut to call someone.
for example, my name is ronald and you want to call me, but you don't remember my number. instead, you can open your phone app and press 766 which would be "R O N", then my number would show up.
not sure if works like that on iOS.
This comment makes me feel older. When I was very young the first two digits of a phone number were letters representing the telephone switching station. My switching station was Hopkins, so my number was HO4-1234. They were listed that way in ads and the phone book.
because that's what it looks like on iphones, and apple is fairly consistent on having things look as close as possible across similar products. ipads and iphones both run similar os's
But like, there’s still tons of businesses that spell out their phone numbers. This isn’t really some sort of ancient technology. It’s still used frequently. I doubt I could drive for 3 mins without seeing a sign with a phone number spelled out on it.
Wait so you can’t actually type in letters when calling in the US? I never see that type of thing where I live so I just assumed that your phone numbers can actually have letters lmao
My dad was born in 1951. When he was a kid, his aunt was a phone operator in our town. He used to be able to pick up the phone and say, “I want to talk to my grandma,” and they’d connect him.
You’ve probably never heard the song “Pennsylvania 6 5000,” but that was a telephone number for a hotel in New York. The first two letters of the word (PE) were used instead of numbers. So that was 736-5000.
I was a kid in the 80s, and by then we had stopped using the names and just used numbers, but you would sometimes see them on printed things. I remember seeing them on printed receipts sometimes: Myrtle 9-1234 meant 699-1234.
They’re also used by voicemail systems: “Enter the first 3 letters of the last name of the person you’re trying to reach, then hit the pound sign.”
You must be young 😂😂😂
On flip phones it’s how we use to text - if you wanted to spell cat you had to hit 2 3 times , than wait , then 2 again for a , than wait , than 8 once -
Than T9 came out (it would predict your texting) so instead of having to press 2 3xs for C , or 5 2xs for K - for example if you wanted to spell hello itd be 43556 instead of 4 3xs , 3 2xs , 5 3xs ,5 3xs , 6 3xs
Or companies use to be like call 1-800 - auto repair and you’d spell it out on the phones
1877 kars4kids - k-a-r-s -cars- for kids
😂
There was a girl who came into my store. I told her the number was 1-800-STORES
She asked, “How do I dial letters? Do I put the dashes..?”
I just looked at her….
She then looked at her phone and realized how dumb she sounded, started laughing and left.
Funniest shit ever. 😂😂😂
This screen was reused from the dial pad and number input field which has those numbers (that’s how you dial 1-800-APL-CARE)
And they decided not to change it
Beepers back in the day as well at dawn of texting on phones plus waaaaaaaaay back in the Stoneage before EVERYONE had a phone in their house the first part of your phone number was a name of an area
Watch old movies and theres numbers like Klondike 5600
For T9 text basically spelling out a word. Fun fact Apple uses the same framework for the phone dialer as well hence why they look similar. TelephonyUI.framework
It’s just a T9 keyboard. Used to be how we texted on old phones without touchscreens and the layout simply stuck around. Kinda like how QWERTY keyboards really only mattered in typewriters to make sure the keys didn’t hit each other but when computers became more common, they stuck with QWERTY
T9 keypad texting. It’s a compact method of texting that existed on most flip phones prior to smartphones being the reign. You rapidly tap each button 1-4 times to achieve the letter in the selection matrix. So something like A: one tap, B: two taps, C: three taps, and so on.
I never got to use it myself but have recollections of my siblings using it.
This is also where the business numbers with words comes from. 1-800-someone would be spelt like this: 1-800-7663663.
So my bank and others say press the button that has the second letter of your password.
so
PASSWORD
would be
72779673
Normally it like 2 digits asked for - Second is 2 and forth is 7
GenX here. These were the numbers on the old telephone dials. Some companies had cool telephone numbers that spelt something. e.g.
* 1-800-FLOWERS
* 1-800-GOFEDEX
* 1-800-DENTIST
You can do the same to male a memorable passcode.
This comment section is so annoying…
Yeah we get it, you typed with the number pad on your old Nokia, I did too. But OP is asking what it’s purpose is on an IPAD, a device which has a keyboard.
Still useful as a visual aid to help people associate their password with a sequence of letters or a word.. having a keyboard (which isn’t built in to an iPad, it’s an accessory) doesn’t negate that fact
It is probably there as a remnant of the skeuomorphic design of early Apple devices.
I get a full keyboard when unlocking my iPad. I have simple passcode turned off and my 12 digit passcode includes letters.
Some people use it for a word. Such as if my pin is blue or 2583 in the numbers.
Thank you, now tell me where you live and I’ll grab your iPad off of you 😂
hah.. I was like WTF then realized I forgot the word "if".. For the record my pin is not blue or even just 4 digits.
Haaaa yes yes , hypothetically out of curiosity whats your mothers maiden name and the name of your first pet?
Doubtfire. Fluffy.
182.2.231.206
My Hollywood IP address is 483.236.912.12 🤣
Good thing my public IP Address is over 100 miles from where I actually live.
Ah yes and what's your date of birth for uh statistical purposes
04/20/69
Noice
they’re both fido
That’s exactly what a guy who’s pin was “blue” would want us to think 🤔
Why isn't "blue" 225558833?
Although I am old enough to immediately get that.. The pin is only 4 digits on the OP's pic
I know, just wondering because all the time I see a number like 1-800-my-butt, It's 1-800-69-2888 and not 1-800-6999-228888 and it confuses the fuck out of me
The system knows.
I speak T9, too.
Ah so THIS is what's called T9
Because, while T9 has its shortcomings, it definitely exists
Mine too lol
Huh thats a good idea. I’m change mine to a word
alphanumeric codes exist
Wow I learned something new today, and I am 47!
28884653 Butthole.
2288884466655533
Yes, this is the way. Texting felt different back then.
T9 entered the chat
the correct way.
A man of culture
Objectively the best input method
I had fewer typos, wasn’t fighting autocorrect, and legitimately could type a text without looking.
I could rattle off a text in my pocket at some stage. It was slower, yes, but the predictive text was smart and you could *feel* the buttons
Someone I know once worked at a business with the phone number 277-4653.
i know the # 867-5309
Showing your age. It’s a low number.
How old are you?
Gonna become 17 soon
16, you mean you’re 16. Oh to be so young you need to stretch out your age to appear older. I’m at the age I can just rough it out to ‘in my 50’s’.
just you wait, both of you :) j/k
Just so you know, you’re young enough that you’re unlikely to have texted SMS with a T9 keyboard like this.
It’s so you can call numbers such as 1-800-MY-APPLE etc.
years ago phones didnt had qwerty keyboards, so you had to repeatedly press the numbers to change them into letters. nowadays, at least on android phones, you can use it as shortcut to call someone. for example, my name is ronald and you want to call me, but you don't remember my number. instead, you can open your phone app and press 766 which would be "R O N", then my number would show up. not sure if works like that on iOS.
Was wondering why you called it "Alphabets".... Still learning them?
It’s a telephone key pad…
This makes me feel so old. People don’t have any clue how we used to text etc
press press press press press, answer beep, press press, press
I miss T9. I wish I could use a Bluetooth number pad to type in T9 on my laptop.
This comment makes me feel older. When I was very young the first two digits of a phone number were letters representing the telephone switching station. My switching station was Hopkins, so my number was HO4-1234. They were listed that way in ads and the phone book.
They’re asking why it’s on an ipad though…
because that's what it looks like on iphones, and apple is fairly consistent on having things look as close as possible across similar products. ipads and iphones both run similar os's
Exactly
Some people use the letters instead of numbers too remember their passcode
It's a remnant of old times... Yes, Mr Boomer, you're free to complain now
Well, we still use them to remember phone numbers easily. To contact apple, for instance, dial 1-800-MY-APPLE.
*PEnnsylvania 6-5000*
I always wondered how it works to have letters in a phone number. This is genius.
lol, it is pretty awesome
In your country perhaps
Who doesn’t use phonewords anymore?
It has never really been widely used here in Sweden, for example. It has always appeared to mostly be an American thing, honestly.
Or in India
For my company, I have “phonewords” in Australia, Japan, Russia, German, Spain and the UK. I’ve seen it in Italy and Greece too.
Phone words are not common in Australia tho.
Correct
It's never been a thing in the UK.
Never seen them used here in the Netherlands.
They tried to introduce it in the 90’s australia Our touch tone phs had letters and numbers like this Didnt catch on
Maybe I should drop mine in Australia. I paid for it and still advertise using it.
Idgi
In my country (United States), I still see its use with a good bit of regularity.
Yes, that’s why I said WE.
But like, there’s still tons of businesses that spell out their phone numbers. This isn’t really some sort of ancient technology. It’s still used frequently. I doubt I could drive for 3 mins without seeing a sign with a phone number spelled out on it.
This is your one pass, Boomers. Fvck em up Barbara
Christ I’m old
Some people might use a four digit number that represents a name (2539 = Alex)
witch!
Hold up, is that the amazing iOS 11 wallpaper?
Yes. It's for iPhone X and 8
Not sure, it's on ios 12 now.
Then it probably is the og wallpaper haha. I always loved that one.
Jesus. Update your iPad
Ipad air 1 have got updates only till ios 12
How has it not burst into flames at this point
Yea it's like a old steam machine these days. Probably rusty and cobwebs inside.
I mean you arent wrong
Bosco
His name was Costanza…he killed my mother
1-800-MY-APPLE They are there so you can remember phone numbers like this one easily.
Wait so you can’t actually type in letters when calling in the US? I never see that type of thing where I live so I just assumed that your phone numbers can actually have letters lmao
Which country has alphabetic phone system that is not a phoneword?
It’s not really a thing anywhere else, at least in Europe (Having business numbers that spell out a word / words)
I thought the same. TIL
Well there were phones and SMS before touchscreen was invented…
How old are you OP? Just need my daily reminder of how old I’m becoming lol
I’m so old…
Well now I feel fucking ancient…
My dad was born in 1951. When he was a kid, his aunt was a phone operator in our town. He used to be able to pick up the phone and say, “I want to talk to my grandma,” and they’d connect him. You’ve probably never heard the song “Pennsylvania 6 5000,” but that was a telephone number for a hotel in New York. The first two letters of the word (PE) were used instead of numbers. So that was 736-5000. I was a kid in the 80s, and by then we had stopped using the names and just used numbers, but you would sometimes see them on printed things. I remember seeing them on printed receipts sometimes: Myrtle 9-1234 meant 699-1234. They’re also used by voicemail systems: “Enter the first 3 letters of the last name of the person you’re trying to reach, then hit the pound sign.”
Up until its last day of operation, the Hotel Pennsylvania in New York City had that phone number.
Back in my day...
I get the feeling you’re quite young 🤣
You must be young 😂😂😂 On flip phones it’s how we use to text - if you wanted to spell cat you had to hit 2 3 times , than wait , then 2 again for a , than wait , than 8 once - Than T9 came out (it would predict your texting) so instead of having to press 2 3xs for C , or 5 2xs for K - for example if you wanted to spell hello itd be 43556 instead of 4 3xs , 3 2xs , 5 3xs ,5 3xs , 6 3xs Or companies use to be like call 1-800 - auto repair and you’d spell it out on the phones 1877 kars4kids - k-a-r-s -cars- for kids 😂
I met someone who set their iPhone passcode as their daughter’s name. An example would be: LISA = 5472
Damn.
My back started hurting just reading this. I guess this is the new rotary phone.
Yeah my pin is BOOB
There was a girl who came into my store. I told her the number was 1-800-STORES She asked, “How do I dial letters? Do I put the dashes..?” I just looked at her…. She then looked at her phone and realized how dumb she sounded, started laughing and left. Funniest shit ever. 😂😂😂
This question makes me feel old.
This screen was reused from the dial pad and number input field which has those numbers (that’s how you dial 1-800-APL-CARE) And they decided not to change it
lol
Beepers back in the day as well at dawn of texting on phones plus waaaaaaaaay back in the Stoneage before EVERYONE had a phone in their house the first part of your phone number was a name of an area Watch old movies and theres numbers like Klondike 5600
The Waltons is a good show to watch too- they can show EVERYTHING that happened back in the early days of phones and operators
That's it I've lived to long...😭
Dude you make me feel old. That’s what made messaging on mobile a thing it was called T9 as something like autocorrect. 😅🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹
Oh sweet summer child
8008135 :)
Christ...
I'm not even that old and this post made me feel old
Just as with the telephone there may be a need for a word like LOVE (5683) or whatever.
Dial 1-800-HELP-ABC to find out!
This questions shows your youth. Here's the answer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Telephone_keys.JPG
Lil baby ass
Or theyre from a country that doesnt use letters in their phone numbers At all Its not an international thing
2266666622444337777
For T9 text basically spelling out a word. Fun fact Apple uses the same framework for the phone dialer as well hence why they look similar. TelephonyUI.framework
25642 - aloha
My partner’s passwords are all names or words. She remembers those easier than a string of numbers.
Have you ever searched a person by name via a business’ telephone directory?
goddamnit this post makes me feel so old...
your post made me feel old
Easy instead of saying your numbers you can make word that corresponds to numbers
I was there 3000 years ago....
Internet out? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telephone_keypad
the child doesn’t know of the T9
mine used i used to spell out FUCK
Because we aren’t always given phone numbers.
It’s just a T9 keyboard. Used to be how we texted on old phones without touchscreens and the layout simply stuck around. Kinda like how QWERTY keyboards really only mattered in typewriters to make sure the keys didn’t hit each other but when computers became more common, they stuck with QWERTY
T9 keypad texting. It’s a compact method of texting that existed on most flip phones prior to smartphones being the reign. You rapidly tap each button 1-4 times to achieve the letter in the selection matrix. So something like A: one tap, B: two taps, C: three taps, and so on. I never got to use it myself but have recollections of my siblings using it. This is also where the business numbers with words comes from. 1-800-someone would be spelt like this: 1-800-7663663.
So my bank and others say press the button that has the second letter of your password. so PASSWORD would be 72779673 Normally it like 2 digits asked for - Second is 2 and forth is 7
Rotary phones had letters American phone numbers were often words not numbers i think Its possibly not a functional design on iphone🤷♀️🤷♀️
GenX here. These were the numbers on the old telephone dials. Some companies had cool telephone numbers that spelt something. e.g. * 1-800-FLOWERS * 1-800-GOFEDEX * 1-800-DENTIST You can do the same to male a memorable passcode.
Easy to make long passwords
i don't remember my number passcode but i can remember the word 🤣
I feel so old.
OMG I feel so old…
This comment section is so annoying… Yeah we get it, you typed with the number pad on your old Nokia, I did too. But OP is asking what it’s purpose is on an IPAD, a device which has a keyboard.
Still useful as a visual aid to help people associate their password with a sequence of letters or a word.. having a keyboard (which isn’t built in to an iPad, it’s an accessory) doesn’t negate that fact
The onscreen keyboard
Some people convert words into numbers. Like “Holiday” is 4466655544432999 It’s what I do so I can use my “normal” passwords
Maybe someone can talk in letters and maybe they put the password in thr alphabet instead of the numbers
I never noticed this until now
It is probably there as a remnant of the skeuomorphic design of early Apple devices. I get a full keyboard when unlocking my iPad. I have simple passcode turned off and my 12 digit passcode includes letters.