mandamonius in the house of the flying internets (AKA amanda wood or the artist formerly known as amanda wheeler)

mobile phone numbers should work like email addresses

It is just a simple truth, and one that is highlighted to me every time I have to manually enter a phone number or save a number to my SIM card. It’s embarrassing every time I change phones or with the press of a button delete my contacts.

It would be so much easier if when someone texts me, I never have that moment of “who is this?” or “must remember to save this number”.

If I send you a text, it would be great if you get “Amanda Wheeler” on your phone - not +6421XXXXXX.

When will this happen? Why hasn’t it already? And please don’t tell me it can’t. That would just be silly, surely?

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