How to Send Contacts Via SMS on the iPhone

by C. Taylor
The iPhone cannot send contacts via text SMS without an app.

The iPhone cannot send contacts via text SMS without an app.

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"Can you send me his contact details?" You have probably heard it before. It would be convenient if you could simply select the contact from your iPhone and send the information out via SMS, but Apple's iPhone does not include such a feature. Fortunately, somebody else noticed this absence, and developed an app to satisfy such requests. The "Contact Sender" app allows you to easily select one contact and send it to another.

Step 1

Navigate to iTunes from your iPhone and tap "free" next to the app "Contact Sender" (see Resources). You will be asked to enter your account details before the app is downloaded and installed to your iPhone.

Step 2

Tap the "Contact Sender" app, and tap "Select Contact to Send."

Step 3

Tap the contact from the list. This will be the contact information you wish to send out.

Step 4

Tap the "To" contact, which is where the information is to be sent.

Step 5

Tap "Send" to send the contact information.

About the Author

C. Taylor has been a professional writer since 2009. He has written for online publications and the "Journal of Asian Martial Arts." Taylor specializes in martial arts, traveling, sciences and computer repair. He received a Master of Science in wildlife biology from Clemson University and a Bachelor of Arts in biological sciences from the College of Charleston.

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