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Added screen shot from iOS 9, depicting what the post is describing.
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The specific 'sub-contact' shows directly beneath the contact's name in the call history; same whether you answered it or missed it.

Even if your contact has several numbers in the same category [some of my company contacts have several 'mobile' tags] the phone knows which one of those called.

Simply tapping the caller in the list will dial that number, which is far quicker than the old method of finding the correct one in another list, accessed by the ⓘ button.

Screen shot shows a call from a contact's "mobile" number: iOS 9 recent calls screen

The specific 'sub-contact' shows directly beneath the contact's name in the call history; same whether you answered it or missed it.

Even if your contact has several numbers in the same category [some of my company contacts have several 'mobile' tags] the phone knows which one of those called.

Simply tapping the caller in the list will dial that number, which is far quicker than the old method of finding the correct one in another list, accessed by the ⓘ button.

The specific 'sub-contact' shows directly beneath the contact's name in the call history; same whether you answered it or missed it.

Even if your contact has several numbers in the same category [some of my company contacts have several 'mobile' tags] the phone knows which one of those called.

Simply tapping the caller in the list will dial that number, which is far quicker than the old method of finding the correct one in another list, accessed by the ⓘ button.

Screen shot shows a call from a contact's "mobile" number: iOS 9 recent calls screen

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The specific 'sub-contact' shows directly beneath the contact's name in the call history; same whether you answered it or missed it.

Even if your contact has several numbers in the same category [some of my company contacts have several 'mobile' tags] the phone knows which one of those called.

Simply tapping the caller in the list will dial that number, which is far quicker than the old method of finding the correct one in another list, accessed by the ⓘ button.