Phones without a dial or buttons were usually intended for incoming calls only or connected to a switchboard.
Originally to use a phone you had to enter the numbers using a rotary dial. Then with digital phones, it became possible to enter numbers using buttons. These button phones were called "touch" phones.
There are several possible ways to 'dial' a phone without a keypad, though no direct pushing of buttons will be used. In some places, an operator can still direct your call, while many newer phones have voice commands, so you can simply say the number and call it.
Can you dial *77 on your cell phones that goes directly into State troopers for help while on the roads?
Lots of people used spin dial phones but especially buisness men to call other people.
you dial then numbers
Using the software Skype you can dial phones from your PC. Skype is a free software but does require a fee to dial phones.
There are little numbers on the phone that say '1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0'. You turn the dial to each one and then call whoever you're calling. For more modern telephones there are buttons for each number instead of an old-fashioned dial. In the current decade, portable 'cell phones' are becoming very common, so, to not get mixed up, we call phones attached to a cable 'home phones'. Cell phones operate in the same way as home phones.
Use something else to press the buttons or turn the telephone dial.
Yes, there were phones. No cell, and only a dial type of phone.
DIAL *67 FIRST THEN DIAL THE NUMBER LIKE YOU WOULD NORMALLY DO IT DOESN'T WORK FOR SPEED DIAL
IDD means international direct dial.
Digital phone signifies the dialing method in a particular phone. The dialing method can be digital or analog. The house phone can be digital, where you press buttons to dial a number or in rare case analog type where in you turn a number on a dial. All cell phones are digital.