If you swipe to the right on the top bar (where you see contacts, favourites etc) you should find the dialer will appear.... I made the same mistake also initially! Bit of a bug is that.....

 

where the phone and log icons are slide them to your right and the the phonepad will be to the last option to the left

pretty easy mistake to make

 

This is NOT poor usability from Samsung.

This is an very high quality smartphone.

It's Android that you must learn, be patient and not so quick to judge

 

I'm with you. I had the same problem and there should be something on the screen to indicate that there are more options like an arrow or double dots. This is a usability mistake Apple would not make.

I love my SGS2 but there is no question in my mind, the user experience is a lot less slick than on an iPhone. I've only had my SGS2 for two weeks but I must have had to look up about ten things on the net to work out how to do them. I didn't have to do that ten times in the three years I had my iPhone.

I love the power of Android, but iOS is much easier to use.

 

Hold your finger on the one that you want to remove and drag it to the bottom of the screen into the trash can. Does someone know a basic android tutorial that we can provide to the OP?

 

Another option that you may not have visited, use google voice to dial, it's awesome, and works pretty well. It's even pretty accurate with all the chillins running around. This should at least help you, when you forget about this post and can't find the dialer again,

 

I had the same problem, simply could not find the phone pad. Finally figured it out [eventually] and felt rather silly afterwards

 

Actually, Apple did make a similar mistake. I had to do some digging thru my old posts to find this:

Stuck on Shuffle - MacRumors Forums

That swipe to find the keypad is something thats not universal to all Android phones. And this thread sheds some light on what some ppl say about inconsistencies with Android. I agree there should be something on the screen to indicate there are more options.

And just peaking thru Macrumors iPhone troubleshooting section, I wouldnt necessarily say its much easier to use. Easier for certain things, maybe. That shuffle button thing is an example. I think on every music player I ever tried on my Android phone they didnt handle shuffling like that.

 

Touch

 

same

 

Thank you for this!!! I went to make a call yesterday and couldn't find the keypad anywhere, my husband found it hysterical and made all sorts of comments about women that shouldn't buy phones they can't use!!! in the end I had to create a contact - for DVLA!!!!! - just to call them. Can't believe how easy this was to rectify, I tried scrolling the other way assuming that any other tabs would be to the right but just didn't try scrolling to the left, doh!!! thank God for this forum!

 

I still cant find it
Slide once - email incoming emails
Slide twice - other icons and websites
4,5,6,7 just blank

 

Found it ))

 

Now I have lost it again LOL

Wi-Fi Bluetooth etc but no keypad....oh dear!

 

I know this is silly but when making calls sometimes I can't hang up. The screen locks so I need to enter my pin but then the 'end call' button is not there. I hope someone else has had this problem - to explain how to fix it and so I don't feel like I am the only one.

 

If it is easier there is an option in the call settings to end a call by pressing the standby button on the right hand side.
And to the OP, I hate to admit it but I also had a frustrating 10 minutes working out where on earth the keypad went to . . . and felt extremely silly when I finally worked it out.
Bad design? I wouldn't go that far, its certainly not a mistake that i'll make twice.

 

I also couldn't find the keypad. Such a basic thing to want to find on a phone. Glad for the assistance here but also think it is not particularly user-friendly.