I'm sure this is a rarity these days, but it's actually really important to memorize at least a few important phone numbers of all kinds so they're accessible no matter what as long as you're conscious and able to communicate to people around you. It's actually sort of shocking how few people remember even their most basic, daily use numbers (parents, wife, husband, kids, kid's school etc) and would be helpless to call anyone crucial if they lost their phone and also have an emergency. Bad idea that.

I do this all of the time. But, yeah, shortcodes aren't nearly as necessary as they were pre-iPhone.

I dial numbers by hand into my own phone frequently.

> These days, you just click a tel: URL

This is something I very rarely do, because it's very rare that I'm getting a phone number from a website I've browsed to on my phone.

I tend to dial my husband's phone number by hand because it's often quicker than searching or scrolling through my contacts