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[Pat McGowan <pat.mcgowan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Public bug reported:

There are several problems:

Search currently requires the user to enter a "space" or "-" character
to find matching numbers the the contacts and messaging apps.

Also depending on how the number is entered the formatting is different for example:
19995551212 is stored and displayed as "1 999-555-1212"
whereas 
9995551212 is displayed as "(999) 555-1212"

There is no way for me to specify a formatted number when creating a contact so there is no real reason to store it formatted in a way we choose. 
When editing a number I am presented with it formatted which is somewhat confusing, there is no "-" character available to me. 

I suggest we store the raw number only and always normalize search
strings to digits and special characters (like *#) only. The
presentation should be considered separate from the data

** Affects: address-book-app
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

** Affects: canonical-devices-system-image
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

** Affects: address-book-app (Ubuntu)
     Importance: High
     Assignee: Renato Araujo Oliveira Filho (renatofilho)
         Status: Confirmed

** Changed in: address-book-app (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided => Critical

** Changed in: address-book-app (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Confirmed

** Changed in: address-book-app (Ubuntu)
     Assignee: (unassigned) => Renato Araujo Oliveira Filho (renatofilho)

** Also affects: address-book-app
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

** Also affects: canonical-devices-system-image
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1400468

Title:
  Phone numbers are stored as formatted strings and are not found when
  searching

Status in Address Book App:
  New
Status in the base for Ubuntu mobile products:
  New
Status in address-book-app package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  There are several problems:

  Search currently requires the user to enter a "space" or "-" character
  to find matching numbers the the contacts and messaging apps.

  Also depending on how the number is entered the formatting is different for example:
  19995551212 is stored and displayed as "1 999-555-1212"
  whereas 
  9995551212 is displayed as "(999) 555-1212"

  There is no way for me to specify a formatted number when creating a contact so there is no real reason to store it formatted in a way we choose. 
  When editing a number I am presented with it formatted which is somewhat confusing, there is no "-" character available to me. 

  I suggest we store the raw number only and always normalize search
  strings to digits and special characters (like *#) only. The
  presentation should be considered separate from the data

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