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This is a weird one, but I suspect it has to do with some kind of caching. Let's assume that you have a bunch of contacts in your people application (~500), and that includes John Doe. He's your friend and you want to email him, here's what you do:
1. Open the Mail application (it has to be fresh).
2. Start a new email.
3. Type quickly "john" in the To field. This has to be done quickly, no excuses!
4. You'll see that no suggestions are made.
5. Now hit the backspace, and you'll see your friend John Doe appearing as a suggestion

The reason I'm saying that this may be related to caching is that once you've done this, no matter how quickly you type "john" afterwards, it will always give you a suggestion, and not just for John Doe, for anybody else under the letter J.
Try again with another friend that starts with another letter, and you'll see the same behaviour.

Dupe disclaimer: I couldn't find this reported anywhere, and I won't accept a duplicate if this was mentioned in some obscure comment or answer. The aim is to be as fine grained as possible so that people can vote for what they believe is most important.

This is a weird one, but I suspect it has to do with some kind of caching. Let's assume that you have a bunch of contacts in your people application (~500), and that includes John Doe. He's your friend and you want to email him, here's what you do:
1. Open the Mail application (it has to be fresh).
2. Start a new email.
3. Type quickly "john" in the To field. This has to be done quickly, no excuses!
4. You'll see that no suggestions are made.
5. Now hit the backspace, and you'll see your friend John Doe appearing as a suggestion

The reason I'm saying that this may be related to caching is that once you've done this, no matter how quickly you type "john" afterwards, it will always give you a suggestion, and not just for John Doe, for anybody else under the letter J.
Try again with another friend that starts with another letter, and you'll see the same behaviour.

Dupe disclaimer: I couldn't find this reported anywhere, and I won't accept a duplicate if this was mentioned in some obscure comment or answer. The aim is to be as fine grained as possible so that people can vote for what they believe is most important.

This is a weird one, but I suspect it has to do with some kind of caching. Let's assume that you have a bunch of contacts in your people application (~500), and that includes John Doe. He's your friend and you want to email him, here's what you do:
1. Open the Mail application (it has to be fresh).
2. Start a new email.
3. Type quickly "john" in the To field. This has to be done quickly, no excuses!
4. You'll see that no suggestions are made.
5. Now hit the backspace, and you'll see your friend John Doe appearing as a suggestion

EDIT (inspired by sp3000): you don't need to type fast in point 3.

The reason I'm saying that this may be related to caching is that once you've done this, no matter how quickly you type "john" afterwards, it will always give you a suggestion, and not just for John Doe, for anybody else under the letter J.
Try again with another friend that starts with another letter, and you'll see the same behaviour.

Dupe disclaimer: I couldn't find this reported anywhere, and I won't accept a duplicate if this was mentioned in some obscure comment or answer. The aim is to be as fine grained as possible so that people can vote for what they believe is most important.

This is a weird one, but I suspect it has to do with some kind of caching. Let's assume that you have a bunch of contacts in your people application (~500), and that includes John Doe. He's your friend and you want to email him, here's what you do:
1. Open the Mail application (it has to be fresh).
2. Start a new email.
3. Type quickly "john" in the To field. This has to be done quickly, no excuses!
4. You'll see that no suggestions are made.
5. Now hit the backspace, and you'll see your friend John Doe appearing as a suggestion

EDIT (inspired by sp3000): you don't need to type fast in point 3.

EDIT: dupe of: https://together.jolla.com/question/4177/ui-dont-prompt-contacts-in-email-app-until-you-delete-one-char/ I'll be deleting this question shortly, migration of votes is suggested.

The reason I'm saying that this may be related to caching is that once you've done this, no matter how quickly you type "john" afterwards, it will always give you a suggestion, and not just for John Doe, for anybody else under the letter J.
Try again with another friend that starts with another letter, and you'll see the same behaviour.

This is a weird one, but I suspect it has to do with some kind of caching. Let's assume that you have a bunch of contacts in your people application (~500), and that includes John Doe. He's your friend and you want to email him, here's what you do:
1. Open the Mail application (it has to be fresh).
2. Start a new email.
3. Type quickly "john" in the To field. This has to be done quickly, no excuses!
4. You'll see that no suggestions are made.
5. Now hit the backspace, and you'll see your friend John Doe appearing as a suggestion

EDIT (inspired by sp3000): you don't need to type fast in point 3.

EDIT: dupe of: https://together.jolla.com/question/4177/ui-dont-prompt-contacts-in-email-app-until-you-delete-one-char/ I'll be deleting this question shortly, migration of votes is suggested.Can't delete due to upvotes, sorry :-(

The reason I'm saying that this may be related to caching is that once you've done this, no matter how quickly you type "john" afterwards, it will always give you a suggestion, and not just for John Doe, for anybody else under the letter J.
Try again with another friend that starts with another letter, and you'll see the same behaviour.

This is a weird one, but I suspect it has to do with some kind of caching. Let's assume that you have a bunch of contacts in your people application (~500), and that includes John Doe. He's your friend and you want to email him, here's what you do:
1. Open the Mail application (it has to be fresh).
2. Start a new email.
3. Type quickly "john" in the To field. This has to be done quickly, no excuses!
4. You'll see that no suggestions are made.
5. Now hit the backspace, and you'll see your friend John Doe appearing as a suggestion

EDIT (inspired by sp3000): you don't need to type fast in point 3.

EDIT: dupe of: https://together.jolla.com/question/4177/ui-dont-prompt-contacts-in-email-app-until-you-delete-one-char/ Can't delete due to upvotes, sorry :-(

The reason I'm saying that this may be related to caching is that once you've done this, no matter how quickly you type "john" afterwards, it will always give you a suggestion, and not just for John Doe, for anybody else under the letter J.
Try again with another friend that starts with another letter, and you'll see the same behaviour.