When importing contacts through a file or copy&paste, you can include all the information of your contacts that you consider relevant.
In addition to the phone number and email, frequent attributes can be: name, city or country, gender, age, sex, tag...
During the import, the platform detects and tries to name as many attributes as possible. In addition, you will have a dedicated step for mapping, that is, the assignment of your data.
You will be able to modify and create those that you want, and not import those that you consider that you do not need, by clicking on the right top corner of the attribute.
Attributes will later allow you to, among other actions, create segments and customize your messages.