How to create an Array with AngularJS’s ng-model

First thing is first. You need to define $scope.telephone as an array in your controller before you can start using it in your view.

$scope.telephone = [];

To address the issue of ng-model not being recognised when you append a new input – for that to work you have to use the $compile Angular service.

From the Angular.js API reference on $compile:

Compiles an HTML string or DOM into a template and produces a template function, which can then be used to link scope and the template together.

// I'm using Angular syntax. Using jQuery will have the same effect
// Create input element
var input = angular.element('<div><input type="text" ng-model="telephone[' + $scope.inputCounter + ']"></div>');
// Compile the HTML and assign to scope
var compile = $compile(input)($scope);

Have a look on JSFiddle

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