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Or to redo something you undid, swipe right with three fingers.</li>\n</ul>\n<p>Trust the virtual keyboard. The Predictive feature suggests word completions, while the Auto-Correction feature corrects many mistakes on the fly.</p>\n"},{"title":"Making a call on your iPhone","thumb":null,"image":null,"content":"<p>You have several options for making a phone call from your iPhone. First, tap the Phone icon on the Home screen, and then tap one of these tabs:</p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Favorites:</strong> The iPhone equivalent of speed dialing; the list of people (and specific numbers) you call most often. Tap a favorite to call it. To add a contact to your Favorites list, tap the person&#8217;s name in the Contacts list, and then tap Add to Favorites. In the Add to Favorites pop-up panel, tap the type of favorite — Message, Call, Video, or Mail — and then tap the phone number or email address to use.</li>\n<li><strong>Recents:</strong> Tapping the Recents icon displays the iPhone call log. Recents displays a list of all recent calls made or received, as well as calls you missed. Tap a name to call that person.</li>\n<li><strong>Contacts:</strong> Scroll through the list of contacts until you find the person you want to call. Tap the person’s name and then tap the appropriate phone number (such as the Home number or the Mobile number).</li>\n<li><strong>Keypad:</strong> Manually dial on a virtual touchtone keypad.</li>\n<li><strong>Voicemail:</strong> Through Visual Voicemail, you can listen to voicemail messages in any order you want. To play back a voicemail, tap the name or number in question. Then tap the play/pause icon that shows up to the left of the name or number. Returning a call is as simple as tapping the Call Back button.</li>\n</ul>\n<p>Here are two more ways to make calls:</p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Ask Siri.</strong> Press and hold down\n<ul>\n<li>The side button on iPhones with Face ID</li>\n<li>The Home button on iPhones with Touch ID</li>\n<li>The center button on most wired headsets</li>\n<li>Say “call” or “dial” followed by either the name of someone in your contacts or a phone number. Or if you have Hey Siri enabled (Settings → Siri &amp; Search → Listen For, and then tap either the “Siri” or “Hey Siri” button or the “Hey Siri” button), you can skip pressing and holding and just say the magic words.</li>\n</ul>\n</li>\n<li><strong>Use FaceTime.</strong> To start a FaceTime video chat from the Phone app, tap a contact’s name and then tap the FaceTime button. If there&#8217;s no FaceTime button, or if it appears dimmed and can’t be selected, that contact isn’t set up for FaceTime video.</li>\n</ul>\n<p>In the Phone app, you can long-press a contact and choose a quick action, which may include Call, Message, FaceTime, and Mail, depending on the information you have for that contact.</p>\n"},{"title":"Getting help when your iPhone acts up","thumb":null,"image":null,"content":"<p>Most of the time, your iPhone behaves itself. But every so often it might cause you a problem. Here’s a quick review of things you can try if your iPhone misbehaves.</p>\n<p>Start with the first step — suggestions in later steps are more drastic.</p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Restart your iPhone</strong>. For iPhones with Face ID, press the volume up button, press the volume down button, and then hold down the side button until the Apple logo appears. Then release the side button.For iPhones with Touch ID, press and hold down the top (or side) button and the Home button. When you see the Apple logo, release both buttons.</li>\n<li><strong>Force any frozen applications to quit</strong>. Swipe the app upward from the app switcher.</li>\n<li><strong>Reset the iPhone settings</strong>. Tap the Settings icon on your Home screen, and then tap General → Transfer or Reset iPhone → Reset  Reset All Settings. Resetting iPhone settings won’t erase your data, but you’ll probably have to change some settings afterwards.</li>\n<li><strong>Restore your iPhone</strong>. Connect your iPhone to your computer as though you were about to sync. Then select the iPhone in the iTunes source list (or Finder sidebar for macOS Catalina or later), and click the Restore button on the Summary tab or the General tab (Finder).</li>\n</ol>\n<p class=\"article-tips warning\">The last suggestion erases all your data and media and resets all your settings.</p>\n<p>Because your data and media (except photos you’ve taken as well as contacts, calendar events, and playlists you’ve created or modified since your last sync) still exist on your computer, you shouldn’t lose anything.</p>\n<p>Your next sync will take longer, and you will have to reset any settings you’ve changed since you purchased your iPhone. But your media and data files shouldn’t be affected.</p>\n<p>One last thing: If you’re using iCloud, photos you’ve taken and calendar events and new contacts you’ve added since your last sync should be in the cloud and should reappear after you restore.</p>\n<p>The only items in danger, at least in theory, are playlists you’ve created on your iPhone since your last sync. However, it wouldn’t hurt to let Finder (or iTunes) back up the contents of your iPhone before you click the Restore button.</p>\n"},{"title":"10 ways to have fun with Siri","thumb":null,"image":null,"content":"<p>Everyone loves Siri, the (usually) intelligent assistant inside our iPhones. Most of the time you spend with Siri involves getting an answer, but Siri can do more than answer questions. Siri can also amuse and entertain you and your friends. Try these 10 prompts on Siri:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>Talk dirty to me.</li>\n<li>What are you wearing?</li>\n<li>What does “Siri” mean?</li>\n<li>Is God real?</li>\n<li>What is your best pickup line?</li>\n<li>What is zero divided by zero?</li>\n<li>When will the world end?</li>\n<li>How much wood could a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?</li>\n<li>Why are fire trucks red?</li>\n<li>Will you marry me, Siri?</li>\n<li>(Bonus) Tell me a joke.</li>\n</ul>\n<p>Try each phrase more than once — Siri has more than one amusing response to most of them.</p>\n<p>Finally, since you’ve been such a good reader, here’s a bonus. You can change Siri&#8217;s gender and accent anytime you like. Just tap Settings →  Siri &amp; Search → Siri Voice and amaze your friends by turning your Siri into an American, Australian, British, Indian, Irish, or South African (or, at least the voice of one.)</p>\n<p>And here’s one more bonus: Siri will gladly call you whatever you like. So, ask Siri to “call me Ishmael,” or “call me Your Majesty,” and impress your friends with your new nickname by asking Siri “who am I?”</p>\n"},{"title":"Renewing your Face ID iPhone model with recovery mode","thumb":null,"image":null,"content":"<p>If your Face ID–equipped iPhone is really messed up, try the Face ID rendition of recovery mode:</p>\n<ol>\n<li>Connect your iPhone to your computer with the included USB-C Charge Cable (USB-port iPhones) or Lightning-to-USB cable (Lightning-port iPhones).</li>\n<li>(macOS Catalina or later users can skip this step.) Launch iTunes if it didn’t launch automatically when you connected your iPhone.</li>\n<li>Press and quickly release the volume up button, and then press and quickly release the volume down button.</li>\n<li>Press and hold down the side button until the Recovery screen appears. If you see a battery icon with a thin red band and an icon displaying a wall plug, an arrow, and a lightning bolt, you need to let your iPhone charge for at least 10 to 15 minutes. 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Follow these steps:\r\n<ol>\r\n \t<li><strong><strong>Press and hold down the side button (found a little bit below the top of the upper-right side of newer iPhone models) or the top button (on the first-generation iPhone SE and earlier models) until the Apple logo appears. </strong></strong>A screen appears, asking you to enter your Apple ID.</li>\r\n \t<li><strong><strong>Enter your Apple ID. </strong></strong>If you don’t have an Apple ID, follow the instructions to create one.</li>\r\n \t<li><strong><strong>Follow the series of prompts to set up initial options for your iPhone. </strong></strong>You can make choices about your language and location, using iCloud (Apple’s online sharing service), whether to use a passcode, connecting with a network, and so on.</li>\r\n</ol>\r\nYou can choose to have personal items transferred to your iPhone from your computer when you sync the two devices using iTunes or Finder, including music, videos, downloaded apps, audiobooks, e-books, podcasts, and browser bookmarks.\r\n\r\nContacts and Calendars are downloaded via iCloud, or (if you’re <a href=\"https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201196\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">moving to iPhone from an Android phone</a>) you can download an Apple app called Move to iOS from the Google Play Store to copy your current Android settings to your iPhone.\r\n\r\nYou can also transfer to your computer any content you download directly to your iPhone by using iTunes, the App Store, or non-Apple stores.\r\n<h2 id=\"tab1\" >Meet the Multi-Touch Screen</h2>\r\nWhen the iPhone Home screen appears, you see a colorful background and two sets of icons, as shown in the image below.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_296482\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"630\"]<img class=\"size-full wp-image-296482\" src=\"https://www.dummies.com/wp-content/uploads/iphone-icons.jpg\" alt=\"Image showing an iPhone 14 Home screen with a variety of app icons\" width=\"630\" height=\"927\" /> ©John Wiley & Sons, Inc.<br />The iPhone 14 Home screen showing a variety of app icons[/caption]\r\n\r\nOne set of icons appears on the dock, which is along the bottom of the screen. The <em>dock</em> contains the Phone, Safari, Messages, and Music app icons by default, though you can swap out one app for another. You can add new apps to populate as many as 14 additional Home screens, for a total of 15 Home screens. The dock appears on every Home screen.\r\n\r\nOther icons appear above the dock. Different icons appear in this area on each Home screen. You can also nest apps in folders, which gives you the ability to store even more apps on your iPhone, depending on your phone's memory.\r\n<p class=\"article-tips tip\">Treat the iPhone screen carefully. The newest models have <em>Ceramic Shield</em>, Apple's toughest screen ever for the iPhone, but it's still made of glass and will break if an unreasonable amount of force is applied.</p>\r\nThe iPhone uses <em>touchscreen technology:</em> When you swipe your finger across the screen or tap it, you’re providing input to the device just as you do to a computer by using a mouse or keyboard.\r\n\r\nYou'll read more about the touchscreen in the next task, but for now, go ahead and play with it — really, you can’t hurt anything. Use the pads of your fingertips (not your fingernails) and try the following:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><strong>Tap the Settings icon.</strong> The various settings categories appear, as shown in the figure below. To return to the Home screen, press the Home button or, if you have an iPhone without a Home button, swipe up from the very bottom edge of your screen.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><strong>Swipe a finger from right to left on the Home screen.</strong> This action moves you to the next Home screen.The little white dots at the bottom of the screen, above the dock icons, indicate which Home screen is displayed. If you see the search field instead, just lightly move your finger on your iPhone’s screen and the dots will appear in its place.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><strong>To experience the screen rotation feature, hold the iPhone firmly while turning it sideways.</strong> The screen flips to the horizontal (or landscape) orientation, if the app you’re in supports it.To flip the screen back, just turn the device so that it’s short side is up again (portrait mode). Some apps force iPhone to stay in one orientation or the other.</li>\r\n \t<li><strong>Drag your finger down from the very top edge of the screen to reveal such items as notifications, reminders, and calendar entries.</strong>Drag up from the very bottom edge of the Home screen to hide these items. Then drag up (iPhones with a Home button) or swipe down from the top-right corner to the center (iPhone without a Home button) to display Control Center, which contains commonly used controls and tools.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_296483\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"550\"]<img class=\"size-full wp-image-296483\" src=\"https://www.dummies.com/wp-content/uploads/iphone-settings.jpg\" alt=\"Image showing the Settings menu on an iPhone 14\" width=\"550\" height=\"1190\" /> ©John Wiley & Sons, Inc.<br />The Settings menu on the iPhone 14[/caption]\r\n<h2 id=\"tab2\" >Say Hello to Tap and Swipe</h2>\r\nYou can use several methods for getting around and getting things done in iPhone by using its multi-touch screen, including\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><strong>Tap once.</strong> To open an application on the Home screen, choose a field (such as a search box), choose an item in a list, use an arrow to move back or forward one screen, or follow an online link, tap the item once with your finger.</li>\r\n \t<li><strong>Tap twice.</strong> Use this method to enlarge or reduce the display of a web page or to zoom in or out in the Maps app.</li>\r\n \t<li><strong>Pinch.</strong> As an alternative to the tap-twice method, you can pinch your fingers together or move them apart on the screen (see the figure below) when you’re looking at photos, maps, web pages, or email messages to quickly reduce or enlarge them, respectively. This method allows you to grow or contract the screen to a variety of sizes rather than a fixed size, as with the double-tap method.Use a three-finger tap to zoom your screen even larger or use multitasking gestures to swipe with four or five fingers. This method is handy if you have vision challenges.</li>\r\n \t<li><strong>Drag to scroll (known as <em>swiping</em>).</strong> When you touch your finger to the screen and drag to the right or left, the screen moves (see the figure below). Swiping to the left on the Home screen, for example, moves you to the next Home screen. Swiping up while reading an online newspaper moves you down the page; swiping down moves you back up the page.</li>\r\n \t<li><strong>Flick.</strong> To scroll more quickly on a page, quickly flick your finger on the screen in the direction you want to move.</li>\r\n \t<li><strong>Tap the status bar.</strong> To move quickly to the top of a list, a web page, or an email message, tap the status bar at the top of the iPhone screen. (For some sites, you have to tap twice to get this to work.)</li>\r\n \t<li><strong>Press and hold down.</strong> If you’re using Notes or Mail or any other application that lets you select text, or if you’re on a web page, pressing and holding down on text selects a word and displays editing tools that you can use to select, cut, or copy and paste the text.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_296484\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"630\"]<img class=\"size-full wp-image-296484\" src=\"https://www.dummies.com/wp-content/uploads/iphone-touchscreen-commands.jpg\" alt=\"Images showing the pinching and swiping gestures on an iPhone Multi-Touch screen\" width=\"630\" height=\"703\" /> ©John Wiley & Sons, Inc.<br />The pinch gesture (left) and swiping gesture (right) on the iPhone 14 Multi-Touch screen[/caption]\r\n<p class=\"article-tips tip\">When you rock your phone backward or forward, the background moves as well (a feature called <em>parallax).</em> You can disable this feature if it makes you seasick. From the Home screen, tap Settings @@--> Accessibility @@--> Motion and then turn on the Reduce Motion setting by tapping the toggle switch (it turns green when the option is enabled).</p>\r\n\r\n<h2 id=\"tab3\" >Bezel gestures</h2>\r\nYour iPhone enables you to perform <em>bezel gestures,</em> which involve sliding left to right from the very outer edge of the phone on the glass to go backward and sliding right to left to go forward in certain apps.\r\n\r\nYou can try these methods now:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Tap the Safari icon on the dock at the bottom of any iPhone Home screen to display the Safari web browser.</li>\r\n \t<li>Tap a link to move to another page.</li>\r\n \t<li>Double-tap the page to enlarge it; then pinch your thumb and finger together on the screen to reduce its size.</li>\r\n \t<li>Drag one finger up and down the page to scroll.</li>\r\n \t<li>Flick your finger quickly up or down on the page to scroll more quickly.</li>\r\n \t<li>Press and hold down your finger on a word that isn’t a link. (Links take you to another location on the web.) The word is selected, and the tools shown in the figure below are displayed. (You can use this tool to either get a definition of a word or copy it.)</li>\r\n \t<li>Press and hold down your finger on a link or an image. A menu appears (shown in the figure below) with commands that you select to open the link or picture, open it in a new tab, open it in a tab group, download a linked file, add it to your reading list, copy it, or share it. If you press and hold down on an image, the menu also offers the Add to Photos command. Tap outside the menu to close it without making a selection.</li>\r\n \t<li>Position your thumb and finger slightly apart on the screen and then pinch your thumb and finger together to reduce the page. 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Follow these steps:\r\n<ol>\r\n \t<li><strong><strong>Press and hold down the side button (found a little bit below the top of the upper-right side of newer iPhone models) or the top button (on the first-generation iPhone SE and earlier models) until the Apple logo appears. </strong></strong>A screen appears, asking you to enter your Apple ID.</li>\r\n \t<li><strong><strong>Enter your Apple ID. </strong></strong>If you don’t have an Apple ID, follow the instructions to create one.</li>\r\n \t<li><strong><strong>Follow the series of prompts to set up initial options for your iPhone. </strong></strong>You can make choices about your language and location, using iCloud (Apple’s online sharing service), whether to use a passcode, connecting with a network, and so on.</li>\r\n</ol>\r\nYou can choose to have personal items transferred to your iPhone from your computer when you sync the two devices using iTunes or Finder, including music, videos, downloaded apps, audiobooks, e-books, podcasts, and browser bookmarks.\r\n\r\nContacts and Calendars are downloaded via iCloud, or (if you’re <a href=\"https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201196\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">moving to iPhone from an Android phone</a>) you can download an Apple app called Move to iOS from the Google Play Store to copy your current Android settings to your iPhone.\r\n\r\nYou can also transfer to your computer any content you download directly to your iPhone by using iTunes, the App Store, or non-Apple stores.\r\n<h2 id=\"tab1\" >Meet the Multi-Touch Screen</h2>\r\nWhen the iPhone Home screen appears, you see a colorful background and two sets of icons, as shown in the image below.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_296482\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"630\"]<img class=\"size-full wp-image-296482\" src=\"https://www.dummies.com/wp-content/uploads/iphone-icons.jpg\" alt=\"Image showing an iPhone 14 Home screen with a variety of app icons\" width=\"630\" height=\"927\" /> ©John Wiley & Sons, Inc.<br />The iPhone 14 Home screen showing a variety of app icons[/caption]\r\n\r\nOne set of icons appears on the dock, which is along the bottom of the screen. The <em>dock</em> contains the Phone, Safari, Messages, and Music app icons by default, though you can swap out one app for another. You can add new apps to populate as many as 14 additional Home screens, for a total of 15 Home screens. The dock appears on every Home screen.\r\n\r\nOther icons appear above the dock. Different icons appear in this area on each Home screen. You can also nest apps in folders, which gives you the ability to store even more apps on your iPhone, depending on your phone's memory.\r\n<p class=\"article-tips tip\">Treat the iPhone screen carefully. The newest models have <em>Ceramic Shield</em>, Apple's toughest screen ever for the iPhone, but it's still made of glass and will break if an unreasonable amount of force is applied.</p>\r\nThe iPhone uses <em>touchscreen technology:</em> When you swipe your finger across the screen or tap it, you’re providing input to the device just as you do to a computer by using a mouse or keyboard.\r\n\r\nYou'll read more about the touchscreen in the next task, but for now, go ahead and play with it — really, you can’t hurt anything. Use the pads of your fingertips (not your fingernails) and try the following:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><strong>Tap the Settings icon.</strong> The various settings categories appear, as shown in the figure below. To return to the Home screen, press the Home button or, if you have an iPhone without a Home button, swipe up from the very bottom edge of your screen.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><strong>Swipe a finger from right to left on the Home screen.</strong> This action moves you to the next Home screen.The little white dots at the bottom of the screen, above the dock icons, indicate which Home screen is displayed. If you see the search field instead, just lightly move your finger on your iPhone’s screen and the dots will appear in its place.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><strong>To experience the screen rotation feature, hold the iPhone firmly while turning it sideways.</strong> The screen flips to the horizontal (or landscape) orientation, if the app you’re in supports it.To flip the screen back, just turn the device so that it’s short side is up again (portrait mode). Some apps force iPhone to stay in one orientation or the other.</li>\r\n \t<li><strong>Drag your finger down from the very top edge of the screen to reveal such items as notifications, reminders, and calendar entries.</strong>Drag up from the very bottom edge of the Home screen to hide these items. Then drag up (iPhones with a Home button) or swipe down from the top-right corner to the center (iPhone without a Home button) to display Control Center, which contains commonly used controls and tools.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_296483\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"550\"]<img class=\"size-full wp-image-296483\" src=\"https://www.dummies.com/wp-content/uploads/iphone-settings.jpg\" alt=\"Image showing the Settings menu on an iPhone 14\" width=\"550\" height=\"1190\" /> ©John Wiley & Sons, Inc.<br />The Settings menu on the iPhone 14[/caption]\r\n<h2 id=\"tab2\" >Say Hello to Tap and Swipe</h2>\r\nYou can use several methods for getting around and getting things done in iPhone by using its multi-touch screen, including\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><strong>Tap once.</strong> To open an application on the Home screen, choose a field (such as a search box), choose an item in a list, use an arrow to move back or forward one screen, or follow an online link, tap the item once with your finger.</li>\r\n \t<li><strong>Tap twice.</strong> Use this method to enlarge or reduce the display of a web page or to zoom in or out in the Maps app.</li>\r\n \t<li><strong>Pinch.</strong> As an alternative to the tap-twice method, you can pinch your fingers together or move them apart on the screen (see the figure below) when you’re looking at photos, maps, web pages, or email messages to quickly reduce or enlarge them, respectively. This method allows you to grow or contract the screen to a variety of sizes rather than a fixed size, as with the double-tap method.Use a three-finger tap to zoom your screen even larger or use multitasking gestures to swipe with four or five fingers. This method is handy if you have vision challenges.</li>\r\n \t<li><strong>Drag to scroll (known as <em>swiping</em>).</strong> When you touch your finger to the screen and drag to the right or left, the screen moves (see the figure below). Swiping to the left on the Home screen, for example, moves you to the next Home screen. Swiping up while reading an online newspaper moves you down the page; swiping down moves you back up the page.</li>\r\n \t<li><strong>Flick.</strong> To scroll more quickly on a page, quickly flick your finger on the screen in the direction you want to move.</li>\r\n \t<li><strong>Tap the status bar.</strong> To move quickly to the top of a list, a web page, or an email message, tap the status bar at the top of the iPhone screen. (For some sites, you have to tap twice to get this to work.)</li>\r\n \t<li><strong>Press and hold down.</strong> If you’re using Notes or Mail or any other application that lets you select text, or if you’re on a web page, pressing and holding down on text selects a word and displays editing tools that you can use to select, cut, or copy and paste the text.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_296484\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"630\"]<img class=\"size-full wp-image-296484\" src=\"https://www.dummies.com/wp-content/uploads/iphone-touchscreen-commands.jpg\" alt=\"Images showing the pinching and swiping gestures on an iPhone Multi-Touch screen\" width=\"630\" height=\"703\" /> ©John Wiley & Sons, Inc.<br />The pinch gesture (left) and swiping gesture (right) on the iPhone 14 Multi-Touch screen[/caption]\r\n<p class=\"article-tips tip\">When you rock your phone backward or forward, the background moves as well (a feature called <em>parallax).</em> You can disable this feature if it makes you seasick. 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In this article, I focus on Apple’s newest models, the iPhone 14 series. If you’d like to explore others, Apple has a <a href=\"https://www.apple.com/iphone/compare/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">great tool on its website for making comparisons</a>.\r\n\r\nThe sizes of the latest iPhone 14 models vary:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>iPhone 14 measures 2.82\" by 5.78\" (6.1\" diagonally) with a depth of .31 inch (smaller of the phones on the left in the image below).</li>\r\n \t<li>iPhone 14 Plus measures 3.07\" by 6.33\" (6.7\" diagonally) with a depth of .31 inch (larger of the phones on the left in the image below).</li>\r\n \t<li>iPhone 14 Pro measures 2.81\" by 5.81\" (6.1\" diagonally) with a depth of .31 inch (smaller of the phones on the right in the image below).</li>\r\n \t<li>iPhone 14 Pro Max measures 3.05\" by 6.33\" (6.7\" diagonally) with a depth of .31 inch (larger of the phones on the right in the image below).</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_296458\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"630\"]<img class=\"size-full wp-image-296458\" src=\"https://www.dummies.com/wp-content/uploads/iphones-14.jpg\" alt=\"Images of the iPhone 14 models\" width=\"630\" height=\"539\" /> Image courtesy of Apple, Inc.<br />iPhone 14 and 14 Plus (left) and iPhone 14 Pro and 14 Pro Max[/caption]\r\n\r\nYou can get iPhone 14 and 14 Plus in starlight, midnight, blue, purple, and a beautiful product red version. iPhone 14 Pro and 14 Pro Max come in gold, silver, space black, and a great-looking deep purple.\r\n<h2 id=\"tab1\" >Why the iPhone 14 is worth buying</h2>\r\nNot sure whether to get an iPhone 14 model? Here are a few more key differences:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><strong>All iPhone 14 models include upgraded batteries.</strong> You get up to 20 hours of video playback for iPhone 14, up to 23 hours for 14 Pro, 26 hours for 14 Plus, and a whopping 29 hours for 14 Pro Max.</li>\r\n \t<li><strong>iPhone 14 models use eSIMs instead of physical SIMs.</strong> A SIM stores important information about your phone and your cellular provider network. Physical SIMs can be moved from phone to phone, but eSIMs are permanently built-in.</li>\r\n \t<li><strong>All models received camera upgrades.</strong> iPhone 14 Pro and 14 Pro Max have triple rear-facing cameras, providing amazing optical zoom, portrait mode, and other features. The 14 and 14 Plus have dual rear-facing cameras.</li>\r\n \t<li><strong>Screen resolution.</strong> The higher the resolution the better, especially for larger screens since you need to pack more pixels (the tiny dots of color that make up the images) into a larger space. The iPhone 14 offers 2532 x 1170 resolution; 14 Plus provides 2778 x 1284 resolution; 14 Pro boasts 2556 x 1179; and 14 Pro Max provides a stunning 2796 x 1290.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nThe table below gives you a quick comparison of the iPhone SE (third generation), 12, 13, 13 mini, 14, 14 Plus, 14 Pro, and 14 Pro Max (models currently sold by Apple). All costs are as of the time this book was written. (Some carriers may introduce non-contract terms.)\r\n<h3>iPhone Model Comparison</h3>\r\n<table>\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td><strong>Model</strong></td>\r\n<td><strong>Storage</strong></td>\r\n<td><strong>Cost (may vary by carrier)</strong></td>\r\n<td><strong>Carriers</strong></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>SE (third generation)</td>\r\n<td>64GB, 128GB, and 256GB</td>\r\n<td>From $429</td>\r\n<td>AT&T, Verizon, Sprint, T-Mobile</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>12</td>\r\n<td>64GB, 128GB, and 256GB</td>\r\n<td>From $599</td>\r\n<td>AT&T, Verizon, Sprint, T-Mobile</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>13</td>\r\n<td>128GB, 256GB, and 512GB</td>\r\n<td>From $699</td>\r\n<td>AT&T, Verizon, Sprint, T-Mobile</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>13 mini</td>\r\n<td>128GB, 256GB, and 512GB</td>\r\n<td>From $599</td>\r\n<td>AT&T, Verizon, Sprint, T-Mobile</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>14</td>\r\n<td>128GB, 256GB, and 512GB</td>\r\n<td>From $799</td>\r\n<td>AT&T, Verizon, Sprint, T-Mobile</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>14 Plus</td>\r\n<td>128GB, 256GB, and 512GB</td>\r\n<td>From $899</td>\r\n<td>AT&T, Verizon, Sprint, T-Mobile</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>14 Pro</td>\r\n<td>128GB, 256GB, 512GB, and 1TB</td>\r\n<td>From $999</td>\r\n<td>AT&T, Verizon, Sprint, T-Mobile</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>14 Pro Max</td>\r\n<td>128GB, 256GB, 512GB, and 1TB</td>\r\n<td>From $1,099</td>\r\n<td>AT&T, Verizon, Sprint, T-Mobile</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n</tbody>\r\n</table>\r\nOther differences between iPhone models come primarily from the current operating system, iOS 16.\r\n<p class=\"article-tips tip\">One exciting pricing option is the <a href=\"https://www.apple.com/shop/iphone/iphone-upgrade-program\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">iPhone Upgrade Program</a>. You choose your carrier, get an unlocked phone so you can change carriers, and receive Apple Care+ to cover you in case your phone has problems, all starting at a cost of $39.50 a month (depending on the iPhone model you select). The price does not include data usage from your carrier.</p>\r\n\r\n<h2 id=\"tab2\" >Decide How Much Storage Is Enough</h2>\r\n<em>Storage</em> is a measure of how much information — for example, movies, photos, and software applications (apps) — you can store on a computing device. Storage can also affect your iPhone’s performance when handling such tasks as streaming favorite TV shows from the web or downloading music.\r\n<p class=\"article-tips tip\"><em>Streaming</em> refers to playing video or music content from the web (or from other devices) rather than playing a file stored on your iPhone. You can enjoy a lot of material online without ever downloading its full content to your phone — and given that the most storage-endowed iPhone model has a relatively small amount of storage, streaming is a good idea.</p>\r\nYour storage options with an iPhone 14 or 14 Plus are 128, 256, and 512 gigabytes (GB), while 14 Pro and 14 Pro Max have 128GB, 256GB, 512GB, and 1TB (terabyte, which is 1000GB).\r\n\r\nYou must choose the right amount of storage because you can’t open the unit and add more, as you usually can with a desktop computer. However, Apple has thoughtfully provided iCloud, a service you can use to back up content to the internet.\r\n\r\nHow much storage is enough for your iPhone? Here are some guidelines:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>If you simply want to check email, browse the web, and keep your calendar up to date, and you enjoy communicating via voice, video, and instant messaging, 128GB likely is plenty.</li>\r\n \t<li>For most people who manage a reasonable number of photos, download some music, and watch heavy-duty media such as movies online, 256GB may be sufficient. But if you might take things up a notch regarding media consumption and creation in the future (such as the newest grandchild being on the way soon), you should seriously consider 512GB.</li>\r\n \t<li>If you like lots of media, such as movies or TV shows, you might need 512GB or 1TB. For example, shooting 4K video at 60 frames per second will take roughly 1GB of storage space for every two and a half minutes of footage. If you shoot a lot of video, 1TB of storage might be more appealing.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<p class=\"article-tips tech\">Do you know how big a <em>gigabyte</em> (GB) is? Consider this: Just about any computer you buy today comes with a minimum of 256GB of storage. Computers have to tackle larger tasks than iPhones, so that number makes sense. The iPhone, which uses a technology called <em>flash storage</em> for storing data, is meant (to a great extent) to help you experience online media and email; it doesn’t have to store much since it pulls lots of content from the internet. In the world of storage, 64GB for any kind of storage is puny if you keep lots of content (such as audio, video, and photos) on the device.</p>\r\n What’s the price for larger storage?\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>iPhone 14, a 128GB unit costs $799, 256GB is $899, and 512GB will set you back $1,099.</li>\r\n \t<li>iPhone 14 Plus with 128GB goes for $899, 256GB at $899, and 512GB for $1,199.</li>\r\n \t<li>iPhone 14 Pro with 128GB is $999, 256GB is $1,099, 512GB goes for $1,299, and the model tops out at $1,499 for 1TB.</li>\r\n \t<li>Not to be outdone, iPhone 14 Pro Max is the priciest: $1,099 for 128GB, $1,199 for 256GB, $1,399 for 512GB, and $1,599 for 1TB.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nNote that prices may vary by carrier and where you buy your phone.\r\n\r\n ","description":"A variety of iPhone models are on the market; it can be daunting when trying to decide which one you want to purchase. In this article, I focus on Apple’s newest models, the iPhone 14 series. If you’d like to explore others, Apple has a <a href=\"https://www.apple.com/iphone/compare/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">great tool on its website for making comparisons</a>.\r\n\r\nThe sizes of the latest iPhone 14 models vary:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>iPhone 14 measures 2.82\" by 5.78\" (6.1\" diagonally) with a depth of .31 inch (smaller of the phones on the left in the image below).</li>\r\n \t<li>iPhone 14 Plus measures 3.07\" by 6.33\" (6.7\" diagonally) with a depth of .31 inch (larger of the phones on the left in the image below).</li>\r\n \t<li>iPhone 14 Pro measures 2.81\" by 5.81\" (6.1\" diagonally) with a depth of .31 inch (smaller of the phones on the right in the image below).</li>\r\n \t<li>iPhone 14 Pro Max measures 3.05\" by 6.33\" (6.7\" diagonally) with a depth of .31 inch (larger of the phones on the right in the image below).</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_296458\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"630\"]<img class=\"size-full wp-image-296458\" src=\"https://www.dummies.com/wp-content/uploads/iphones-14.jpg\" alt=\"Images of the iPhone 14 models\" width=\"630\" height=\"539\" /> Image courtesy of Apple, Inc.<br />iPhone 14 and 14 Plus (left) and iPhone 14 Pro and 14 Pro Max[/caption]\r\n\r\nYou can get iPhone 14 and 14 Plus in starlight, midnight, blue, purple, and a beautiful product red version. iPhone 14 Pro and 14 Pro Max come in gold, silver, space black, and a great-looking deep purple.\r\n<h2 id=\"tab1\" >Why the iPhone 14 is worth buying</h2>\r\nNot sure whether to get an iPhone 14 model? Here are a few more key differences:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><strong>All iPhone 14 models include upgraded batteries.</strong> You get up to 20 hours of video playback for iPhone 14, up to 23 hours for 14 Pro, 26 hours for 14 Plus, and a whopping 29 hours for 14 Pro Max.</li>\r\n \t<li><strong>iPhone 14 models use eSIMs instead of physical SIMs.</strong> A SIM stores important information about your phone and your cellular provider network. Physical SIMs can be moved from phone to phone, but eSIMs are permanently built-in.</li>\r\n \t<li><strong>All models received camera upgrades.</strong> iPhone 14 Pro and 14 Pro Max have triple rear-facing cameras, providing amazing optical zoom, portrait mode, and other features. The 14 and 14 Plus have dual rear-facing cameras.</li>\r\n \t<li><strong>Screen resolution.</strong> The higher the resolution the better, especially for larger screens since you need to pack more pixels (the tiny dots of color that make up the images) into a larger space. The iPhone 14 offers 2532 x 1170 resolution; 14 Plus provides 2778 x 1284 resolution; 14 Pro boasts 2556 x 1179; and 14 Pro Max provides a stunning 2796 x 1290.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nThe table below gives you a quick comparison of the iPhone SE (third generation), 12, 13, 13 mini, 14, 14 Plus, 14 Pro, and 14 Pro Max (models currently sold by Apple). All costs are as of the time this book was written. (Some carriers may introduce non-contract terms.)\r\n<h3>iPhone Model Comparison</h3>\r\n<table>\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td><strong>Model</strong></td>\r\n<td><strong>Storage</strong></td>\r\n<td><strong>Cost (may vary by carrier)</strong></td>\r\n<td><strong>Carriers</strong></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>SE (third generation)</td>\r\n<td>64GB, 128GB, and 256GB</td>\r\n<td>From $429</td>\r\n<td>AT&T, Verizon, Sprint, T-Mobile</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>12</td>\r\n<td>64GB, 128GB, and 256GB</td>\r\n<td>From $599</td>\r\n<td>AT&T, Verizon, Sprint, T-Mobile</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>13</td>\r\n<td>128GB, 256GB, and 512GB</td>\r\n<td>From $699</td>\r\n<td>AT&T, Verizon, Sprint, T-Mobile</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>13 mini</td>\r\n<td>128GB, 256GB, and 512GB</td>\r\n<td>From $599</td>\r\n<td>AT&T, Verizon, Sprint, T-Mobile</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>14</td>\r\n<td>128GB, 256GB, and 512GB</td>\r\n<td>From $799</td>\r\n<td>AT&T, Verizon, Sprint, T-Mobile</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>14 Plus</td>\r\n<td>128GB, 256GB, and 512GB</td>\r\n<td>From $899</td>\r\n<td>AT&T, Verizon, Sprint, T-Mobile</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>14 Pro</td>\r\n<td>128GB, 256GB, 512GB, and 1TB</td>\r\n<td>From $999</td>\r\n<td>AT&T, Verizon, Sprint, T-Mobile</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>14 Pro Max</td>\r\n<td>128GB, 256GB, 512GB, and 1TB</td>\r\n<td>From $1,099</td>\r\n<td>AT&T, Verizon, Sprint, T-Mobile</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n</tbody>\r\n</table>\r\nOther differences between iPhone models come primarily from the current operating system, iOS 16.\r\n<p class=\"article-tips tip\">One exciting pricing option is the <a href=\"https://www.apple.com/shop/iphone/iphone-upgrade-program\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">iPhone Upgrade Program</a>. You choose your carrier, get an unlocked phone so you can change carriers, and receive Apple Care+ to cover you in case your phone has problems, all starting at a cost of $39.50 a month (depending on the iPhone model you select). The price does not include data usage from your carrier.</p>\r\n\r\n<h2 id=\"tab2\" >Decide How Much Storage Is Enough</h2>\r\n<em>Storage</em> is a measure of how much information — for example, movies, photos, and software applications (apps) — you can store on a computing device. Storage can also affect your iPhone’s performance when handling such tasks as streaming favorite TV shows from the web or downloading music.\r\n<p class=\"article-tips tip\"><em>Streaming</em> refers to playing video or music content from the web (or from other devices) rather than playing a file stored on your iPhone. You can enjoy a lot of material online without ever downloading its full content to your phone — and given that the most storage-endowed iPhone model has a relatively small amount of storage, streaming is a good idea.</p>\r\nYour storage options with an iPhone 14 or 14 Plus are 128, 256, and 512 gigabytes (GB), while 14 Pro and 14 Pro Max have 128GB, 256GB, 512GB, and 1TB (terabyte, which is 1000GB).\r\n\r\nYou must choose the right amount of storage because you can’t open the unit and add more, as you usually can with a desktop computer. However, Apple has thoughtfully provided iCloud, a service you can use to back up content to the internet.\r\n\r\nHow much storage is enough for your iPhone? Here are some guidelines:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>If you simply want to check email, browse the web, and keep your calendar up to date, and you enjoy communicating via voice, video, and instant messaging, 128GB likely is plenty.</li>\r\n \t<li>For most people who manage a reasonable number of photos, download some music, and watch heavy-duty media such as movies online, 256GB may be sufficient. But if you might take things up a notch regarding media consumption and creation in the future (such as the newest grandchild being on the way soon), you should seriously consider 512GB.</li>\r\n \t<li>If you like lots of media, such as movies or TV shows, you might need 512GB or 1TB. For example, shooting 4K video at 60 frames per second will take roughly 1GB of storage space for every two and a half minutes of footage. If you shoot a lot of video, 1TB of storage might be more appealing.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<p class=\"article-tips tech\">Do you know how big a <em>gigabyte</em> (GB) is? Consider this: Just about any computer you buy today comes with a minimum of 256GB of storage. Computers have to tackle larger tasks than iPhones, so that number makes sense. The iPhone, which uses a technology called <em>flash storage</em> for storing data, is meant (to a great extent) to help you experience online media and email; it doesn’t have to store much since it pulls lots of content from the internet. 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The following is a list of ways in which you can use Siri for everyday things; some you may have already thought of; and others might be new to you:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>If you own an iPhone 6s or newer, you can simply say &#8220;Hey, Siri&#8221; followed by a command to make Siri work for you. You don&#8217;t have to be connected to power. iPhones older than the 6s can still utilize this feature, but they must be connected to power for this to work (which takes a bit of the fun out of it, but it&#8217;s still a cool feature). To enable the ability to speak commands to Siri, go to Settings→Siri→Allow &#8220;Hey Siri&#8221; and toggle the switch to On (green).</li>\n<li>Be reminded about an event or a task. For example, if you&#8217;re viewing a web page, engage Siri and say &#8220;remind me about this&#8221; and it gets added to your Reminders app. You can also tell Siri when to remind you, if you&#8217;d like to set a specific time.</li>\n<li>Check out sports scores by asking Siri how your team did. You can ask &#8220;How did Notre Dame do yesterday?&#8221; or &#8220;Did the Cleveland Browns lose again yesterday?&#8221; Siri will give you the scores. You can even find rankings, what time and channel when a sporting event is appearing, and more. Just ask!</li>\n<li>Open an app with a simple command. For example, say &#8220;Open Netflix.&#8221; The Netflix app will open (if it&#8217;s installed, of course).</li>\n<li>Convert measurements on the go. Ask something like &#8220;How many liters are in a gallon?&#8221; or &#8220;How many millimeters is 5.5 meters?&#8221; The inimitable Siri tells you in an instant.</li>\n<li>Tell Siri which song or artist you&#8217;d like to listen to, and it&#8217;ll happen. Say &#8220;Play Purple Rain&#8221; or &#8220;I&#8217;d like to listen to Fleetwood Mac.&#8221; The song or artist will begin playing. You could also say &#8220;Stop playing music&#8221; to pause the song.</li>\n<li>Siri can help you determine how much of a tip to leave your server. Say &#8220;How much is an 18 percent tip for a $34.36 bill?&#8221; Siri will promptly tell you to give $6.18.</li>\n</ul>\n<p>There is much, much more that Siri can do. Try asking real-world questions whenever you get the chance so you can see the <a href=\"https://dummies-wp-admin.dummies.com/consumer-electronics/smartphones/iphone-x/10-ways-fun-siri-iphone-x/\">neat tricks Siri can perform</a>.</p>\n"},{"title":"News and Weather Apps for Your iPhone","thumb":null,"image":null,"content":"<p>The News and Weather app in iOS 13 for the iPhone are good, but may not suit your needs, or you may prefer the way one app works over the other. For example, Weather can give you some basic information on the day&#8217;s weather and upcoming forecasts, but doesn&#8217;t provide much detail; also, there are no weather maps to speak of.</p>\n<p>These apps are listed in random order; don&#8217;t assume any personal preferences on my part due to their placement in this article:</p>\n<h3>Flipboard</h3>\n<p>Flipboard is an all-in-one app for accessing information based on your personal interests. Cultivate the stories to your liking and soon Flipboard will populate with articles that tend to interest you. Learn more about Flipboard and download it from the <a href=\"https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/flipboard-your-social-news/id358801284?mt=8&amp;ign-mpt=uo%3D4\">iTunes Store</a>.</p>\n<h3>SmartNews</h3>\n<p>SmartNews is a well-received news aggregator. At more than 13 million downloads as of this writing, SmartNews is a popular app for finding your news quickly and without clutter. Find out more and download it <a href=\"https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/id579581125\">here</a>.</p>\n<h3>Reuters</h3>\n<p>Reuters is one of the most trusted sources for news on the planet, and now you can access their excellent content right on your iPhone. Breaking news appears under the Top News tab, while you can find the days&#8217; goings-on by going to The Wire tab. Download the app <a href=\"https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/reuters-news/id602660809?mt=8\">here</a>.</p>\n<h3>USA Today</h3>\n<p>You&#8217;ve seen <em>USA Today</em> in newsstands, hotel rooms, and the coin-operated newspaper racks that used to be on every street in the neighborhood. Today, you can see the newspaper&#8217;s famous graphics and charts via the USA Today app for iPhone. All the sections you love are there, including, Life, Money, and Sports. Download the app <a href=\"https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/usa-today/id504631398?mt=8\">here</a>.</p>\n<h3>NYTimes</h3>\n<p>If you subscribe to <em>The</em> <em>New York Times,</em> you can also access your <em>Times</em> subscription through your iPhone by downloading the NYTimes app. The app will provide non-subscribers with up to ten articles for free, but anything beyond that requires a subscription. The NYTimes app gives you breaking news alerts, international editions, and much more. Download the NYTimes app <a href=\"https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/nytimes-breaking-local-national-world-news/id284862083?mt=8\">here</a>.</p>\n<h3>Google News &amp; Weather</h3>\n<p>The Google News &amp; Weather app provides news from more than 75,000 publications and comprehensive weather reports in the same app. There&#8217;s also little to no time spent waiting on your news to load, as the app is one of the fastest around thanks to its Accelerated Mobile Pages technology. Download the <a href=\"https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/google-news-weather/id913753848?mt=8&amp;ign-mpt=uo%3D4\">Google News &amp; Weather app</a>.</p>\n<h3>AccuWeather</h3>\n<p>AccuWeather is an excellent app for digging deep into the latest weather news. You can see as little or as much as you like with this app; simply check the current conditions or watch maps of the local area and see extremely detailed forecasts. The MinuteCast feature will even tell you when you can expect precipitation over the next couple of hours in your current location, and you&#8217;ll be frequently surprised at its accuracy. Download the <a href=\"https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/accuweather-weather-for-life/id300048137?mt=8\">AccuWeather app</a>.</p>\n<h3>Weather Underground</h3>\n<p>Weather Underground boasts a network of more than 200,000 personal weather stations that serve make your local forecasts extremely accurate. Download Weather Underground&#8217;s app <a href=\"https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/weather-underground-custom-forecast-local-radar/id486154808?mt=8\">here</a>.</p>\n"},{"title":"Multimedia Apps for Your iPhone","thumb":null,"image":null,"content":"<p>When it comes to multimedia, your new iPhone has a great group of apps that already come with iOS 13, such as TV, Music, and Podcasts. However, there are other apps on the market that may help you handle your multimedia needs in ways that better suit your tastes and needs.</p>\n<h3>Netflix</h3>\n<p>Netflix has come far since their humble beginnings as a DVD-rental-by-mail company to become one of the largest players in the entertainment business today. If you have a Netflix subscription, you can to play your entire collection of videos that you&#8217;ve saved in your list, find new content, and even use AirPlay to play your video on your television via AppleTV. Download the <a href=\"https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/netflix/id363590051?mt=8\">Netflix app</a>.</p>\n<h3>Amazon Video</h3>\n<p>Amazon has a vast library of video files, most of which can be streamed via their Amazon Video app. If you&#8217;re an Amazon Prime subscriber, you can watch all of your free Prime video library content right on your iPhone when you download the <a href=\"https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/amazon-video/id545519333?mt=8\">Amazon Video app</a>.</p>\n<h3>SoundCloud</h3>\n<p>SoundCloud claims to be the world&#8217;s largest music streaming service, boasting a catalogue of more than 135 million audio tracks. SoundCloud is a great service, but much of the catalogue is made up of up-and-coming (or completely unknown) artists. Don&#8217;t let that deter you. You can find some great music in the most unexpected places. SoundCloud also lets you see the music that your favorite artists like, which can lead you to discover wonderful tunes you might never would otherwise. Download the <a href=\"https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/soundcloud-music-audio/id336353151?mt=8\">SoundCloud app</a>.</p>\n<h3>YouTube</h3>\n<p>YouTube used to be the best app around for watching silly cat videos and people falling down, but it&#8217;s now one of the most popular, and important, means of accessing video and musical entertainment on the Web. Documentaries, full-length movies, music videos, and silly cat videos are waiting to be discovered when you download the <a href=\"https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/youtube/id544007664?mt=8\">YouTube app for iOS</a>.</p>\n<h3>Pandora</h3>\n<p>Pandora is one of the most popular music-streaming services for iOS and has been around almost since the first iPhone. Pandora allows you to create and customize your own radio stations, so you can play music of the same genre or by the same artist. You may also purchase any music you like with direct links to the iTunes Store. Download the <a href=\"https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/pandora-free-music-radio/id284035177?mt=8\">Pandora app</a>.</p>\n<h3>Overcast</h3>\n<p>Rarely is a third-party product recommended over Apple&#8217;s equivalent. Apple&#8217;s Podcasts app in iOS 13 is good for downloading and listening to podcasts, but the Overcast app outshines it in ease-of-use and with intuitive settings. Overcast even lets you apply settings, such as playback speed and Voice Boost, to individual podcasts, maintaining different settings combinations for each. Download <a href=\"https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/overcast-podcast-player/id888422857?mt=8\">Overcast</a>.</p>\n<h3>Snapseed</h3>\n<p>Snapseed is a must-have tool for photographers of any level. It&#8217;s an editor that&#8217;s easy enough to be used by rookies, yet powerful enough that professional photographers won&#8217;t be caught without it. Download <a href=\"https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/snapseed/id439438619?mt=8&amp;ign-mpt=uo%3D8\">Snapseed</a> and add some professional flair to your photos.</p>\n<h3>Google Play Music and Google Play Movies &amp; TV</h3>\n<p>If you&#8217;ve moved from an Android device to iPhone, you may have much invested in Google&#8217;s music and video stores. Never fear! Your Google content can be viewed on your iPhone by downloading the Google Play Music and the Google Play Movies &amp; TV apps!</p>\n<p>Download the <a href=\"https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/google-play-music/id691797987?mt=8\">Google Play Music app</a>. Get Google Play Movies &amp; TV <a href=\"https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/google-play-movies-tv/id746894884?mt=8\">here</a>.</p>\n"},{"title":"Explore Other Great Apple Apps for Your iPhone","thumb":null,"image":null,"content":"<p>Believe it or not, Apple has still more app goodness in store for you that doesn&#8217;t come natively on your iPhone with iOS 13! Several apps developed by Apple can be found by searching for them in the App Store on your iPhone or by following the links provided below.</p>\n<p>This isn&#8217;t a comprehensive list, but you can search for others in the App Store by looking for the term &#8220;by Apple.&#8221;</p>\n<h3>Apple Support</h3>\n<p>Apple is known for great technical support, and that support is within easy reach with the Apple Support app on your iPhone. No matter which Apple product you need support for, this app will get it for you. Download the <a href=\"https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/apple-support/id1130498044?mt=8\">Apple Support app</a>.</p>\n<h3>GarageBand</h3>\n<p>Everyone has a little Beethoven, Dinah Washington, or Hank Williams in them, and your iPhone will help you unleash your inner musical beast through Apple&#8217;s <a href=\"https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/garageband/id408709785?mt=8\">GarageBand app</a>. GarageBand will allow you to make your own music using more digital incarnations of your favorite instruments than you can shake a drum stick at.</p>\n<h3>iTunes U</h3>\n<p>Apple has teamed with institutions of higher education, schools, museums, and others the world over to bring you great learning experiences on your iPhone. <a href=\"https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/itunes-u/id490217893?mt=8\">iTunes U</a> provides content from such heavyweights as Stanford, the Smithsonian, the Library of Congress, MIT, and many others.</p>\n<h3>Pages, Keynote, and Numbers</h3>\n<p>Apple has some great productivity tools for word processing (<a href=\"https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/pages/id361309726?mt=8\">Pages</a>), presentations (<a href=\"https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/keynote/id361285480?mt=8\">Keynote</a>), and spreadsheets (<a href=\"https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/numbers/id361304891?mt=8\">Numbers</a>). These apps are not only free and top-of-the-line, but they&#8217;re also compatible with their Microsoft equivalents: Word, PowerPoint, and Excel!</p>\n<h3>iMovie</h3>\n<p>Your iPhone can shoot great video, but you can also download a high-powered video editor that&#8217;s free to boot: <a href=\"https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/imovie/id377298193?mt=8\">iMovie</a>. Mac users will already be familiar with iMovie, as it&#8217;s been available on the Mac for years; however, this version is great for editing and sharing movies on the go with your iPhone.</p>\n<h3>Apple TV Remote</h3>\n<p>Are you one of the lucky folks who owns an Apple TV? If so, like so many of us, you&#8217;ve probably found yourself scrambling to find that elusive remote, or have been stuck when your battery dies. If that&#8217;s the case, look no further than your iPhone to control your Apple TV, using Apple&#8217;s own <a href=\"https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/apple-tv-remote/id1096834193?mt=8\">Apple TV Remote app</a>, which works very much like your hand-held remote.</p>\n<h3>iTunes Movie Trailers</h3>\n<p>Movie buffs just can&#8217;t get enough of seeing which blockbusters, rom-coms, and dramas will be playing in the local cinemas in the coming days and weeks, and Apple&#8217;s Trailers website has been a favorite haunt for many. With the iTunes Movie Trailers app, the latest and greatest trailers can be viewed on your iPhone with a tap or two. Download the <a href=\"https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/itunes-movie-trailers/id471966214?mt=8\">iTunes Movie Trailers app</a>.</p>\n"}],"videoInfo":{"videoId":null,"name":null,"accountId":null,"playerId":null,"thumbnailUrl":null,"description":null,"uploadDate":null}},"sponsorship":{"sponsorshipPage":false,"backgroundImage":{"src":null,"width":0,"height":0},"brandingLine":"","brandingLink":"","brandingLogo":{"src":null,"width":0,"height":0},"sponsorAd":"","sponsorEbookTitle":"","sponsorEbookLink":"","sponsorEbookImage":{"src":null,"width":0,"height":0}},"primaryLearningPath":"Solve","lifeExpectancy":"Six months","lifeExpectancySetFrom":"2022-02-15T00:00:00+00:00","dummiesForKids":"no","sponsoredContent":"no","adInfo":"","adPairKey":[]},"status":"publish","visibility":"public","articleId":207421},{"headers":{"creationTime":"2017-12-07T13:29:33+00:00","modifiedTime":"2022-01-14T21:34:54+00:00","timestamp":"2022-09-14T18:19:01+00:00"},"data":{"breadcrumbs":[{"name":"Technology","_links":{"self":"https://dummies-api.dummies.com/v2/categories/33512"},"slug":"technology","categoryId":33512},{"name":"Electronics","_links":{"self":"https://dummies-api.dummies.com/v2/categories/33543"},"slug":"electronics","categoryId":33543},{"name":"Cell Phones","_links":{"self":"https://dummies-api.dummies.com/v2/categories/33544"},"slug":"cell-phones","categoryId":33544},{"name":"iPhones","_links":{"self":"https://dummies-api.dummies.com/v2/categories/33547"},"slug":"iphones","categoryId":33547}],"title":"How to Browse Your iPhone’s Files in iOS 11","strippedTitle":"how to browse your iphone’s files in ios 11","slug":"browse-iphones-files-ios-11","canonicalUrl":"","seo":{"metaDescription":"Learn how to use the Files app on an iPhone with iOS 11. The app allows you to browse files on your iPhone and other online services.","noIndex":0,"noFollow":0},"content":"Before iOS 11 came out, long-time iPhone users pined for a way to browse files stored on their devices, as opposed to being limited to finding documents and other files only within the apps they’re intended for or created by.\r\n\r\nWhen iOS 11 came out, it introduced a new app called Files, which allows you to browse not only for files stored on your iPhone, but also see stuff you stored on other online (cloud) services, such as Google Drive, Dropbox, and others.\r\n<h2 id=\"tab1\" >How to use the Files app</h2>\r\nYou’ll find the Files app on the second home screen, by default.\r\n<ol>\r\n \t<li>Tap the Files icon to open the app.</li>\r\n \t<li>On the Browse screen:<img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-248001 size-full\" src=\"https://www.dummies.com/wp-content/uploads/iphone-for-seniors-7e-browse.jpg\" alt=\"browse iPhone\" width=\"253\" height=\"450\" />\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Tap the Search field to search for items by title.</li>\r\n \t<li>Tap a source in the Locations or Favorites sections to browse a particular service or your iPhone.</li>\r\n \t<li>Tap colors under Tags to search for files you’ve tagged according to categories.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n</li>\r\n \t<li>Once in a source, you may tap files to open or preview them, and you may tap folders to open them and view their contents.<img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-248002 size-full\" src=\"https://www.dummies.com/wp-content/uploads/iphone-for-seniors-7e-files.jpg\" alt=\"browse iPhone files\" width=\"253\" height=\"450\" /></li>\r\n \t<li>Tap Select in the upper-right corner of the screen and then tap items to select them for an action. Available actions, found at the bottom of the screen, include\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><strong>Duplicating files:</strong> Make copies of selected items.</li>\r\n \t<li><strong>Moving files:</strong> Move files to other sources.</li>\r\n \t<li><strong>Sharing files:</strong> Share files with other people in a variety of ways (Messages and Mail, for example). You can even invite them to make edits, if you like.</li>\r\n \t<li><strong>Deleting files:</strong> Trash files you no longer need.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n</li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<p class=\"article-tips tip\">Should you like to retrieve a file you’ve deleted, go the Browse screen (tap Browse at the bottom of the screen if you’re not already there) and tap Recently Deleted. Tap Select in the upper-right corner, tap the file you’d like to retrieve, and tap the Recover button at the bottom of the screen. The file will be placed back in the location it was originally deleted from. 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iPhones iPhone for Seniors For Dummies Cheat Sheet

Cheat Sheet / Updated 01-13-2025

This cheat sheet gives you a rundown of some of the most useful features and apps so you can find what you need to customize your iPhone’s behavior. See how to get the most out of Siri (your iPhone’s virtual assistant), review some favorite apps for news and weather, and discover several of the most popular apps for multimedia.

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iPhones iPhone For Dummies Cheat Sheet

Cheat Sheet / Updated 11-01-2023

Your iPhone can be so much more than a communication tool to talk into. Aside from making calls and creating your contacts, you should make yourself familiar with the many options available on the iPhone touchscreen. You'll also want to be able to handle troubleshooting when your Apple device acts strangely or stops working. When you need a bit of levity, check out our 10 ways to have fun with Siri. And finally, if you have an iPhone with Face ID, you’ll discover how to put your iPhone into recovery mode.

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iPhones How to Use the iPhone's Multi-Touch Screen

Article / Updated 08-03-2023

The first time you turn on your iPhone, it will probably have been activated and registered by your cellular carrier or Apple, depending on whom you’ve bought it from. Follow these steps: Press and hold down the side button (found a little bit below the top of the upper-right side of newer iPhone models) or the top button (on the first-generation iPhone SE and earlier models) until the Apple logo appears. A screen appears, asking you to enter your Apple ID. Enter your Apple ID. If you don’t have an Apple ID, follow the instructions to create one. Follow the series of prompts to set up initial options for your iPhone. You can make choices about your language and location, using iCloud (Apple’s online sharing service), whether to use a passcode, connecting with a network, and so on. You can choose to have personal items transferred to your iPhone from your computer when you sync the two devices using iTunes or Finder, including music, videos, downloaded apps, audiobooks, e-books, podcasts, and browser bookmarks. Contacts and Calendars are downloaded via iCloud, or (if you’re moving to iPhone from an Android phone) you can download an Apple app called Move to iOS from the Google Play Store to copy your current Android settings to your iPhone. You can also transfer to your computer any content you download directly to your iPhone by using iTunes, the App Store, or non-Apple stores. Meet the Multi-Touch Screen When the iPhone Home screen appears, you see a colorful background and two sets of icons, as shown in the image below. One set of icons appears on the dock, which is along the bottom of the screen. The dock contains the Phone, Safari, Messages, and Music app icons by default, though you can swap out one app for another. You can add new apps to populate as many as 14 additional Home screens, for a total of 15 Home screens. The dock appears on every Home screen. Other icons appear above the dock. Different icons appear in this area on each Home screen. You can also nest apps in folders, which gives you the ability to store even more apps on your iPhone, depending on your phone's memory. Treat the iPhone screen carefully. The newest models have Ceramic Shield, Apple's toughest screen ever for the iPhone, but it's still made of glass and will break if an unreasonable amount of force is applied. The iPhone uses touchscreen technology: When you swipe your finger across the screen or tap it, you’re providing input to the device just as you do to a computer by using a mouse or keyboard. You'll read more about the touchscreen in the next task, but for now, go ahead and play with it — really, you can’t hurt anything. Use the pads of your fingertips (not your fingernails) and try the following: Tap the Settings icon. The various settings categories appear, as shown in the figure below. To return to the Home screen, press the Home button or, if you have an iPhone without a Home button, swipe up from the very bottom edge of your screen. Swipe a finger from right to left on the Home screen. This action moves you to the next Home screen.The little white dots at the bottom of the screen, above the dock icons, indicate which Home screen is displayed. If you see the search field instead, just lightly move your finger on your iPhone’s screen and the dots will appear in its place. To experience the screen rotation feature, hold the iPhone firmly while turning it sideways. The screen flips to the horizontal (or landscape) orientation, if the app you’re in supports it.To flip the screen back, just turn the device so that it’s short side is up again (portrait mode). Some apps force iPhone to stay in one orientation or the other. Drag your finger down from the very top edge of the screen to reveal such items as notifications, reminders, and calendar entries.Drag up from the very bottom edge of the Home screen to hide these items. Then drag up (iPhones with a Home button) or swipe down from the top-right corner to the center (iPhone without a Home button) to display Control Center, which contains commonly used controls and tools. Say Hello to Tap and Swipe You can use several methods for getting around and getting things done in iPhone by using its multi-touch screen, including Tap once. To open an application on the Home screen, choose a field (such as a search box), choose an item in a list, use an arrow to move back or forward one screen, or follow an online link, tap the item once with your finger. Tap twice. Use this method to enlarge or reduce the display of a web page or to zoom in or out in the Maps app. Pinch. As an alternative to the tap-twice method, you can pinch your fingers together or move them apart on the screen (see the figure below) when you’re looking at photos, maps, web pages, or email messages to quickly reduce or enlarge them, respectively. This method allows you to grow or contract the screen to a variety of sizes rather than a fixed size, as with the double-tap method.Use a three-finger tap to zoom your screen even larger or use multitasking gestures to swipe with four or five fingers. This method is handy if you have vision challenges. Drag to scroll (known as swiping). When you touch your finger to the screen and drag to the right or left, the screen moves (see the figure below). Swiping to the left on the Home screen, for example, moves you to the next Home screen. Swiping up while reading an online newspaper moves you down the page; swiping down moves you back up the page. Flick. To scroll more quickly on a page, quickly flick your finger on the screen in the direction you want to move. Tap the status bar. To move quickly to the top of a list, a web page, or an email message, tap the status bar at the top of the iPhone screen. (For some sites, you have to tap twice to get this to work.) Press and hold down. If you’re using Notes or Mail or any other application that lets you select text, or if you’re on a web page, pressing and holding down on text selects a word and displays editing tools that you can use to select, cut, or copy and paste the text. When you rock your phone backward or forward, the background moves as well (a feature called parallax). You can disable this feature if it makes you seasick. From the Home screen, tap Settings @@--> Accessibility @@--> Motion and then turn on the Reduce Motion setting by tapping the toggle switch (it turns green when the option is enabled). Bezel gestures Your iPhone enables you to perform bezel gestures, which involve sliding left to right from the very outer edge of the phone on the glass to go backward and sliding right to left to go forward in certain apps. You can try these methods now: Tap the Safari icon on the dock at the bottom of any iPhone Home screen to display the Safari web browser. Tap a link to move to another page. Double-tap the page to enlarge it; then pinch your thumb and finger together on the screen to reduce its size. Drag one finger up and down the page to scroll. Flick your finger quickly up or down on the page to scroll more quickly. Press and hold down your finger on a word that isn’t a link. (Links take you to another location on the web.) The word is selected, and the tools shown in the figure below are displayed. (You can use this tool to either get a definition of a word or copy it.) Press and hold down your finger on a link or an image. A menu appears (shown in the figure below) with commands that you select to open the link or picture, open it in a new tab, open it in a tab group, download a linked file, add it to your reading list, copy it, or share it. If you press and hold down on an image, the menu also offers the Add to Photos command. Tap outside the menu to close it without making a selection. Position your thumb and finger slightly apart on the screen and then pinch your thumb and finger together to reduce the page. With your thumb and finger already pinched together on the screen, move them apart to enlarge the page. Press the Home button or swipe up from the bottom of the screen (iPhone without a Home button) to go back to the Home screen.

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iPhones How to Choose the Right iPhone 14 for You

Article / Updated 01-03-2023

A variety of iPhone models are on the market; it can be daunting when trying to decide which one you want to purchase. In this article, I focus on Apple’s newest models, the iPhone 14 series. If you’d like to explore others, Apple has a great tool on its website for making comparisons. The sizes of the latest iPhone 14 models vary: iPhone 14 measures 2.82" by 5.78" (6.1" diagonally) with a depth of .31 inch (smaller of the phones on the left in the image below). iPhone 14 Plus measures 3.07" by 6.33" (6.7" diagonally) with a depth of .31 inch (larger of the phones on the left in the image below). iPhone 14 Pro measures 2.81" by 5.81" (6.1" diagonally) with a depth of .31 inch (smaller of the phones on the right in the image below). iPhone 14 Pro Max measures 3.05" by 6.33" (6.7" diagonally) with a depth of .31 inch (larger of the phones on the right in the image below). You can get iPhone 14 and 14 Plus in starlight, midnight, blue, purple, and a beautiful product red version. iPhone 14 Pro and 14 Pro Max come in gold, silver, space black, and a great-looking deep purple. Why the iPhone 14 is worth buying Not sure whether to get an iPhone 14 model? Here are a few more key differences: All iPhone 14 models include upgraded batteries. You get up to 20 hours of video playback for iPhone 14, up to 23 hours for 14 Pro, 26 hours for 14 Plus, and a whopping 29 hours for 14 Pro Max. iPhone 14 models use eSIMs instead of physical SIMs. A SIM stores important information about your phone and your cellular provider network. Physical SIMs can be moved from phone to phone, but eSIMs are permanently built-in. All models received camera upgrades. iPhone 14 Pro and 14 Pro Max have triple rear-facing cameras, providing amazing optical zoom, portrait mode, and other features. The 14 and 14 Plus have dual rear-facing cameras. Screen resolution. The higher the resolution the better, especially for larger screens since you need to pack more pixels (the tiny dots of color that make up the images) into a larger space. The iPhone 14 offers 2532 x 1170 resolution; 14 Plus provides 2778 x 1284 resolution; 14 Pro boasts 2556 x 1179; and 14 Pro Max provides a stunning 2796 x 1290. The table below gives you a quick comparison of the iPhone SE (third generation), 12, 13, 13 mini, 14, 14 Plus, 14 Pro, and 14 Pro Max (models currently sold by Apple). All costs are as of the time this book was written. (Some carriers may introduce non-contract terms.) iPhone Model Comparison Model Storage Cost (may vary by carrier) Carriers SE (third generation) 64GB, 128GB, and 256GB From $429 AT&T, Verizon, Sprint, T-Mobile 12 64GB, 128GB, and 256GB From $599 AT&T, Verizon, Sprint, T-Mobile 13 128GB, 256GB, and 512GB From $699 AT&T, Verizon, Sprint, T-Mobile 13 mini 128GB, 256GB, and 512GB From $599 AT&T, Verizon, Sprint, T-Mobile 14 128GB, 256GB, and 512GB From $799 AT&T, Verizon, Sprint, T-Mobile 14 Plus 128GB, 256GB, and 512GB From $899 AT&T, Verizon, Sprint, T-Mobile 14 Pro 128GB, 256GB, 512GB, and 1TB From $999 AT&T, Verizon, Sprint, T-Mobile 14 Pro Max 128GB, 256GB, 512GB, and 1TB From $1,099 AT&T, Verizon, Sprint, T-Mobile Other differences between iPhone models come primarily from the current operating system, iOS 16. One exciting pricing option is the iPhone Upgrade Program. You choose your carrier, get an unlocked phone so you can change carriers, and receive Apple Care+ to cover you in case your phone has problems, all starting at a cost of $39.50 a month (depending on the iPhone model you select). The price does not include data usage from your carrier. Decide How Much Storage Is Enough Storage is a measure of how much information — for example, movies, photos, and software applications (apps) — you can store on a computing device. Storage can also affect your iPhone’s performance when handling such tasks as streaming favorite TV shows from the web or downloading music. Streaming refers to playing video or music content from the web (or from other devices) rather than playing a file stored on your iPhone. You can enjoy a lot of material online without ever downloading its full content to your phone — and given that the most storage-endowed iPhone model has a relatively small amount of storage, streaming is a good idea. Your storage options with an iPhone 14 or 14 Plus are 128, 256, and 512 gigabytes (GB), while 14 Pro and 14 Pro Max have 128GB, 256GB, 512GB, and 1TB (terabyte, which is 1000GB). You must choose the right amount of storage because you can’t open the unit and add more, as you usually can with a desktop computer. However, Apple has thoughtfully provided iCloud, a service you can use to back up content to the internet. How much storage is enough for your iPhone? Here are some guidelines: If you simply want to check email, browse the web, and keep your calendar up to date, and you enjoy communicating via voice, video, and instant messaging, 128GB likely is plenty. For most people who manage a reasonable number of photos, download some music, and watch heavy-duty media such as movies online, 256GB may be sufficient. But if you might take things up a notch regarding media consumption and creation in the future (such as the newest grandchild being on the way soon), you should seriously consider 512GB. If you like lots of media, such as movies or TV shows, you might need 512GB or 1TB. For example, shooting 4K video at 60 frames per second will take roughly 1GB of storage space for every two and a half minutes of footage. If you shoot a lot of video, 1TB of storage might be more appealing. Do you know how big a gigabyte (GB) is? Consider this: Just about any computer you buy today comes with a minimum of 256GB of storage. Computers have to tackle larger tasks than iPhones, so that number makes sense. The iPhone, which uses a technology called flash storage for storing data, is meant (to a great extent) to help you experience online media and email; it doesn’t have to store much since it pulls lots of content from the internet. In the world of storage, 64GB for any kind of storage is puny if you keep lots of content (such as audio, video, and photos) on the device. What’s the price for larger storage? iPhone 14, a 128GB unit costs $799, 256GB is $899, and 512GB will set you back $1,099. iPhone 14 Plus with 128GB goes for $899, 256GB at $899, and 512GB for $1,199. iPhone 14 Pro with 128GB is $999, 256GB is $1,099, 512GB goes for $1,299, and the model tops out at $1,499 for 1TB. Not to be outdone, iPhone 14 Pro Max is the priciest: $1,099 for 128GB, $1,199 for 256GB, $1,399 for 512GB, and $1,599 for 1TB. Note that prices may vary by carrier and where you buy your phone.

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iPhones Discover iPhone 14 Models and iOS 16

Article / Updated 12-22-2022

Apple’s iPhone gets its features from a combination of hardware and its software operating system, which is called iOS (short for iPhone operating system). The most current version of the operating system, as of December 2022, is iOS 16. It’s helpful to understand which new features the latest models and iOS 16 bring to the table. Features of the latest models Apple’s latest additions to the iPhone family are the iPhone 14, 14 Plus, 14 Pro, and 14 Pro Max. Like their predecessors, they're highly advanced smartphones that leave competitors in the dust. Following, are some of the key features of the latest iPhone models. A15 and A16 Bionic chips The iPhone 14 and 14 Plus models include the A15 chip, while the 14 Pro and 14 Pro Max receive the latest and greatest, the A16. The truly innovative tech in these models demands processors that can handle some heavy lifting while still being able to answer calls and retrieve email, and the A15 and A16 are both more than capable. Dynamic Island (14 Pro and Pro Max models only) No, this isn’t the latest reality show craze, but rather a long-awaited innovation. iPhone models of late have sported a notch at the top of their screens where sensors, cameras, and other hardware reside. Dynamic Island is a seamless pairing of hardware and software that effectively makes that area come alive with information for you, making it an upgraded notch with a twist, if you will. The notch appears to expand or contract, depending on the notifications, alerts, and other activities its currently tasked with. I hope this great update will find its way into other iPhone models moving forward. Emergency SOS via Satellite and Crash Detection Apple has incorporated these two critically important new safety features into the iPhone 14 lineup. Emergency SOS via Satellite helps you reach emergency responders when you’re outside traditional cell or Wi-Fi service. Crash Detection utilizes new gyroscope and accelerometer tech in the latest models to detect when you’ve been in an automobile crash and will cause your iPhone to alert emergency services automatically. Both features are something you never want to need but are thankful to have. Splash, water, and dust resistance Your new iPhone 14, 14 Plus, 14 Pro, or 14 Pro Max is resistant to damage caused by water splashing onto it or from dust collecting in it. Now, you don’t want to take your iPhone 14 model deep-sea diving, but it’s likely to survive submersion in about six meters of water for up to 30 minutes. In other words, if your iPhone 14 model gets wet, it’s much more likely to survive the ordeal than older iPhone iterations, but it still isn't something you’d like to see happen to your expensive investment. You might consider acquiring AppleCare+, which is Apple’s extended warranty, currently priced at $149 (iPhone 14), $179 (14 Plus), or $199 (iPhone 14 Pro and 14 Pro Max) per year. Monthly plans are also available. AppleCare+ covers unlimited incidents of accidental damage (but you will be charged minimal fees, based on the nature of the repair), which could more than cover the cost of repairing your iPhone without it. You can also get AppleCare+ with theft and loss coverage for an additional $70 (all four models). Ceramic Shield The toughness and durability of Apple’s screens just keeps getting better. Ceramic Shield was developed by Apple and Corning, and according to them, it’s the toughest screen ever for a smartphone, making it four times more likely than other smartphones to survive a drop unscathed. Don’t think your iPhone is unbreakable. Cases are still a good — no, make that a great — idea. As mentioned, Apple has a line of cases that not only protect your iPhone but also allow for wireless MagSafe and Qi charging. (Qi is an industry-standard wireless charging technology used by Apple and most smartphone manufacturers.) Features of iOS 16 Any iPhone model from the iPhone 8 and newer (including the SE second generation, and all 11, 12, 13, and 14 models) can use most features of iOS 16 if you update the operating system. This update to the operating system adds many features, including (but definitely not limited to) the following. All-new lock screen: Apple’s taken a fresh approach to the lock screen, allowing you to customize it to your heart’s content. You can create lock screens for every occasion, switch between them in a snap, and include items like widgets, live activities, weather, and more. Focus: Think of Focus as an extension of the Do Not Disturb feature. You can customize a focus to filter notifications based on what you’re doing at the moment. iOS 16 introduces new features like focus schedules, focus filters (imagine one for work and one for personal), and allow and silence lists for apps and contacts. Photos: Photos in iOS 16 includes the new iCloud Shared Photo Library feature, which allows you to create a library of photos that you can share with others via iCloud. Other participants may also collaborate by adding their own photos to the library, providing a more complete memory experience for all. Everyone can also edit, delete, caption, and mark as a favorite any photo in the library. Messages: The latest iteration of Messages finally allows you to select multiple messages at once (for example, if you want to delete several at one time), mark read messages as unread, edit messages you’ve already sent (up to 15 minutes after), and more. This is a nice upgrade, IMO. Safari: Tab groups, a welcome new feature in iOS 15, allow you to group your open web pages any way you like. iOS 16 takes the feature a step further by allowing you to share tab groups and create pinned tabs in tab groups. It also introduces Passkeys, a new and more secure way to authenticate yourself on websites that require a password. Maps: Maps now allows you to add multiple stops along your route. The new Transit Fares feature helps you calculate fares and other fees so you can better prepare for trip costs. Health app: You can now use Health to track your medications, discover potential interaction issues, add medications by scanning the label on bottles, get reminders when it’s time to take medications, and more. These are but a few of the improvements made to the latest version of iOS. I suggest visiting Apple's iOS 16 web page to find out more. Don’t need all the built-in apps? You can remove them from your Home screen. When you remove a built-in app from your Home screen, you aren't deleting it — you’re hiding it. (Note that built-in apps take up very little of your iPhone’s storage space.) If you change your mind, you can easily add them back to your Home screen by searching for them in the App Store and tapping the Get button, or by retrieving them from the App Library. How you recover them depends on the app; some allow you to hide them while others only let you relegate them to the App Library.

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iPhones iPhone Photography For Dummies Cheat Sheet

Cheat Sheet / Updated 02-24-2022

Believe it or not, most of the technical and creative innovation in photography today is coming not from the big DSLR manufacturers but rather from mobile phone makers. Your Apple iPhone is a brilliant mixture of art and science, and its camera is ready and able to help you capture your next stunning photo. Discover how to create bold, strong compositions that hold your viewer’s attention. Master the technical side of iPhone photography. And as the word photography literally means light-writing, immerse yourself in the exciting possibilities for manipulating light. The future is bright for iPhone photographers such as you.

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iPhones iPhone Customization For Seniors For Dummies Cheat Sheet

Cheat Sheet / Updated 02-15-2022

It's not always obvious how you can modify how your iPhone works. For example, you can use Settings to change how the Safari browser protects you from being tracked online or which online calendar's events are shown in iPhone's Calendar app. This Cheat Sheet gives you a rundown of some of the most useful features and apps so that you can find what you need to customize your iPhone's behavior.

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iPhones How to Browse Your iPhone’s Files in iOS 11

Article / Updated 01-14-2022

Before iOS 11 came out, long-time iPhone users pined for a way to browse files stored on their devices, as opposed to being limited to finding documents and other files only within the apps they’re intended for or created by. When iOS 11 came out, it introduced a new app called Files, which allows you to browse not only for files stored on your iPhone, but also see stuff you stored on other online (cloud) services, such as Google Drive, Dropbox, and others. How to use the Files app You’ll find the Files app on the second home screen, by default. Tap the Files icon to open the app. On the Browse screen: Tap the Search field to search for items by title. Tap a source in the Locations or Favorites sections to browse a particular service or your iPhone. Tap colors under Tags to search for files you’ve tagged according to categories. Once in a source, you may tap files to open or preview them, and you may tap folders to open them and view their contents. Tap Select in the upper-right corner of the screen and then tap items to select them for an action. Available actions, found at the bottom of the screen, include Duplicating files: Make copies of selected items. Moving files: Move files to other sources. Sharing files: Share files with other people in a variety of ways (Messages and Mail, for example). You can even invite them to make edits, if you like. Deleting files: Trash files you no longer need. Should you like to retrieve a file you’ve deleted, go the Browse screen (tap Browse at the bottom of the screen if you’re not already there) and tap Recently Deleted. Tap Select in the upper-right corner, tap the file you’d like to retrieve, and tap the Recover button at the bottom of the screen. The file will be placed back in the location it was originally deleted from. Please note that some services may not allow you to retrieve a file you’ve deleted; if you don’t see the file you’re looking for, contact that particular service.

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iPhones How to Turn On White on Black on Your iPhone

Article / Updated 11-08-2021

If you are an iPhone user who has visual challenges, the black-and-white screen option offers a black background with white lettering that some people find easier to use when reading text. The White on Black accessibility setting reverses colors on your screen so that backgrounds are black and text is white. To turn on this feature, tap the Settings icon on the Home screen. Tap General and then scroll down and tap Accessibility. In the Accessibility dialog, tap the White on Black On/Off button to turn on this feature. The colors on the screen reverse. Tap the Home button to leave Settings. The White on Black feature works well in some places and not so well in others. For example, in the Photos application, pictures appear almost as photo negatives. Your Home screen image will likewise look a bit strange. And don’t even think of playing a video with this feature turned on! However, if you need help reading text, White on Black can be useful in several applications. For more help on iPhone accessibility features, check out iPhone Accessibility Options for Easier iPhone Operation.

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iPhones How to Lock and Unlock Your iPhone

Article / Updated 10-06-2021

You can lock your iPhone so its touch screen doesn't work. This prevents the iPhone from dialing phone numbers, playing music, or doing anything else when it's in your pocket, rubbing against your pants, or in your purse making contact with keys and other stuff. Apple makes locking your iPhone a snap. In fact, you don’t need to do anything to lock the iPhone; it happens automatically, if you don't touch the screen for one minute. Can’t wait that long? To lock the iPhone immediately, press the Sleep/Wake button. To unlock it, press the Sleep/Wake button again. Or, press the Home button on the front of the screen. Either way, the on-screen slider appears, but your iPhone doesn’t actually awaken until you drag the slider to the right with your finger.

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