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Become An Iphone Expert With These Tips

By Charesse Diaz


You may have taken your time to buy an iPhone, wondering what the big deal was. When you finally get your own iPhone, you start to realize what all the talk is about. The iPhone is without a doubt the most exciting phone to emerge in many years. Keep reading for some wonderful things you can do with your new phone.

Are you wanting to improve the battery life of your iPhone? One tip you might want to try is turning off features such as Location Services, Wi-Fi, and Notifications. All three of these feature are notorious for sapping the life from your phone's battery. If you prefer to keep these features turned on, you can still extend your battery life by making sure the apps which utilize these features are not left "open".

If you frequently use your iPhone in silent mode, consider customizing the vibration alerts for various contacts. Locate General Settings, then Accessibility, then Hearing. Tap "Custom Vibrations" to activate this feature. Finally, you can choose from multiple vibration patterns or even create your own personal vibration. This allows you to identify callers without checking your screen or using a ringtone.

You can compose messages pretty fast on an iPhone, and you can do it even faster when you know all of the shortcuts to use with the on-screen keyboard. For instance, you can use the symbols section much more quickly. Simply press the symbols button and hold it. Drag your finger to the symbol you want, then release. You'll be taken right back to the QWERTY keyboard, ready to continue entering text.

To get the most from Siri, use this tip to assign nicknames and relationships for each of your contacts. For example, you can tell Siri, "Jane Johnson is my mother." Siri will then request confirmation to link this information to Jane's contact number. Now, you can tell Siri to "Call Mom," and she will automatically bring up your mother's phone number.

You can use your iPhone to store files instead of buying a thumb drive separately. The best way to do this is to buy an inexpensive program called iPhoneDrive. Using this program, you can save files to your phone and then transfer the to your Mac at a later time.

The iPhone uses diction. This helps because you don't have to type. You can enable this by tapping the microphone button on your phone and talking into it. When you are done, hit the stop button and it automatically types what you say. You can also use this feature to update your status on social-networking sites.

If you do not want to worry about capitalization when you are typing a text message to a friend, you can turn on the auto-capitalization feature. This feature is found under Settings-General-Keyboard and is the first option when you open up this section. This will help you save a lot of time and improve your grammar through texts.

Take videos right on your phone and remember all the events that happened clearly. Videos are always fun to look back at, and now with your phone you have the ability to take videos whenever you want. The videos are top quality picture and lets you get the most out of your memories.

If you use certain words and terms a lot that take up a lot of time to type, the best thing to do would be to add shortcuts. You can do this in the Settings section of your phone. For example, "SYL" can be used for "see you later." Typing those three letters will prompt the phone to type out the entire phrase.

These are just a few of the wonderful things you can do with your phone. Developers are trying new things every day, so you will have even more to do in the days to come. Use the tips you've just read to really get the most from your new iPhone, and you will look like an old pro.




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