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- Herausgeber: John Wiley & Sons
- Kategorie: Wissenschaft und neue Technologien
- Sprache: Englisch
My phone, your phone, iPhone--the fully updated guide to the latest models and iOS updates Apple seems to update its iPhone at the speed of light, and Dummies helps you keep up. iPhone For Dummies, 2022 Edition includes the newest features available with iOS 15, released in 2022. This version also covers all iPhone models available in 2022 including the iPhone 12, iPhone 11, iPhone XR, and iPhone SE. Whether you have a new iPhone or an older iPhone, you've got this book to walk you through everything your phone can do. The iPhone is a music player, a gaming system, a computer, and a mobile phone all wrapped up in one pocket-sized package. Your device can keep you connected, help you be productive, and provide endless hours of entertainment. iPhone For Dummies offers the insight of two longtime Apple experts on how to make the most of your iPhone and its updated features. * Set up your device and learn about the apps and utilities that can help you get the most out of iPhone * Understand important settings, privacy controls, and customizations to make your phone truly yours * Snap photos, shoot videos, record audio and discover iPhone's many creativity tools * Enter the wild world of apps using the app store, and find out about the latest hot downloads Ring! Ring! Pick up--it's your new iPhone calling.
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iPhone® For Dummies®, 2022 Edition
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Table of Contents
Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Introduction
About This Book
Foolish Assumptions
Icons Used in This Book
Beyond the Book
Where to Go from Here
Part 1: Meet Your iPhone
Chapter 1: Unveiling the iPhone
The Big Picture
A Quick Tour Outside
Home Sweet Home Screen
Chapter 2: iPhone Basic Training
Activating the iPhone
Turning the iPhone On and Off
Locking the iPhone
Mastering the Multitouch Interface
Multitasking
Navigating beyond the Home Screen
Organizing Icons into Folders
Visiting the App Library
Watching Widgets
Proactive Searching
Notifications and Today View
Chapter 3: Synchronicity: Getting Stuff to and from Your iPhone
A Brief iCloud Primer
The Kitchen Sync
Syncing Your Data with iTunes or Finder
Synchronizing Your Media
Manual Syncing
Chapter 4: Understanding the Phone-damentals
Making a Call
Receiving a Call
While on a Call
Seeing Is Believing with FaceTime
Part 2: The PDA iPhone
Chapter 5: Taking Control of Your iPhone
Controlling Control Center
Summoning Siri
Chapter 6: Texting 1, 2, 3: Messages and Notes
Getting the iMessage
Taking Note of Notes
Chapter 7: Twelve Indispensable Apps and Utilities
Working with the Calendar
Adding Calendar Entries
Calculate This
Punching the Clock
Voicing Memos
It’s a Wallet
Dropping in on AirDrop
Controlling Lights, Locks, and More
Using the iPhone in the Car
Unlocking the Car
Measuring Things
Translating Text or Speech
Keeping in Good Health
Part 3: The Multimedia iPhone
Chapter 8: Music to Your Ears: Audio on Your iPhone
Introducing Your iPhone’s Music Player
My Music Is Your Music
Taking Control of Your Tunes
Customizing Your Audio Experience
Listening to Podcasts with the Podcasts App
Shopping with the iTunes Store App
Chapter 9: “Smile”: Taking Pictures with Your iPhone
Taking Your Best Shot
Making Photos Come to Life
Keeping Things in Focus
Tracking Down Your Pictures
Admiring Your Pictures
Editing and Deleting Photos
Livening Up Live Photos
Leveraging Live Text
More (Not So) Stupid Picture Tricks
Chapter 10: Starring in a Blockbuster: Video on Your iPhone
Finding Stuff to Watch
Playing Video
Shooting Video
Part 4: The Internet iPhone
Chapter 11: Going on a Mobile Safari
Surfin’ Dude
I Can See Clearly Now
Private Browsing
Sign in with Apple
Smart Safari Settings
Chapter 12: The Email Must Get Through
Prep Work: Setting Up Your Accounts
See Me, Read Me, File Me, Delete Me: Working with Messages
Darling, You Send Me (Email)
Chapter 13: Tracking with Maps, Compass, Stocks, Weather, and Files
Maps Are Where It’s At
Contemplating the Compass
Taking Stock with Stocks
Weather Watching
Keeping Track of Documents with Files
Part 5: The Undiscovered iPhone
Chapter 14: Setting You Straight on Settings
Sky-High Settings
Report, Sound, and Appearance Settings
In General
Phoning in More Settings
Chapter 15: Apps-O-Lutely!
Finding Apps
Deleting and Organizing Your Apps
Apple’s Arcade
Books, Newspapers, and Magazines
Chapter 16: When Good iPhones Go Bad
iPhone Issues
Problems with Calling or Networks
Sync, Computer, or iTunes Issues
More Help on the Apple Website
If Nothing We Suggest Helps
Dude, Where’s My Stuff?
Part 6: The Part of Tens
Chapter 17: Ten Appetizing Apps
Shazam
Action Movie FX
Halide Mark II Pro Camera
Evernote
Words with Friends 2
IMDb
Libby
Waze
BeCasso
Clubhouse
Chapter 18: Ten Helpful Hints, Tips, and Shortcuts
Use QuickPath for Speed and Accuracy
Autocorrect Is Your Friend
Assault on Batteries
Tricks with Links and Phone Numbers
Share the Love … and the Links
Choose a Home Page for Safari
Like a Time Machine for iPhone Backups
Create Ringtones for Free in GarageBand
Getting Apps Out of the Multitasking Screen
Taking a Snapshot of the Screen
Index
About the Authors
Connect with Dummies
End User License Agreement
List of Illustrations
Chapter 1
FIGURE 1-1: Here’s what you’ll find on the sides of your iPhone.
FIGURE 1-2: On the bottom of your iPhone (some models differ slightly).
FIGURE 1-3: The iPhones are a study in elegant simplicity.
Chapter 2
FIGURE 2-1: Face it: Face ID keeps your iPhone secure.
FIGURE 2-2: Six faces of the iPhone keyboard.
FIGURE 2-3: Going wide on the keyboard.
FIGURE 2-4: The ABCs of virtual typing.
FIGURE 2-5: Accenting your letters.
FIGURE 2-6: When the keyboard bails you out.
FIGURE 2-7: Drag the grab points to select text and tap Copy (top) and then tap...
FIGURE 2-8: Tap Replace and then tap a substitute word to make a switch.
FIGURE 2-9: Scroll to see previews of the apps you’ve recently used.
FIGURE 2-10: Checking out App Library.
FIGURE 2-11: Widget icons for your Calendar, News, and Music apps stand out nex...
FIGURE 2-12: Staying in the loop with notifications.
FIGURE 2-13: Choosing how alerts should appear.
Chapter 3
FIGURE 3-1: The General pane is relatively painless.
FIGURE 3-2: The Summary pane is relatively painless too.
FIGURE 3-3: Use the Music pane to copy music and music videos from your compute...
FIGURE 3-4: Try to sync too much music and you’ll see this.
FIGURE 3-5: Point at a color to see its details.
FIGURE 3-6: Your choices in the Movies pane determine which movies are copied t...
Chapter 4
FIGURE 4-1: Contact me.
FIGURE 4-2: I don’t like you anymore.
FIGURE 4-3: A virtually familiar way to dial.
FIGURE 4-4: Visual voicemail in action.
FIGURE 4-5: You can tap the red or green buttons to reject or answer a call.
FIGURE 4-6: I can’t take your call right now.
FIGURE 4-7: Now calls from my favorites can get through.
FIGURE 4-8: Managing calls.
FIGURE 4-9: Handling two calls at once.
FIGURE 4-10: You have more than one way to choose who to FaceTime.
FIGURE 4-11: Who is behind that FaceTime memoji?
FIGURE 4-12: You can enjoy the same media with people on a FaceTime call throug...
Chapter 5
FIGURE 5-1: Control Center pages are merely a swipe away.
FIGURE 5-2: Don’t bug me — I’m trying to focus.
FIGURE 5-3: Siri is eager to respond.
FIGURE 5-4: Siri can help you prepare for the weather.
Chapter 6
FIGURE 6-1: Swipe up to send your voice message or tap the X to cancel it.
FIGURE 6-2: Conversations in Messages look like this.
FIGURE 6-3: Tap an icon to affix it to the message (left); the recipient sees t...
FIGURE 6-4: The secret to handwriting messages is turning your iPhone sideways.
FIGURE 6-5: The Digital Touch interface ready to send a kiss.
FIGURE 6-6: Choose the nose, lips, and lip color for your memoji.
FIGURE 6-7: Six pinned conversations at the top of the messages list.
FIGURE 6-8: Creating a note in Notes.
Chapter 7
FIGURE 7-1: Calendar year, month, and day views.
FIGURE 7-2: The Calendar list view.
FIGURE 7-3: The screen looks like this just before you add an event to your iPh...
FIGURE 7-4: Enter the hour and minutes when the appointment starts and ends.
FIGURE 7-5: Clocking in around the world.
FIGURE 7-6: Tap the voice memo you want to play.
FIGURE 7-7: Add more to a voice memo after the fact (left) or trim a recording ...
FIGURE 7-8: Listing your Reminders lists such as groceries.
FIGURE 7-9: Choosing an image to share via AirDrop.
FIGURE 7-10: CarPlay can make a call or steer you to a particular song or desti...
FIGURE 7-11: You can have a side-by-side or face-to-face conversation.
Chapter 8
FIGURE 8-1: Tap the song’s name (left) to see additional options (right).
FIGURE 8-2: Tap a little letter on the right to see artists whose names begin w...
FIGURE 8-3: Tap the red – sign and then tap the red Delete button to remove a s...
FIGURE 8-4: These controls appear when a song is playing.
FIGURE 8-5: The Podcast app’s controls are mostly the same as the Music app’s c...
Chapter 9
FIGURE 9-1: Say “Cheese.”
FIGURE 9-2: Steadily follow the arrow in one sweeping motion to produce a panor...
FIGURE 9-3: Apply a filter to change the way a picture looks.
FIGURE 9-4: This picture is part of a burst sequence.
FIGURE 9-5: Recents and Favorites are among the albums found in Albums.
FIGURE 9-6: Finding pictures by location.
FIGURE 9-7: Digging into All Photos.
FIGURE 9-8: Thanks for the Photos memories.
FIGURE 9-9: View your photos by years (left), months (center), and days (right)...
FIGURE 9-10: You can share, choose a favorite, edit, or discard a photo.
FIGURE 9-11: Naming your shared album.
FIGURE 9-12: Inviting a friend to share an album.
FIGURE 9-13: Summoning picture controls to launch a slideshow.
FIGURE 9-14: Who says you can’t improve the quality of the picture?
FIGURE 9-15: Before and after you apply the Long Exposure effect.
Chapter 10
FIGURE 10-1: Watch Now affords you lots of viewing options.
FIGURE 10-2: Tap Library to get at the content you’ve purchased or rented.
FIGURE 10-3: Choosing the movie (left) or TV show (right) to watch.
FIGURE 10-4: Controlling the video.
FIGURE 10-5: Lights, camera, action!
FIGURE 10-6: Choosing where to go slow.
FIGURE 10-7: Trimming a video.
Chapter 11
FIGURE 11-1: The iPhone’s Safari browser.
FIGURE 11-2: Web pages that match your search letter.
FIGURE 11-3: Doing a double-tap dance zooms in and out.
FIGURE 11-4: Going wide.
FIGURE 11-5: Scrolling down the Safari start page.
FIGURE 11-6: The tabs overview page.
FIGURE 11-7: Lump like-minded web pages into tab groups.
FIGURE 11-8: Turning into a bookie.
FIGURE 11-9: Reducing clutter when reading a web story.
Chapter 12
FIGURE 12-1: Simply tap a button to add an account.
FIGURE 12-2: Just fill ’em in and tap Continue, and you’re almost ready to rock...
FIGURE 12-3: If you don’t get your email from iCloud, Gmail, Outlook, Yahoo!, o...
FIGURE 12-4: The Mailboxes screen is divided by inboxes and accounts.
FIGURE 12-5: Tap one of your email accounts to reveal its subfolders.
FIGURE 12-6: You can easily determine how to filter the emails in your inboxes.
FIGURE 12-7: Reading and managing an email message.
FIGURE 12-8: Wiping out, marking, or moving messages, en masse.
FIGURE 12-9: Drag the left edge of your message to the right to peek at your in...
FIGURE 12-10: Your emails are hanging together by a thread.
FIGURE 12-11: Organize by Thread keeps related messages together.
FIGURE 12-12: After downloading text from a Microsoft Word file attached to an ...
FIGURE 12-13: The New Message screen appears, ready for you to start typing the...
FIGURE 12-14: You can change the account you’re sending from midstream.
FIGURE 12-15: Inserting a video into an email message.
FIGURE 12-16: You can admire an inserted picture and size it before sending it ...
FIGURE 12-17: Select your text (left), tap the BIU button (center), and apply b...
FIGURE 12-18: We tapped Aa above the keyboard (left), and then used the format ...
FIGURE 12-19: Cutting and pasting Live Text from the real world into an email.
FIGURE 12-20: Simple tools let you mark up an attachment before sending it out.
Chapter 13
FIGURE 13-1: The blue marker shows your location.
FIGURE 13-2: Search for
Pizza near 60611
and you see bubbles for all pizza join...
FIGURE 13-3: Satellite view of the map shown in Figure 13-2 (top) with the Choo...
FIGURE 13-4: Info screen for Pizzeria Due.
FIGURE 13-5: Maps offers two routing options to Black’s Barbecue (the suggested...
FIGURE 13-6: Step-by-step driving directions to Black’s BBQ.
FIGURE 13-7: As you approach a multilane interchange, the white arrow indicates...
FIGURE 13-8: The cone says I’m facing north.
FIGURE 13-9: The Compass app says I’m facing due north.
FIGURE 13-10: The performance chart and related news for Apple.
FIGURE 13-11: The hourly and daily local forecasts for Austin, Texas.
Chapter 14
FIGURE 14-1: Presenting lists of settings.
FIGURE 14-2: Checking out your Wi-Fi options.
FIGURE 14-3: Falling out of love — tap an item so you’re no longer connected.
FIGURE 14-4: Notify the iPhone of your notification intentions.
FIGURE 14-5: The Maps app wants to know where you are.
FIGURE 14-6: Sliding this control adjusts screen brightness.
FIGURE 14-7: Choosing a masterpiece background.
FIGURE 14-8: You find these items on the General Settings screen.
FIGURE 14-9: Get a charge out of these Battery settings.
FIGURE 14-10: Screen Time reveals how you’re spending time on your phone, inclu...
Chapter 15
FIGURE 15-1: The icons across the bottom represent the five ways of interacting...
FIGURE 15-2: iTunes Remote, a free app from Apple, lets you use your iPhone as ...
FIGURE 15-3: The progress indicator (left) tells you how much of the app has be...
FIGURE 15-4: App Library organizes your apps into categories (left) or view the...
FIGURE 15-5: If you see this, an app clip is available by NFC or scan (left), o...
Chapter 17
FIGURE 17-1: Point your phone at the music and Shazam tells you the artist, tit...
FIGURE 17-2: Vader says, “You have failed me for the last time" before crushing...
FIGURE 17-3: Don’t let the minimalist, uncluttered interface fool you — this is...
FIGURE 17-4: Details like these are available for almost every movie.
FIGURE 17-5: Libby’s e-book reader makes it easy to read your library books on ...
FIGURE 17-6: Help out fellow drivers by reporting a bottleneck or speed trap.
FIGURE 17-7: Turning an ordinary New York street scene into a digital masterpie...
FIGURE 17-8: There’s no shortage of topics to talk about in Clubhouse.
Chapter 18
FIGURE 18-1: Press certain keys for too long and your slide will be interrupted...
FIGURE 18-2: Press and hold down on a link to see a preview and options.
FIGURE 18-3: Choose what to restore and what not to restore with iMazing.
FIGURE 18-4: Creating a custom ringtone.
FIGURE 18-5: Slide the app you want to quit (GarageBand) up and off the screen.
FIGURE 18-6: Mini-previews appear in the lower-left corner of the screen immedi...
FIGURE 18-7: Tap the mini-preview to annotate the screenshot before you share, ...
Guide
Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Table of Contents
Begin Reading
Index
About the Authors
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Introduction
Precious few products ever come close to generating the kind of buzz seen with the introduction of new iPhones. Their arrival receives front-page treatment in newspapers, and top billing on network and cable TV shows year after year. Even now, people still line up days in advance just to ensure landing one of the first units (though they may have to follow social distancing and mask guidelines again this year).
But we trust you didn’t pick up this book to read yet another account about how this year’s iPhone launch was an epochal event. We trust you did buy the book to find out how to get the very most out of your remarkable device. Our goal is to deliver that information in an informed but light and breezy fashion. We expect you to have fun using your iPhone, and we hope you have fun spending time with us.
About This Book
Let’s get one thing out of the way right from the get-go. We think you’re pretty darn smart for buying a For Dummies book. That says to us that you have the confidence and intelligence to know what you don’t know. The For Dummies franchise is built around the core notion that we feel insecure about certain topics when tackling them for the first time, especially when those topics have to do with technology.
As with most Apple products, every iPhone to date is beautifully designed and intuitive to use. And though our editors may not want us to reveal this dirty little secret (especially on the first page), the truth is you’ll get pretty far just by exploring the iPhone on your own, without the help of this (or any other) book.
Okay, now that we spilled the beans, we’ll tell you why you shouldn’t run back to the bookstore and request a refund: This book is chock-full of useful tips, advice, and other nuggets that will make your iPhone experience all the more pleasurable. So keep this book nearby and consult it often.
But before you do that, let us tell you a bit about how we go about our business. iPhone For Dummies makes generous use of numbered steps, bullet lists, and pictures. Web addresses look like this: www.boblevitus.com. For those reading the e-book version, links are live so you can click them.
We also include sidebars with information that is not required reading, but that we hope will provide a richer understanding of certain subjects. Overall, we aim to keep technical jargon to a minimum, under the guiding principle that with rare exceptions you need not know what any of it means.
Foolish Assumptions
Although we know what happens when you make assumptions, we’ve made a few anyway. First, we assume that you, gentle reader, know nothing about using an iPhone or iOS — beyond knowing what an iPhone is, that you want to use iOS, that you want to understand your iPhone and its operating system without digesting an incomprehensible technical manual, and that you made the right choice by selecting this particular book.
And so, we do our best to explain each new concept in full and loving detail. Perhaps that’s foolish, but … oh, well.
One last thing: We also assume that you can read. If you can’t, please ignore this paragraph.
Icons Used in This Book
Little round pictures (icons) appear in the left margin throughout this book. Consider these icons miniature road signs, telling you something extra about the topic at hand or hammering a point home.
Here’s what the five icons used in this book look like and mean.
This text contains the juicy morsels, shortcuts, and recommendations that might make the task at hand faster or easier.
This icon emphasizes the stuff we think you ought to retain. You may even jot down a note to yourself in the iPhone’s Reminders app.
Put on your propeller beanie hat and pocket protector; this text includes truly geeky stuff. You can safely ignore this material, but we wouldn’t have bothered to write it if it weren’t interesting or informative.
You wouldn’t intentionally run a stop sign, would you? In the same fashion, ignoring warnings may be hazardous to your iPhone and (by extension) your wallet. There, you now know how these warning icons work, for you have just received your very first warning!
Denotes a feature that’s new in iOS 15 or the latest and greatest iPhones — the iPhone 13 family.
What do we mean by new? Mostly that a particular feature wasn’t available last year (and wasn’t covered in previous editions of this book).
Beyond the Book
For details about significant updates or changes that occur between editions of this book, go to www.dummies.com, search for iPhone For Dummies, and open the Download tab on this book’s dedicated page.
Also, the cheat sheet for this book has tips for mastering multitouch; a list of things you can do during a phone call; info on managing contacts; where to find additional help if your iPhone is acting contrary, and more. To get to the cheat sheet, go to www.dummies.com and type iPhone For Dummies cheat sheet in the Search box.
Where to Go from Here
Where to turn to next? Why straight to Chapter 1, of course (without passing Go).
In all seriousness, we wrote this book for you, so please let us know what you think. If we screwed up, confused you, left something out, or — heaven forbid — made you angry, drop us a note. And if we hit you with one pun too many, it helps to know that as well.
Because writers are people too (believe it or not), we also encourage positive feedback if you think it’s warranted. So kindly send an email to Ed at [email protected] and Bob at [email protected]. We’ll do our best to respond to reasonably polite emails in a timely fashion.
Finally, we want to thank you for buying our book. We hope it delights you — if it doesn’t, please let us know.
Part 1
Meet Your iPhone
IN THIS PART …
Get a big-picture overview of the iPhone and a quick tour of its hardware and software.
Activate the phone, turn it on and off, unlock and lock it, and master its multitouch interface.
Synchronize (sync) your data — contacts, appointments, movies, songs, podcasts, and such — between your computer, your iPhone, iCloud+, and other iDevices.
Make and receive calls on the iPhone — even video calls — use visual voicemail, select a ringtone, and ignore, juggle, and merge calls.
Chapter 1
Unveiling the iPhone
IN THIS CHAPTER
Looking at the big picture
Touring the outside of the iPhone
Checking out the iPhone’s apps
Congratulations. You’ve selected one of the most incredible handheld devices we’ve ever seen. Of course, the iPhone is one heck of a wireless telephone, but it’s actually four handheld devices in one. At least it’s four devices right out of the box. Add some iPhone apps, and your iPhone becomes a personal computer, an e-book reader, a handheld gaming device, a memory jogger, an exercise assistant, and ever so much more.
We discuss optional apps — how to obtain, install, and delete them — throughout the book and particularly in Chapters 15, 17, and 18.
But first let’s focus on the four awesome handheld devices your iPhone is the day you take it out of the box. In addition to being a decent cellular telephone, the iPhone is a gorgeous widescreen video player, a fantastic camera/camcorder system, as well as a tiny-yet-powerful internet communications device.
In this chapter, we offer a gentle introduction to all four devices that make up your iPhone, plus overviews of its revolutionary hardware and software features.
WHAT’S IN THE BOX?
Somehow, we think you’ve already opened the elegant box that the iPhone came in. But if you didn’t, here’s what you can expect to find inside:
Lightning-to-USB cable: Use this handy cable to sync or charge your iPhone. You can plug the USB connector into your PC or Macintosh to sync or into the included USB power adapter. The cable was Lightning-to-USB-A until this year. The cable included with all iPhones these days is Lightning-to-USB-C. (If your computer doesn’t have a USB-C port, inexpensive adapters are available from Apple and other vendors such as Amazon.com.)Some Apple logo decals: Of course.A quick start guide or an iPhone info sheet or both: Not much to it. You see the names of the buttons, how to turn on the phone, and where to learn more and get support. We saved you the time of looking; you can learn more at www.apple.com/iphone and get help at www.apple.com/support/iphone. You’re welcome.SIM eject tool: Included with some (but not all) new iPhones. Didn’t get one or lost yours? No problem. Use a straightened paper clip or safety pin to remove your SIM card. (See Chapter 16 for more on the SIM card.)iPhone: You were starting to worry. Yes, the iPhone itself is also in the box.The Big Picture
The iPhone has many best-of-class features, but the big one is its super-high-resolution touchscreen that you operate using a pointing device you can’t lose: your finger.
And what a display it is. We venture that you’ve never seen a more beautiful screen on a handheld device in your life.
The iPhone’s built-in sensors also still knock our socks off. An accelerometer detects when you rotate the device from portrait to landscape mode and adjusts what’s on the display accordingly. A proximity sensor detects when the iPhone gets near your face, so it can turn off the display to save power and prevent accidental touches by your cheek. A light sensor adjusts the display’s brightness in response to the current ambient lighting situation. The iPhone even has a gyroscope for advanced motion sensing and GPS sensors so your phone can determine where in the world you are. Our favorite example of motion sensing is that our iPhones rarely ask if we want to join a Wi-Fi network when we’re in a moving car. That’s a smart smartphone.
In this section, we take a brief look at some of the iPhone’s features, broken down by product category.
The iPhone as a phone and a digital camera or camcorder
On the phone side, the iPhone synchronizes with the contacts and calendars on your Mac or PC, as well as contacts and events on iCloud, Google, Yahoo!, Outlook.com, and Microsoft Exchange. It includes a full-featured QWERTY virtual keyboard, which makes typing text easier than ever before — for some folks. Granted, the virtual keyboard takes a bit of time to get used to. But we think that many of you eventually will be whizzing along at a much faster pace than you thought possible on a mobile keyboard of this type.
The camera in your iPhone is paired with iOS 15’s improved Camera and Photos apps, so taking and managing digital photos and videos on your iPhone is a pleasure rather than the nightmare it can be on other phones. Plus, you can automatically synchronize iPhone photos and videos with the digital photo library on your Mac or PC.
The iPhone 13 Pro and Pro Max cameras are the best yet, with all the features of the preceding Pro generation cameras, including autofocus with focus pixels to help prevent out-of-focus pictures. And all models available today have the best executions yet of the greatest camera feature ever: optical image stabilization, which uses data from the processor, gyroscope, and motion coprocessor to determine camera motion when you’re shooting, and then compensates for your shaky hands or low light. Bottom line: All iPhone 13 models shoot better low-light photos than previous iPhones, and iPhone 13 Pro models shoot the best low-light photos and videos yet.
Cinematic mode (iPhone 13 Pro and Pro Max only) adds a beautiful depth effect with automatic focus that can be changed during and after capture. For what it's worth, these two iPhones are the only devices that can edit depth-of-field effect in video after recording (at least for now).
Finally, don’t miss the Live Photos feature (all current iPhone models), which captures a bit of video before and after the still image. This brings images to life when viewed, and it’s as easy as ever to add effects — such as loop, bounce, and our favorite, long exposure — making Live Photos perhaps the coolest iPhone camera feature since, well, whatever we called the coolest iPhone camera feature in a previous edition.
Another of our favorite phone accouterments is visual voicemail. (Try saying that three times fast.) This feature lets you see a list of voicemail messages and choose which ones to listen to or delete without being forced to deal with every message in your voice mailbox in sequential order. Now, that’s handy!
Finally, all iPhone models include Siri, an intelligent voice-controlled assistant that understands what you tell it (most of the time). Siri just keeps getting better at figuring out what you mean and determining which (if any) iPhone app should be used to find the right answer. And, like a real personal assistant, Siri replies in a natural sounding human voice. Furthermore, it has become even smarter in recent years with proactive assistance, which provides the most relevant information and suggestions at a particular moment and place using on-device learning, which helps Siri deliver a more personalized experience based on your usage of Safari, News, Mail, Messages, and other apps.
One more thing: Siri can also take dictation!
If you’ve tried voice control before, forget everything you know and give Siri a try. We think you’ll be as impressed as we are (as long as you have a good internet connection when you try it — Siri can be close to useless if your connection is slow) — and are in a relatively quiet environment or are using a headset.
We’ve mentioned just the highlights of the iPhone’s superb set of features. But because we still have the entire book ahead of us, we’ll put the extended coverage on hold for now (phone pun intended).
The iPhone as an iPod
Do you remember when iPods were all the rage? We agree with the late Steve Jobs on this one: The iPhone is a better iPod than any iPod Apple ever made. (Okay, we can quibble about the iPod touch and the iPad, as well as wanting more storage, but you know what we mean.) You can enjoy all your existing media content — music, audiobooks, audio and video podcasts, music videos, television shows, and movies — on the iPhone’s gorgeous high-resolution color display, which is bigger, brighter, and richer than any iPod display before it.
Bottom line: If you can get the content — be it video, audio, or whatever — into the Music or TV apps (macOS Catalina or later) or iTunes (PC or macOS Mojave or earlier), you can synchronize it and watch or listen to it on your iPhone.
The iPhone as an internet communications device
But wait — there’s more! Not only is the iPhone a great phone and a stellar media player, but it’s also a full-featured internet communications device with — we’re about to drop a bit of industry jargon on you — a rich HTML email client that’s compatible with most POP, IMAP, and web-based mail services, with support for Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync. (For more on this topic, see Chapter 12.) Also on board is Safari, a world-class web browser that, unlike on most other phones, makes web surfing fun and easy.
Another cool internet feature is Maps. By using GPS, Maps can determine your location, let you view maps and satellite imagery, and obtain driving directions and traffic information for much of the United States. You can also find businesses, such as gas stations, pizza joints, hospitals, and Apple Stores, with just a few taps. And Maps’ new Guide feature makes it easier than ever to find nearby things to see, do, eat, and drink. Plus, you can get information on public transit for more cities than ever and indoor maps of some large spaces such as airports and convention facilities.
Finally, the Compass app not only displays your current GPS coordinates but also orients Maps to show the direction you’re facing.
You might also enjoy using Stocks, an included app that delivers near real-time stock quotes and charts any time and any place, or Weather, another included app that obtains and displays the weather forecast for as many cities as you like.
The internet experience on an iPhone is far superior to the internet experience on any other handheld device we’ve seen, except the iPad. (Technically, we’d call a full-sized iPad a “two-hands-held device” because it’s difficult to hold in one hand for more than a few minutes. But we digress.)
Technical specifications
One last thing before we proceed. Here’s a list of everything you need before you can actually use your iPhone:
An iPhone
In the United States, a wireless contract with AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile, C Spire, or Cricket, or a contract-free plan with T-Mobile or another provider
An Apple ID
Internet access (required) — broadband wireless internet access recommended
If you decide to introduce your iPhone to your computer, here’s what’s required for syncing:
Macs running macOS Catalina 10.15 or later sync using Finder.
Macs running macOS Mojave 10.14.6 or earlier sync using iTunes 12.8 or later (free download from
itunes.com/download
).
PCs running Windows: Windows 7 or later sync using iTunes 12.10 or later (free download from
itunes.com/download
).
A Quick Tour Outside
The iPhone is a harmonious combination of hardware and software. In this section, we take a brief look at what’s on the outside. In the next section, we peek at the software.
On the sides
The side button is on the right side; the ring/silent switch and volume buttons are on the left, as shown in Figure 1-1. The SIM card tray is on the left side of the iPhone 12 and newer models and on the right side of others. We describe these elements more fully in the following list:
SIM card tray: The SIM card tray is where you remove or replace the SIM card inside your iPhone.
A SIM (Subscriber Identity Module) card is a removable smart card used to identify mobile phones. Users can change phones by moving the SIM card from one phone to another — kind of. The iPhone uses a nano-SIM.
nano-SIM cards are tiny, so they’re easily lost or damaged. Don’t remove yours without good reason.
FIGURE 1-1: Here’s what you’ll find on the sides of your iPhone.
Side button:
This button is used to lock or unlock your iPhone and to turn your iPhone on or off. When your iPhone is locked, you can still receive calls and text messages, but nothing happens if you touch its screen. When your iPhone is turned off, all incoming calls go directly to voicemail.
Ring/silent switch: This switch, which is on the left side of your iPhone, lets you quickly swap ring mode and silent mode. When the switch is set to ring mode — the up position, with no orange showing on the switch — your iPhone plays all sounds through the speaker on the bottom. When the switch is set to silent mode — the down position, with orange visible on the switch — your iPhone doesn’t make a sound when you receive a call or when an alert pops up on the screen.
Silent mode is overridden, however, by alarms you set in the built-in Clock app, music, audiobooks, and other purposeful audio, and selecting sounds such as ringtones and alert sounds in the Settings app.
If your phone is set to ring mode and you want to silence it quickly, press the side button or press one of the volume buttons.
Volume up/down buttons:
Two volume buttons are just below the ring/silent switch. The upper button increases the volume; the lower one decreases it. You use the volume buttons to raise or lower the loudness of the ringer, alerts, sound effects, songs, and movies. And during phone calls, the buttons adjust the voice loudness of the person you’re speaking with, regardless of whether you’re listening through the receiver, the speakerphone, or a headset.
Note that Figure 1-1 is an iPhone with Face ID, so although it does not have a Home button, all other buttons and switches are shown in their proper locations.
On the bottom
On the bottom of your iPhone, you find microphones, the Lightning connector, and stereo speakers, as shown in Figure 1-2:
Microphones: The built-in microphones let callers hear your voice when you’re not using a headset.
The iPhone sports three or more microphones — the main ones are on the bottom — which work together to suppress unwanted and distracting background sounds on phone calls using dual-mic noise suppression and beam-forming technology.
FIGURE 1-2: On the bottom of your iPhone (some models differ slightly).
Lightning connector: The Lightning connector has several purposes:
You can use it to recharge your iPhone’s battery. Simply connect one end of the included Lightning connector-to-USB cable to the iPhone and the other end to the USB power adapter, a USB port on your computer, or a port on a powered USB hub.
You can use the port to synchronize. Connect one end of the cable to the port on your iPhone and the other end to a USB port on your Mac or PC.
You can use the Lightning port to connect your iPhone to other devices, such as a camera or television using an adapter such as the Camera Connection Kit or one of Apple’s A/V adapter cables.
You use the Lightning port to connect EarPods (or your favorite headset, which may require a 3.5 mm headphone jack adapter), so you can listen to audio or talk on the phone without holding a slab of glass and metal in front of your face.
Little-known fact: The EarPods with Lightning connector that used to come with iPhones will work with any iOS device with a Lightning connector.
Stereo speakers:
The speakers are used by the iPhone’s built-in speakerphone and for playing audio — music or video soundtracks — when no headset is connected. They also play the ringtone you hear when you receive a call. All current iPhones have stereo speakers.
On the front
On the front of your iPhone, you find the following (labeled in Figure 1-3):
Camera:
The camera on the front of the iPhone is tuned for FaceTime, so it has just the right field of view and focal length to focus on your face at arm’s length, which presents you in the best possible light.
Receiver/front microphone: The receiver (speaker) and front mic that the iPhone uses for telephone calls. The receiver naturally sits close to your ear whenever you hold your iPhone in the “talking on the phone” position; the mic is used for noise-cancelling and FaceTime calls.
You should be the only one who hears sound coming from the receiver. If you have the volume set above about 50 percent and you’re in a location with little or no background noise, someone standing nearby may be able to hear the sound, too. So be careful.
If you require privacy during phone calls, use a compatible Apple or third-party headset — wired or wireless — as discussed in Chapter 14.
Status bar:
The status bar displays important information, as you discover in a page or two.
Touchscreen:
You find out how to use the iPhone’s gorgeous high-resolution color touchscreen in
Chapter 2
. All we have to say at this time is try not to drool all over it.
Home button and Touch ID sensor (Touch ID models):
No matter what you’re doing, you can press the Home button at any time to display the Home screen, which is the screen shown in
Figure 1-3
. The iPhone’s Touch ID sensor uses your fingerprint to unlock the phone (see
Chapter 2
).
App icons:
Each icon on the Home screen launches an included iPhone app or one you’ve acquired from the App Store.
Photo Apple, Inc.
FIGURE 1-3: The iPhones are a study in elegant simplicity.
On the back
On the back of your iPhone are one to three camera lenses that look like little circles or ovals in the top-left corner. The iPhone also has one or more little LEDs next to the camera lens for use as a flash for still photos, as a floodlight for videos, and as a flashlight (turn it on and off in Control Center). For more on using the camera and shooting videos, see Chapters 9 and 10, respectively; for more on the flashlight and Control Center, see Chapter 5.
Status bar
The status bar, which is at the top of every Home screen and displayed by many (if not most) apps, displays tiny icons that provide a variety of information about the current state of your iPhone:
5
GE
:
Your wireless carrier’s 5GE network is available.
4G:
Your wireless carrier’s high-speed UMTS network is available.
3G:
Your wireless carrier’s 3G UTMS or EV-DO data network is available and your iPhone can connect to the internet via 3G.
Airplane mode:
All wireless features of your iPhone — the cellular, 5G, 4G, 3G, GPRS (General Packet Radio Service), and EDGE networks, Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth — are turned off. You’re allowed to use your iPod on a plane after the captain gives the word. But you can’t use your cellphone except when the plane is in the gate area before takeoff or after landing. Fortunately, your iPhone offers an airplane mode, which turns off all wireless features of your iPhone and makes it possible to enjoy music or video during your flight.
Some flights now offer on-board Wi-Fi. If you’re on such a flight, you can turn on Wi-Fi even when airplane mode is enabled. Just don’t turn it on until the captain says it’s okay.
Alarm:
You’ve set one or more alarms in the Clock app.
Battery:
This battery icon displays the level of your battery’s charge. The icon is completely filled with green or white when your battery is fully charged and then empties as your battery becomes depleted. You see a lightning bolt next to the icon when your iPhone is recharging.
Bluetooth battery:
A tiny battery icon next to the Bluetooth icon displays the battery level of some Bluetooth devices.
Call forwarding:
Call forwarding is enabled on your iPhone.
Camera in use indicator:
Appears whenever an app is using your iPhone camera.
CarPlay:
iPhone is connected to CarPlay.
Cell signal:
The strength of the cellular signal. The cell signal icon tells you whether you’re within range of your wireless telephone carrier’s cellular network and therefore can make and receive calls. The more bars you see (four is the highest), the stronger the cellular signal. If you’re out of range, the bars are replaced with the words
No Service.
And if your iPhone is looking for a cellular signal, the bars are replaced with
Searching.
If your screen shows only one or two bars, try moving around a little bit. Even walking a few feet can sometimes mean the difference between no service and three or four bars.
Do Not Disturb:
The Do Not Disturb feature (see
Chapter 4
) is enabled.
Dual cell signal:
On iPhones with dual SIMs, the top row of bars indicates the signal strength of the line used for cellular data and the lower row of dots indicates the signal strength of your other line.
EDGE:
Your wireless carrier’s slower EDGE (Enhanced Datarate for GSM Evolution) network is available and you can use it to connect to the internet.
GPRS/1xRTT:
Your wireless carrier’s slower GPRS data network is available and your iPhone can use it to connect to the internet.
Headphones connected:
iPhone is paired with Bluetooth headphones.
Location Services:
An application is using Location Services, a topic we discuss in
Chapter 13
.
LTE:
Your wireless carrier’s high-speed LTE network is available.
Microphone in use indicator:
Appears whenever an app is using your iPhone microphone.
Network activity:
Some network activity is occurring, such as over-the-air synchronization, sending or receiving email, or loading a web page. Some third-party apps use this icon to indicate network or other activity.
Personal hotspot:
This iPhone is connected to the internet via the personal hotspot connection of another device.
Personal hotspot indicator:
This iPhone is providing a personal hotspot connection or screen mirroring to another device; or an app is actively using your location.
Portrait orientation lock:
The iPhone screen is locked in portrait orientation. Swipe up from the bottom of the screen to reveal Control Center and then tap the portrait orientation lock icon to lock your screen in portrait orientation.
Recording indicator:
Your iPhone is either recording sound or recording your screen.
Syncing:
Your iPhone is syncing with Finder or iTunes.
TTY:
Your iPhone is set up to work with a teletype (TTY) machine, which is used by those who are hearing or speech impaired. You need an optional Apple iPhone TTY Adapter (suggested retail price $19) to connect your iPhone to a TTY machine.
VPN:
Your iPhone is currently connected to a virtual private network (VPN).
Wi-Fi:
Your iPhone is connected to the internet over a Wi-Fi network. The more semicircular lines you see (up to three), the stronger the Wi-Fi signal. If your screen displays only one or two semicircles of Wi-Fi strength, try moving around a bit. If you don’t see the Wi-Fi icon in the status bar, internet access is not currently available.
Wireless (that is, cellular) carriers may offer one of five data networks. The fastest (in theory) are the so-called fifth-generation networks; the next fastest is 4G (LTE and UMTS); the next fastest is 3G; and the slowest are EDGE and GPRS. The device looks for the fastest available network. If it can’t find one, it looks for a slower network.
Wi-Fi networks, however, are usually even faster than cellular data networks. So iPhones connect to a Wi-Fi network if one is available, even when a 5G, 4G, 3G, GPRS, or EDGE network is also available.
Last but not least, if you don’t see one of these icons — 5G, LTE, 4G, 3G, GPRS, EDGE, or Wi-Fi — you don’t currently have internet access.
Wi-Fi call:
Your iPhone is making a call over Wi-Fi.
Home Sweet Home Screen
The first page of your Home screen offers a bevy of icons, each representing a different bundled app or function. Because the rest of the book covers each and every one of these babies in full and loving detail, we merely provide brief descriptions here.
To get to the first Home screen, press the Home button (Touch ID models) or swipe upward from the bottom of the screen (Face ID models). If your iPhone is asleep when you press the button, the Unlock screen appears. Once unlocked, you’ll see whichever page of icons was on the screen when it went to sleep. If that screen happens to have been the first Home screen, you’re golden. If it wasn’t, merely press the Home button again to summon your iPhone’s first (main) Home screen.
Three steps let you rearrange icons on your iPhone:
Long-press any icon, and then choose Rearrange Apps to start the icons jiggling.
Drag icons around until you’re happy with their positions.
Tap the Done button in the upper-right corner, swipe upward from the bottom of the screen (Face ID), or press the Home button (Touch ID) to save your arrangement and stop the jiggling.
The first Home screen
If you haven’t rearranged your icons or restored your iPhone from a backup, you should see the Weather and Calendar widgets (more about widgets in Chapter 2) at the top of the screen, with the following apps (starting at upper left):
FaceTime:
Makes FaceTime video or voice calls to others using Apple devices.
Calendar:
Synchronizes events and alerts between your computer and your iPhone, no matter what calendar program you prefer on your Mac or PC (as long as it’s Calendar, Microsoft Entourage, Outlook, or Exchange, or the online calendars from Google or Yahoo!). Create an event on one, and it’s automatically synchronized with the other the next time they’re synced. Neat stuff.
Photos:
Displays pictures that you took with the iPhone’s built-in cameras, transferred from your computer, received through email, saved from Safari, or acquired as part of your Photo Stream. You can zoom in or out, create slideshows, email photos to friends, and much more. Other phones may let you take pictures; the iPhone lets you enjoy them in many ways.
Camera:
Shoots a picture or video with one of the iPhone’s built-in cameras.
Mail:
Sends and receives email with most POP3 and IMAP email systems and, if you work for a company that grants permission, Microsoft Exchange accounts, too.
Notes:
Enables you to type notes anywhere and at any time. You can send the notes to yourself or anyone else through email or save them on your iPhone until you need them. Notes can be synced with your other devices via iCloud if you so desire and are easily shared with others.
Reminders:
Integrates with Calendar, Outlook, and iCloud, so to-do items and reminders sync automatically with your other devices, both mobile and desktop. This app may be the only to-do list you’ll ever need. You’ll read much more about this great app and its shiny location-based reminders, but you have to wait until
Chapter 7
.
Clock:
Displays the current time in as many cities as you like, sets one or more alarms, and makes your iPhone act like a stopwatch or a countdown timer.
News:
Delivers the news you want to read in a beautiful, uncluttered format. You read more about News in
Chapter 15
.
TV:
Stores your movies, TV shows, music videos, video podcasts, and some iTunes U courseware. It’s also a path to streamed programming available from myriad sources, including Comedy Central, HBO, and every major TV network.
Podcasts:
Manages podcasts on your iPhone.
App Store:
Enables you to connect to and search the iTunes App Store for iPhone apps you can purchase or download for free over a Wi-Fi or cellular data network connection.
Maps:
Displays street maps or satellite imagery of locations around the globe. Also provides driving, walking, and public transportation directions, traffic conditions, and even the location of a nearby pizza joint. This app is among our favorites.
Health:
Gathers info from fitness devices and other health apps to provide a clear and current overview of your health on an easy-to-read dashboard.
Wallet:
Stores Apple Pay credit cards as well as gift cards, coupons, tickets, boarding passes, and other passes, all in a single convenient location.
Settings:
Adjusts your iPhone’s settings. If you’re a Mac user, think System Preferences; if you’re a Windows person, think Settings app.
The second Home screen
You probably won’t find the icons we’re about to describe on your Home screen — at least not on the first (main) one. These apps usually appear on the second Home screen (which you find out about in Chapter 2). If you just can’t wait to see them, swipe your finger across the screen from right to left and they’ll appear like magic.
Outside the Utilities folder
In addition to the Utilities folder, you find several additional icons on the second Home screen:
Weather:
Monitors the six-day weather forecast for as many cities as you like.
Find My (formerly Find My iPhone and Find My Friends):
Displays a map with the last known locations of your family’s iPhones and other Apple devices (assuming the feature was enabled on each device before it was misplaced). It can also display the locations of friends who have consented to being tracked by Find My.
Shortcuts:
Create multistep shortcuts that you can trigger with a tap or by voice command.
Home:
Controls HomeKit-compatible lights and appliances.
Contacts:
Stores contact information, which can be synced with iCloud, macOS Contacts, Yahoo! Address Book, Google Contacts, and many more.
Files:
Displays documents saved on your iPhone or saved in the cloud to iCloud, Dropbox, or several other cloud-based storage services.
Stocks:
Monitors your favorite stocks, which are updated in near real time.
Translate:
Provides a quick (and mostly accurate) translation of voice or text to and from 11 languages.
Books (formerly iBooks):
Enables you to purchase and read e-books.
iTunes Store:
Accesses the iTunes Store, where you can browse, preview, and purchase songs, albums, movies, and more.
Watch:
