You may be using a smartphone for several years but they always come with surprises. We use a smartphone but our knowledge is just limited to a few known features. Few years ago iPhones were identified as the most sophisticated phones used by people with big pockets but these days even an average earning person can also afford an iPhone. The only problem is, most of us might not know the tricks of handling the device as it was conceived to be. Let us have a look on a few hidden tips and tricks of iPhones.
1. It’s a very rare occurrence, but sometimes an iPhone might lock up automatically. Maybe it won’t wake up from sleep mode, even if you know that the battery isn’t completely drained, therefore don’t panic.
2. There is a dictionary built into iOS that you can use to look up for definitions at almost any time. If you see a word which you don’t recognize then tap and hold on it and you can get the meaning.
3. IMessage does two tasks as an SMS app. When you’re texting your non-iPhone using friends, anything over 160 characters gets split into two. You can see when this is going to happen by adding a character count to iMessage.
4. You can immediately jump to the top of a long web page, email, document, etc. Like if you’ve scrolled down to the end of a page and want to go back to the top, tap on the clock at the top of the screen. You’ll be taken right to the beginning.
5. If you have just typed a long sentence and accidentally deleted it then you need not worry. You can simply shake your iPhone and by doing that you can easily red0 or undo your message. No other smartphone by far can provide you with this unique feature.
6. Some people complain that Apple’s smart phone doesn’t have an LED to flash to silently notify you of an incoming call or an alarm going off, a standard feature on most of this device’s competitors. Actually it does: the camera flash can be set to take care of this issue.
7. You can raise your iPhone to your ear and start barking out orders to Siri at any time, without needing to touch the Home button. You need to enable this, though. Just go to Settings > General > Siri > Raise to Speak.
8. The Lock Screen isn’t really locked. Even without unlocking your device you can do quite a bit. Tap and hold on the Home button and you’ll bring up Siri. Double tap the Home button and audio controls will appear. And, of course, a camera button was added to the Lock Screen in iOS 5.1.
9. You can take a picture using the headphone cord. Ever want to get a bit farther away from the camera when taking a self portrait? Everyone should know that you can snap a picture with your iPhone by pressing the Volume Up button, but few people realize that this works with the volume buttons built into the headphones, too.
10. You can create an image of your iPhone’s screen at any point. Press down the Home and Power buttons at the same time and a screenshot will be saved in the Images app.
