the iphone 6s has four buttons five if you count this little switch is a switch or a button first of the buttons is the screens on off button located on the right side of the phone near the top it quite simply turns your phone screen on and off on the left are the volume buttons which can be used to change the volume of all your sounds the earbuds that come with your iphone also have volume control buttons on them just press the plus sign to make it louder and the minus sign to make it quieter.
the most important button is the home button it will turn your screen on if it's off if
you're in a nap press the home button to return to your home screen and press it twice rapidly to see all the apps that
are currently running press and hold the home button to open sirree but we'll talk about that later to last is this
switch which turns your ringer on or off simple enough right you would use this in an important meeting or hopefully in a
movie theater the phone has four microphones one here for talking on the phone to on top next to the speaker and one on
the back next to the camera's lens the iphone s is screen is made from I on X glass and it has a d touch sensor beneath
it on the back of the iphone you'll see the camera which is protected by a small piece of scratch resistant sapphire glass
now let's start using the iphone most actions on the iphone are performed not with buttons but by tapping sleeping or otherwise poking the screen itself on your home screens you can see all of the apps that you have on your iPhone the iPhone comes with a number of apps already installed thousands more can be purchased are downloaded for free from
the App Store a nap is a program on your phone designed to perform a specific task or function for example the weather
app shows you the weather forecast in your area and this howcast fitness app that I've added to my phone gives me workout videos each app is represented by its own little square button on your home screen swipe to the left to see more apps to open an app simply tap the icon once and tap the home button to return to your home screen.
now maybe you don't like how your apps are organized on your screen to move your apps around tap one of them and hold your finger down for a second the icons will all start wiggling like they're nervous about being moved simply drag the icon to its new position or drag it on top of another icon to create a folder quick actions is a cool new feature that's only
available on the iphone s it's a simple drop down menu of shortcuts to useful functions within an app to activate your
quick actions just press a little bit harder on the app icon and your quick actions menu will appear to instantly get
directions to your home from your current location press hard on the maps app and select directions home the phone will
map out driving walking and public transportation options for you in order for your phone to know where you live make sure
your home address and other information is in your phone's contacts now that you know your way around your new iphone 6s
let's customize things a bit in this section i'll show you how to set up your email and connect to a WiFi network you
should have already set up a pass code when you turn on your iPhone s if you haven't done this just follow the onscreen
prompts to set yours up you'll also set up a touch ID this will allow you to use the home button as a fingerprint scanner
because you live in the future to set up your email go to settings once again and tap male tap Add Account choose the email service that you use and enter your email address and password to read your email simply tap the mail app and scroll through some email services like Gmail and Yahoo have their own apps which are also available in the app store when you sign up for a plan with your phone carrier you chose a data plan which allows you to connect to the internet via g you can avoid running out of your a lot of data by connecting to a WiFi network when it home at work or any place with the public WiFi network internet use well connected to WiFi does not count against your data limit to set up a WiFi connection open your settings once again tap the WiFi menu find your network from the choose a network list and then just enter your WiFi password once you have entered the password your iphone will remember it and automatically connect to that Network anytime you're in range the iphone s boasts an improved battery life but it can still run low after a long day of rigorously scrolling your facebook feed with a few tweaks and good habits you can make sure your battery doesn't run out before the end of the day you can turn your WiFi off when not in use lower your screen brightness close unnecessary apps or even go into airplane mode which will keep your phone on but disconnected from all networks to turn WiFi off swipe up from the bottom of the screen to pull up a quick menu then tap the WiFi icon this will stop your phone from wasting energy trying to connect to WiFi networks while you're on the move or in an area with no networks you can adjust your screen brightness in the same quick menu drag the brightness slider left or right to decrease or increase brightness the brighter your screen the more battery life it heats up try turning down your screen brightness when you're indoors or secretly texting during the movie when you leave a nap and go back to your home screen that app keeps running in the background even if you can't see it and that takes up battery to to see all your apps that are currently running tap the home button twice you can swipe left and right to look through all the apps and to close an app swipe it up then there's airplane mode to turn this on just swipe up from the bottom of the screen and tap the plane icon this will turn off your phones cell service data and WiFi extending your battery life without turning off your phone plus you can keep playing candy crush without being interrupted by a fundraising call from your alumni association if your iphone gets down to twenty percent battery it will prompt you to turn on low power mode this is a special setting that turns off certain features of the iPhone such as unnecessary animations and automatic email fetching to make a phone call tap the phone icon dial the number or search for it within your contacts and then tap this phone icon you can use other apps while on a call while you're talking on the phone press the home button to return to your home screen and navigate from there you can check your email play a game maybe find the love of your life on tinder just be careful not to hang up on anyone you may not have every phone number memorized so tap contacts to see a list of numbers stored in your phone to add a contact tap the + symbol you can of course enter their phone number here but you can also add a photo their email address birthday and home address you can even set a unique ringtone that will play when they call you also if you never want to hear from someone again this is where you can block them from your life forever for quick access add contacts to your favorites tap the star then the plus sign and then select from your contacts to listen to your voicemail simply tap the voicemail icon gone are the days when you had to listen to every voice mail in a row the iphone has visual voicemail which allows you to see who called it allows you to listen to each message in any order you like or maybe decide just not to listen at all for better sound plugin the earbuds that come with your iphone s these include a microphone that hangs right by your mouth on the volume controls so you don't have to shout into your phone the iphone automatically adjust to your speaking volume so if you're quiet talker or a loud talker it should all sound the same to the person on the other end to video chat you can either open the facetime app or go into your contacts if your contact has the facetime app on their phone the facetime camera icon will be visible your iphone will use the front facing camera and microphones so just hold it a foot or two from your face and talk once again ear buds will help with the sound quality especially if you're outdoors you've seen the billboards the iphone s boasts a megapixel camera I'm going to teach you how to take photos take selfies shoot video and even create what Apple calls live photos there are a ton of different shooting modes on the iphone but today since this is a beginners course we're only going to talk about the basics let's open up the camera up to take a photo point the camera at your subject then tap your subject on the screen to focus on them and adjust lighting then just press the big white button to take the photo the flash will turn on automatically if needed to turn it on or off manually tap the lightning bolt icon in the top left corner of the screen you can also add a filter by tapping this icon in the bottom right filters allow you to add a bit of control to your photos colors you can add a filter before or after you've taken a picture some filters make colors brighter others make the photos grayscale or sepia tone to switch to the front facing camera and take a selfie tap this icon in the top right of the screen a little tip the volume button icons can also be used to take a photo which is a lot easier when you're holding your phone with one hand also when taking your selfie keep the camera straight in front of you or a bit above your face to avoid taking a photo of the inside of your nose to record a video drag over to video mode and then tap that same button which will now appear red remember when taking a photo or video hold your camera steady the iphone s also has the option to record video in k which is twice the quality of HD video you might not notice the difference on your phone screen but it will make a big difference if you view it on your computer of course k videos take up much more space on your phone so if you don't have that much space free on your phone you might want to stick to the HD format the iphone s has a new feature called live photos a lot of photo is basically a short three to four second video that captures when you shoot a photo your iphone records about two seconds before and two seconds after the photo if you hard press a live photo you'll see the full motion come to life it's a lot like a portrait of a wizard and harrypotter but real life photos are a fun feature but they take up about twice as much space as a normal picture will be automatically turned on by default to disable them you can tap this button we're going to take a look at the iphones built in a web browser Safari you can do anything here that you would on your desktop browser search the web do some shopping see what your ex is up to tap the Safari icon to open the web browser in the navigation bar type whatever you're looking for it go and safari will perform a google search for you if you find a website that you want to remember forever tab here to book market for quick access in the future tap here to email the web address to someone else who might enjoy it you can have more than one webpage open at a time on your phone using tabs each tab contains a separate website layered on top of each other like sheets of paper tap here to see your open tabs and tap the + to open a new one you can use the maps app to look up specific addresses get directions or search for places nearby to view traffic on the map tap the circle die info button and then tap show traffic to view public transportation tap the info button then tap transit to find a location just type in the address and hit search for stepbystep directions tap the icon of a mode of transportation then hit start it end at any time to stop the directions to find directions to a specific location on the map without knowing the exact address tap the location with your finger and hold it there to drop a pin tap the pin then tap directions you can also search by category for example type gas station or chinese food to find a gas station or even better chinese food in your area or tap the search bar to choose from one of the iphones preloaded categories tap tap in to see the name of the business tap the name for more information or just tap hard on the pin to bring up quick actions like directions or call if you choose directions hit start and your iphone will read you the directions out loud as you drive or walk in some cases you'll want to look up directions to your home especially if you're using the directions home quick action remember to make this automatic make sure you have your home address set in your contacts to send a map to a friend or brag about it on social media tap the share button in the upper right corner then choose message mail or whichever method you want to use to share a little tip here to save a map for quick reference to view offline take a screenshot to take a screenshot press the on/off button and the home button at the same time I'm the iphone will save an image of exactly what's on screen it's also great for taking images of web pages or text conversations anything you might want to save for later have you lost something in your phone maybe someone sent you a message but you can't remember was it in your email or your iMessages you can use the iphones main search function to search for anything within your phone or also on the web to activate the iphones main search bar go to your home screen place your finger in the middle and swipe down in the search bar you can find practically anything on your phone the search function looks through all of your apps your texts your contacts your email and your web history you can also search the web maps and the app store and of course there's serie think of Siri as a tiny personal assistant trapped in your phone who is eager to help you you can ask Siri to perform all sorts of tasks like giving you directions setting alarm making a call or playing your music to turn Siri on go into settings tap serie then tap this switch now just hold down the home button and start talking video of baby goat and jumping Thank You Siri for added convenience turn on and configure hey Siri this is a feature that allows you to talk to Siri without even touching your phone it's particularly convenient if you're driving hey Siri give me directions to Rockefeller Plaza time for my unannounced Saturday Night Live audition I've shown you how to navigate your iphone s and set up your apps use email and WiFi save battery life make calls and store contacts shoot photos and video browse the web use maps and get directions and use iphones search function and it's personal assistant Siri for now you're ready to go out into the world with your iphone s at your side thanks for watching this video I'm not with Howcast click below to subscribe and make sure to check back every week for a new text tutorial yeah
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