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iPhone users started complaining about their phones’ horrible battery lives almost as soon as the first iPhone was released.
In response, Apple developed a comprehensive strategy for improving the battery life in their devices.
As part of that comprehensive strategy, beginning with the release of iOS 9 they began to provide a Low Power Mode that can greatly increase the duration of each battery charge. [Read more…]
Your iPhone’s keyboard has a feature called Predictive Text that analyzes your words as you are typing and tries to predict what you are going to type next.
When you first get a new iPhone it doesn’t do all that great at predicting what you’re planning to type.
However, over time, it can become surprisingly accurate with its predictions as it learns the way you “think” and type.
Most folks seem to love the Predictive Text feature and consider it to be a huge time saver, but every now and then I’ll receive a request for instructions for turning it off.
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We sometimes hear stories about folks who received a whopping bill for “In-App Purchases” made from within iPhone and Android apps and games.
And of course those huge bills are almost always unexpected.
In a nutshell, “In-App Purchases” allow the folks who create “free” apps to make money off of them by offering extra features and capabilities for an optional fee.
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Have you ever received a text message that you thought should really be forwarded to someone else (i.e. a message with instructions from the boss, for example)?
Forwarding a text message to another person is really pretty easy once you know how to do it.
However, the Forwarding procedure isn’t all that obvious because that option is pretty much “hidden” from view on both iPhones and Androids. [Read more…]
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Unlike (most of) their Android counterparts, recent iPhones tend to retain at least some decent resale value over time.
Even so, if you’re careful about checking out the phones you’re thinking about buying, going with a used iPhone can save you some cash when you decide it’s time to get a “new” one.
To that end, there are several things you need to do before making the decision to purchase any used iPhone: [Read more…]