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Introduction

If you bought this book (or are even thinking about buying it), you’ve probably already made the decision to buy an iPhone. Apple’s iPhone is designed to be easy to use, but you can still spend hours exploring the preinstalled apps, discovering how to change settings, and figuring out how to sync the device to your computer or through iCloud. (If you don’t know what that is, we dive into it in Chapter 4.) I’ve invested those hours so that you don’t have to — and I’ve added advice and tips so that you can become an expert with your iPhone.

This book will get you going with your iPhone quickly and painlessly so that you can move directly to the fun part.

About This Book

This book is specifically written for mature people like you. Folks who may be relatively new to using a smartphone and want to discover the basics of buying an iPhone, making and receiving phone and video calls, working with apps, getting on the Internet, enjoying music and photos, and discovering all of the other tricks your iPhone can do. In writing this book, I’ve tried to consider the types of activities that might interest someone who is 50 years old or older and picking up an iPhone for the first time.

Foolish Assumptions

This book is organized by sets of tasks. These tasks start from the beginning, assuming that you’ve never laid your hands on an iPhone, and guide you through basic steps using nontechnical language.

This book covers going online using either a Wi-Fi or cellular connection, browsing the web (Chapter 12), and checking email (Chapter 13). I’m also assuming that you’ll want to use the Apple Books e-reader app, so I cover its features in Chapter 17. I tackle all kinds of neat things you can do with your iPhone, such as monitoring use of your iPhone and its apps (Chapter 5), discovering new apps (Chapter 14), taking and sharing your photos and videos (Chapters 19 and 20, respectively), tracking your health (Chapter 24), and much more!

Icons Used in This Book

Icons are tiny pictures in the margin of pages that call your attention to special advice or information, such as:

These brief pieces of advice help you to take a skill further or provide alternate ways of getting things done.

Heads up! This may be difficult or expensive to undo.

This is information that's so useful, it's worth keeping in your head, not just on your bookshelf.

Maybe this isn't essential information, but it's neat to know.

Beyond the Book

There's even more iPhone information on www.dummies.com. This book’s Cheat Sheet offers tips on using Siri and suggests all kinds of apps that you can use to make the most of your iPhone. To get to the cheat sheet, go to www.dummies.com, then type iPhone For Seniors For Dummies Cheat Sheet in the Search box.

Where to Go from Here

You can work through this book from beginning to end or simply open a chapter to solve a problem or acquire a specific new skill whenever you need it. The steps in every task quickly get you to where you want to go, without a lot of technical explanation.

At the time I wrote this book, all the information it contained was accurate for the iPhone SE (1st and 2nd generations), 6s and 6s Plus, 7 and 7 Plus, 8 and 8 Plus, X (the Roman numeral for ten), XR, XS, XS Max, 11, 11 Pro, 11 Pro Max, 12, 12 mini, 12 Pro, and 12 Pro Max along with version 14 of iOS (the operating system used by the iPhone). Apple is likely to introduce new iPhone models and versions of iOS between book editions. If you’ve bought a new iPhone and found that its hardware, user interface, or other software on your computer mentioned in this book looks a little different, be sure to check out what Apple has to say at www.apple.com/iphone. You’ll no doubt find updates there on the company’s latest releases.