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You hear a lot about tech taking over and smartphones – with iPhone at the lead – getting in the way of personal relationships. We won’t lie to you: We love tech and telling people about it, but our goal is not for tech to take charge of your life: We want you to take charge of tech.

In this book, we try to find the balance between simple, practical information for new users and new information for experienced users. Whatever your iPhone user level, we want this book to bring you to a point of using your iPhone at the maximum potential for you. For some that might mean using three or four apps such as Phone, Camera, and Messages, whereas for others, it might mean using most of the preinstalled apps.

About This Book

To write this book, we looked into every nook and cranny of iPhone, and then we asked friends and family with iPhones to tell us their weirdest, most confusing, and most confounding iPhone circumstances, which we tried to solve. Armed with that information, we revised the previous edition of this book and believe we get pretty darn close to telling you all there is to know. That said, Apple releases iOS updates frequently – this book is based on iOS 8.0 – and we encourage you to keep your iPhone and app software up to date and stay informed as to how to use features that may be added with updates.

We’re not perfect, so we undoubtedly missed something. Let us know. Your comments, questions, and compliments help us to improve future editions. Drop a note to us at babsboyd@icloud.com. And to learn about changes that occur after the book is printed, join our Facebook page at www.facebook.com/iPhoneAIOFD.

Finally, throughout this book, you see sidebars (text in gray boxes). Sidebars present technical information that you don’t have to know but that might interest you if you want to understand the technology behind the function. Also, you may note that some web addresses break across two lines of text. If you’re reading this book in print and want to visit one of these web pages, simply key in the web address exactly as it’s noted in the text, pretending as though the line break doesn’t exist. If you’re reading this as an e-book, you’ve got it easy – just click the web address to be taken directly to the web page.

Foolish Assumptions

We made a few assumptions about you when writing this book. To make sure we’re on the same page, we assume that

✔ You know something, but not necessarily a lot, about cellphones and you want to learn the basics and more about iPhone.

✔ You have at least a general concept of how to use the web and email.

✔ You acknowledge that it’s up to you to go on the web to find updated information about the products described throughout this book.

✔ You’ll check with your cellular service provider to know how many minutes or megabytes are included in your monthly allotment and under what circumstances you might incur additional charges (although we do give you some warnings throughout the book when additional charges are more likely).

✔ You know that technology is changing faster than we can keep up and even geeks like us can’t stay on top of everything. You will, therefore, let us know about cool stuff you find along the way of your iPhone journey so we can consider it for future editions of this book.

✔ You’re not all work and no play. You want to have some fun with your iPhone and maybe even be entertained while you’re learning how to use it.

Icons Used in This Book

To help emphasize certain information, this book displays different icons in the page margins.

The Tip icon points out bits of information that can help you do things better and more efficiently or tells you something useful that you might not know.

The Technical Stuff icon highlights interesting information that isn’t necessary to know, but can help explain why certain things work the way they do on your iPhone. Like sidebars, you can skip this information if you’re in a hurry. On the other hand, you might find something helpful here.

The Warning icon gives you a heads-up about something that can go wrong if you’re not careful. Be sure to read the warning fully before following related instructions.

The Remember icon points out information that’s been mentioned somewhere else in the book but is related to the topic nearby. If you ignore it, you won’t cause problems, but you could miss something useful.

Beyond the Book

You can find additional features of this book online. Visit the web to find these extras:

✔ Cheat Sheet: Go to www.dummies.com/cheatsheet/iphoneaio to find this book’s Cheat Sheet. Here, you can find references on the uses of the iPhone Home button, info on the functions of the icons and buttons of your iPhone, useful websites for iPhone owners, tips on using Siri, and info on Home screen apps.

✔ Dummies.com online extras: Go to www.dummies.com/extras/iphoneaio to find the Extras for this book. Three separate articles give you specific, task-oriented information – and ideas – for using your iPhone in ways you may not know about, such as making custom ringtones for your iPhone, using your iPhone as a remote control when making a presentation, and using your iPhone to keep tabs on your home security.

✔ Bonus chapters on the web: The bonus chapters show you how to expand your iPhone beyond the standard Apple apps. Each chapter presents a selection of apps that add a feature or function to your iPhone, or enhance something it already does. For the business user or busy household manager, there are budgeting, task management, and faxing apps. For the social butterfly, there are communications and networking apps. Quiet types might enjoy e-reader and radio apps. There’s something for everyone in the leisure, fitness, health, home, and travel apps. You’ll also find a chapter dedicated to accessories such as covers, speakers, and keyboards that enhance your iPhone. Access the online content at www.dummies.com/extras/iphoneaio.

Where to Go from Here

If you’re new to iPhone, closely read the first few chapters to get an understanding of how your iPhone works, the command conventions it uses, and how to perform the basic functions. Then move on to chapters that interest you, perhaps starting with the phone and messaging functions before moving up to Internet access, and lastly looking at the multimedia apps like Music, Podcasts, and Camera.

If you’re familiar with your iPhone already, skim through the opening chapters to learn about the recent iOS 8 changes, and then go where you want – for example, to a chapter on a function you haven’t used before, which might be the new video camera functions or Health, or to a function you use a lot but would like to know better, such as Messages.

No matter where you begin, our goal is to give you the tools to get the most out of your iPhone and encourage you to expand your knowledge and explore the many ways of iPhone.