The iPhone Manual: Tips and Hacks - by Wallace Wang

“The iPhone Manual – Tips and Hacks” is a great book for those getting started using an iPhone. It also has good tips for those who are only familiar with some features or apps. The screenshots in the book are great. I like that there is also a downloadable PDF if you want to see any of the screenshots in color.

The book covers iOS 14 both for phones with and without a home button. The book starts out by describing all of the gestures that you need to know. All activities are presented as clear lists of steps bold on key labels.I like that the book has callouts such as not walking/dying while texting and that audio texts are available only between iPhones.

I learned about some apps that I was unaware of including magnifier and translate. I also learned about the power of the “long press” gesture. I learned that Siri can tell you what flights are above you which is pretty cool. I also learned a lot more about the camera and facetime apps. I can imagine the compass being useful for directions. (I live in NYC where knowing which way is north is helpful). And playing with memojis was fun.

You'll probably get different things out of the book. But that's the point. There's something for every iPhone user in this book.

I give this book 9 our of 10 horseshoes.

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Disclosure: I received a free copy of this book from the publisher in exchange for writing this review.