From essential first steps to pro-level tweaks, these are the things I do first every time I set up a new iPhone.

In the Settings app, go to Accessibility > Touch > Back Tap and choose one of two options: double tap or triple tap. You ...

The iPhone 17 series is one of Apple’s boldest in recent memory. The base iPhone 17 has adopted once Pro-only features, such ...

Android phones are lauded for being feature-rich and highly customizable. However, most of them have a lot of baked-in features that are enabled by default. This is often done to offer a smooth and ...

Do you find your iPhone’s display lacking brightness, even when set to its maximum? By understanding and adjusting your device’s brightness settings, you can unlock its full potential. This guide will ...

Seeing photos on my Lock Screen has long been one of my favorite features of the Always On Display. The blurred look might work for some, but I’m pretty surprised that Apple changed the default ...

Your Samsung phone may already have decent battery life, but a few smart tweaks can make that even more enduring.

The battery on iPhones is constantly evolving, and the technology is only going to continue to improve as we hurtle toward the future. However, even a moderately aging iPhone can feel like it's not ...

Before you give you child an iPhone, you should put some controls in place. Create a child Apple ID and set up Family Sharing to share apps, books, and subscriptions ...

You could argue that the iPhone is in its final form, since changes in recent years have been incremental instead of substantial. The features missing from the iPhone 16e versus the iPhone 16 were ...

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