24. By holding down the capture button in the camera app, your phone will take a series of photos so you can get the perfect shot.
25. Use your iPhone as a level
Need to hang a picture? In the Compass app, swipe left and your iPhone becomes a perfect level.
26. Turn off all in-app purchases with one button
This is especially useful if you have kids, or have zero self-control when it comes to Candy Crush. Go to Settings > General > Restrictions, Enable Restrictions, and scroll down to disable In-App Purchases.
27. Use Speak Selection on iPhone and iPad, so it reads texts out loud.
Begin by opening the Settings app. Scroll down, choose General, tap Accessibility, then turn on Speak Selection. For voice, you can choose from a wide range of voices from the Speak Selection Menu. These include Australian, British, Spanish accents and much more. To speak words out loud, highlight any text (by double-tapping or tapping and holding on it), then tap the Speak button in the pop-up menu. If you can’t see the Speak button, tap the small right arrow on the pop-up menu, then choose Speak.
28. Website Shortcuts
If you visit a website often that doesn’t already have an app you can make it into a homepage shortcut by going into Safari and accessing the menu. Once in the menu, press Add to Home Screen and the shortcut will appear on your home screen as an app icon.
29. Triple Click shortcuts
Another accessibility setting that could come in handy is the Accessibility Shortcut, which can be found by going to Settings > General > Accessibility and then scrolling right down to the bottom. Tap ‘Accessibility Shortcut’, and you’ll see a menu of options. From here you can activate the Home button triple click, which can be used to invert the colors of your iPhone for better visibility in low-light, zoom in to tricky-to-see parts of the screen and more.
30. Set Vibration Pattern
Change the vibration pattern for notifications. Go to Settings > Sounds > Ringtone > Vibration > Create New Vibration.You’ll be able to tell who’s calling or texting you just by the vibration.
31. Lock auto focus and exposure while taking a picture
It can get annoying when when you’re trying to take a picture and your iPhone camera keeps refocusing and automatically adjusting the exposure. But you can lock in the focus and exposure by pressing and holding your finger on the screen until you see a yellow square blink twice. A yellow icon that says “AE/AF Lock” will appear at the bottom of the screen letting you know that you’ve locked in the exposure and focus. It’ll stay that way until you’re done with the shot.
32. Type an em-dash
Hold down the dash on your keyboard to get a super-cool menu of dashes, which you can use to please all your grammar stickler friends.
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