15 cool things you can do with an IPhone

15 cool things you can do with an IPhone

The IPhone currently seen as the best phone in the world in terms of its capability i will be taking a look at what cool things you can do using its software combined with its clever usability to make the next generation of mobile phones.

The iPhone do just about anything but make a cup of tea, it can make calls, access the internet, send and receive emails and even tell you what the weather is like in Mongolia, but thanks to the app store it can do even more than that.

An so follows a list highlighting the apps that can transform your IPhone into a television, a plumb line, an atomic clock and loads more ! Showing you the fun and unknown features and uses of this, the most highly advanced and capable phone in apples line up and even in the world. 

1. Use it as a makeshift flashlight, the flashlight app available for free in the app store allows you to use your phones camera flash as a bright flashlight. If you have an older IPhone then you can still get it but it downloads as a white screen still uses the same effect.
2. Save you money at the supermarket. Apps like coupons.com and grocery IQ use your location to find coupons and deals at local stores.
3. It can also help you lose weight, there are hundreds of weight apps that can monitor your food intake and can gradually builds up your strength and stamina.
4. Control how apps access your private info, if you don’t want certain apps to access your location info hit ‘’settings’’ and click ‘’location services’’ to limit or grant access. You can also update your address book with facebook phone numbers so that you have everyone to contact that are your friends.
5. Another cool feature is the fact you can stream music thanks to the high capability of the A6 processor chip so that you don’t take up any space on your phone which is handy if you use it a lot.
6. Help you sleep better. Check out apps like white noise and sleep cycle to take advantage of your body’s natural rhythms so that you can get a deeper more fulfilling sleep.
7. Show more detailed battery info so that you know exactly what you can do to before the battery runs out in terms of music and apps. Together with this you can see your usage per day and how long your phone has been on standby since its last charge.
8. You can also scan documents, apps like genius scan allow you to scan documents easily with your IPhone camera.
9. Use your own custom ringtone. If you have a whole load of audio that lasts 30 seconds or less you can convert it to an ACC file in iTunes. Rename its file extension to .m4r and turn it into a ringtone. It can also act as a music studio, the iPhone app four track and square allow for you to use the iPhones quality microphone to capture and craft multi recorded demos and mix them together. On the subject of recording you can also tune your guitar for free which is handy if you don’t have a tuner at that vital point before a gig.
10. Another cool feature is you can take panoramic photos. This is a great built in feature with the iPhone 5 but if you have an older iPhone then you can download Panorama, Photosynth and TourWrist are all capable of taking stunning panoramic pictures.
11. Find directions by bus, train or walking. After you look up a location in the maps app, tap the bus icon before hitting route to get directions via the local bus routes and likewise with the other options.
12. Speed up text messaging with shortcuts, all you need to do is visit the settings menu tap general then keyboards to enable simple shortcuts for any phrase.
13. You can send voice memos to friends, if you’re on Wi-Fi connection you can send a memo directly to a friend. You can also share it on facebook, twitter and many others because the interface is linked in to be more socially productive and keep you up to date and connected with the outside world.
14. Run credit cards, free apps from services like PayPal and Square offer a service that allows you to change and charge credit cards at your business. Also you can download an app from 02 called the wallet so that you can send others money via the app which is much better than carrying around cash especially if you are going on holiday.
15. Finally you can sync your calendars to your computer through wifi without leads, just connect to the same wifi and open iTunes to automatically sync calendars music and more!

Author Bio:

Katy writes for i-case.co.uk who sell a wide variety of phone cases and accessories including iphone 5 skins.