1. Delete a text by shaking the phone: While you're typing a text, shaking your iPhone will pop up the undo/redo menu. Saves a bit more of your time!
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| Shake to undo |
2. Notify with flash: Your iPhone flash can be used as a notification alert to notify you of and let you not miss anything. Just Go to Settings>General>Accessibility and turn on LED notifications- this will not leave any notification unattended.
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| Flash notification |
3. Find out which plane is flying overhead: If you see a plane whizzing overhead, just ask the siri app "What flights are above me". Siri will then present you with a list of flights scheduled for that day including the flight no. altitude and impressively enough even its angle.
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| Siri flight details |
4. Take better pictures with the volume button: holding your steady and pressing the front shoot button can lead to blurry images. Make things less shaky by using the volume up button to take the picture. It's easier to access and you'll dramatically reduce all those blurry shots.
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| Volume button shot |
5. Read your mails out loud: Say to the Siri app the command "Read my email" and it will tell you the sender name, time of message and subject line. If you want to get specific just ask "Read my latest email" to find out which is top of the pile.
6. iPhone as spirit level for balancing a surface: Hang a picture perfectly every time, with the iPhone built in spirit level. To access, open your Compass app and swipe left.
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| Spirit Level |