If you’ve just got your shiny new iPhone 5s or iPhone 5c for Christmas, and can’t wait to use it, here’s our guide on how to set it up, configure it, install the best apps, and learn about all its features.
Setting up your new iPhone
We’ve posted a detailed step-by-step walkthrough of the things you need to do when you switch-on your iPhone for the first time. You can read it by following this link.
Transfer your data
Getting your data from your previous phone to your new iPhone is one of the most important tasks in order to take advantage of the iPhone. Here are our detailed guides to migrate your data depending on which phone you owned previously:
- Transfer Data from your old iPhone to your new iPhone 5s or iPhone 5c
- Transfer Data from an Android phone to iPhone 5s or iPhone 5c
- Transfer Data from Windows Phone to iPhone 5s or iPhone 5c
Configure Touch ID fingerprint sensor
The iPhone 5s’ home button also acts as a fingerprint sensor, called Touch ID, that you can use to quickly unlock your phone, and make iTunes purchases. You’ll however have to set up Touch ID first, by following these instructions.
Install apps
iOS is known for its great app ecosystem, which has over a million apps listed on the App Store. Here are the apps and games you should install after you’ve set up your iPhone:
iOS 7
The iPhone comes preinstalled with iOS 7, Apple’s next generation mobile operating system. The latest public version of iOS is 7.0.4. You can check if you’re on the latest version by opening the Settings app and navigating to General → About → Version. If you’re not, you can update by going to Settings → General → Software Update.
iOS 7 comes with over 200 new features, the most important of which are:
Jailbreak your iPhone
Apple likes to control the experience of using your iPhone by regulating the App Store and preventing the installation of apps from third-party sources. But if you don’t like this type of control, or you feel adventurous and want to tinker with your device, you can jailbreak it by following these instructions. You can also have a look at our top reasons to jailbreak iOS 7.
Improve Battery Life
iPhone 5s and iPhone 5c have up to 10 hours of talk time or Internet use over 4G, and up to 250 hours of standby time. If you’re dissatisfied with your iPhone’s battery life over the next few days of use, you can try these tips to improve your iPhone’s battery life.
Other tips to become an iPhone power-user
- Keyboard tips and tricks
- External Bluetooth Keyboard shortcuts
- Safari tips and tricks
- iOS Mail tips
- Hidden iOS 7 features
- Tips to save money when buying paid apps
Let us know how it goes. Please feel free to drop us a line in the comments if you’ve any questions.
