The 20 best iPhone tips and tricks to make your life easier (AAPL)

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The iPhone is the most popular smartphone on the planet — for good reason.

Since 2007, Apple’s smartphone line has paved the way for all of the smart devices we use and rely on every day. And despite growing competition, the iPhone continues to be the gold standard in terms of what a smartphone should look like, feel like, and do.

The iPhone is packed with useful features and capabilities. Some of them are obvious; others, not so much. With that in mind, we decided to round up the 20 best iPhone tips and tricks to make your life easier.

Check them out.

You can search anything on your phone with one simple gesture.

Swiping down from the middle of your display activates Spotlight Search.

From here, you can search for anything on your phone, like a file or setting, and you can even get web results, too.

Similarly, you can swipe from the top of the Settings app to search through its lengthy contents.

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Open the Settings app and pull down from the top to access the Search bar. You can now type any setting you’re looking for.

Given how big the Settings app is, looking for a particular preference or application is made much easier thanks to manual search.

You can create custom alerts for different people, so you always know who’s calling or texting without needing to look at your phone.

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Go into your Contacts app, click on the person you want, click Edit, and then click either Ringtone or Text Tone.

From there, you can choose from a handful of Apple-made ringtones or text tones to play whenever that person calls or texts.

Unfortunately, Apple doesn’t let this feature hook up to any music services.

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Source: Business Insider – dsmith@businessinsider.com (Dave Smith)

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