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Welcome to iPhone. This Quick Start guide  
tells you how to set up your iPhone and  
use its key features. Once you’re up and  
calling, you can learn even more about  
iPhone at www.apple.com/iphone.
Ready, set up, go.
1. Download iTunes. 
Go to www.itunes.com/download and 
download the latest version of iTunes  
to install on your Mac or PC.
2. Connect to your computer.
Connect your iPhone to the USB port on  
your computer.
3. Sync.
When iPhone is connected, iTunes opens and 
guides you through setup. Select the contacts, 
calendars, music, videos, and photos you’d like  
to sync, then click Apply in the lower-right 
corner. If you’re new to iTunes or syncing, you 
can watch a quick tutorial at w ww.apple.com/
itunes/tutorials.
Button basics.
To turn iPhone on, rmly press the On/O  
button. To turn o or restar t iPhone, hold  
down the On/O button for a few seconds,  
then slide the slider to conrm. To put iPhone  
in sleep mode, press the On/O button once. 
This turns o the screen but still allows iPhone 
to receive calls. To silence an incoming call,  
press once. To send a call directly to voicemail, 
press twice. 
On/Off 
Sleep/Wake
Ring/Silent
Volume 
Up/Down
Status bar
Go Home.
When using an app, press the Home button  
to close it and return to its Home screen.  
To go quickly to the main Home screen,  
press the Home button from any other Home  
screen. From the Lock screen, double-click  
the Home button to bring up iPod controls.
Home
Create folders. Organize apps. 
Touch and hold any icon until it starts to jiggle. 
Then drag one icon onto another to create a 
folder. Folders are automatically named by 
category, or you can rename them. You can 
customize your Home screen by dragging 
icons and folders to dierent positions and 
dierent screens. When you’re nished, just 
press the Home button.
Multitasking. 
While on a call, you can access your email, 
calendar, or other apps, and even surf the  
web when you’re connected via Wi-Fi or 3G.  
To quickly switch between apps, double-click  
the Home button to reveal recently used apps. 
Scroll right to see more apps, then tap one to 
reopen it. Scroll all the way to the left to access 
iPod controls or lock the display orientation.
Search.
To search your iPhone or the web, go to the 
main Home screen and press the Home button 
or swipe the screen from left to right. Type 
in what you’d like to nd—a name, app, song, 
artist, movie, or any key word. iPhone oers 
suggestions as you type to make searching  
even faster. To search within an app like Mail, 
Contacts, Messages, or iPod, tap the status bar.
Make a call.
Tap a phone number in Contacts, Favorites,  
an email, a tex t message, or almost anywhere  
in iPhone to make a call. Or tap the Keypad 
button to dial manually. To answer a call while 
using the iPhone headset, press the center 
button once. Press it again to end your call. To 
adjust the volume, press the “+” and “–” buttons 
located above and below the microphone.
Voice Control.
Use Voice Control to make a hands-free call or 
play music. To activate Voice Control, hold down 
the Home button or the center button on the 
iPhone headset until the Voice Control screen 
appears. After the tone, speak a command  
such as “call Elliot” or “dial 555-1212.” You can 
also ask iPhone to play a specic album, artist,  
or playlist or to “play more songs like this.”  
You can even ask iPhone “what’s playing?”  
or say “play songs by the Rolling Stones,”  
for example.
FaceTime.
While you’re on a voice call, tap the FaceTime 
button to begin a video call. Or tap the  
FaceTime button in Contacts. During a video  
call, you can switch to the rear camera to share 
your surroundings. Access your email, the web, 
or other apps by pressing the Home button.
Requires FaceTime-enabled device and Wi-Fi connection  
for both caller and recipient. Not available in all areas.

Photos.
Load your favorite photos onto iPhone from  
your computer using iTunes or use the built-in 
camera to take pictures. Tap Photos to see your 
pictures. Flick right or left to move between 
images. Double-tap or pinch to zoom. Tap  
once to bring up the onscreen controls. Tap  
the Action button to send a photo in an MMS  
or email. You can also use a photo as wallpaper, 
assign it to a contact, or print it wirelessly using 
an AirPrint-capable printer.
HD video.
To record HD video, tap Camera, then set the 
Camera/ Video switch to video. Tap the Record 
button to start recording. Tap it again to stop 
recording. “Tap to focus” lets you control focus 
and exposure by tapping anyone or anything  
on the screen. You can record in landscape or 
portrait. You can even turn on the camera light 
when shooting in low-light conditions.
Video and song controls.
Tap the screen to bring up onscreen controls.  
Tap again to hide them. Double-tapping a  
video switches between widescreen and full 
screen. While listening to music, rotate iPhone 
to ick through your album ar t in Cover Flow. 
Tap any album to see its track list, then tap any 
track to play it. Tap outside the track list to ip 
back to the album artwork. When listening  
to music with the iPhone headset, press the 
center button once to pause or play, and press 
Intelligent keyboard.
iPhone automatically corrects and suggests 
words as you type. So if you tap a wrong letter, 
just keep typing. To accept the suggested  
word, tap the space bar. Tap the “x” to dismiss 
the suggested word and help iPhone learn the 
word you typed. The keyboard automatically 
inserts apostrophes into contractions. And if  
you tap the space bar twice, it adds a period.  
To switch to the number and symbol keyboard, 
tap the “.?123” key.
Cut, copy, and paste.
Tap the text you want to edit, or touch and  
hold to bring up the magnifying glass, then  
slide your nger to move the insertion point.  
You can select a word by double-tapping it,  
and select more or less text by dragging the  
grab points. Then tap to cut, copy, or paste. 
To copy text from web pages, email, or text 
messages, touch and hold to select the tex t.  
To undo an edit, shake iPhone, then tap the 
Undo button.
See the web up close.
In Safari, double-tap any element on a web 
page—picture or text—to zoom in. Double-tap 
again to zoom back out. Tap the Multi-page 
button to ick between multiple web pages  
or open a new one. Rotate iPhone to see the  
web in widescreen. 
Find location. Search surroundings.
To see where you are on a map, tap the  
Location button. A blue dot appears at your 
current position. To see which way you’re  
facing, tap the Location button again to turn  
on compass view. Find places around you by 
typing words like “Starbucks” or “pizza” in the 
search eld. Double -tap to zoom in. Tap once 
with two ngers to zoom out. You can also 
get directions or tap the Page Curl button  
for additional map views.
App Store.
Tap the App Store icon to wirelessly browse  
hundreds of thousands of apps in categories  
like games, business, travel, social networking,  
and more. Browse by Featured, Categories,  
or Top 25 or search by name. To purchase and 
download an app directly to your iPhone, tap 
Buy Now. Many apps are even free.
it twice quickly to skip to the next song. Tap  
the AirPlay button to stream your music or  
video to an Apple TV.* 
*Requires second-generation Apple TV.  The iTunes Store is available in selected countries.The App Store is available in selected countries.
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iTunes Store.
You can access the iTunes Store wirelessly by 
tapping the iTunes icon. Search the store for 
music, movies, TV shows, music videos, and 
more. Browse, purchase, and download from  
the store directly to your iPhone. Tap any item  
to hear or see a preview. 
Learn more.
You can learn even more about iPhone  
features at www.apple.com/iphone.
To view the iPhone User Guide on your iPhone, 
download it from the iBookstore or go to 
help.apple.com/iphone or the Safari bookmarks. 
For downloadable versions of the iPhone User 
Guide and Important Product Information Guide, 
visit support.apple.com/manuals/iphone.
Get support.
Contact your wireless service provider 
for technical suppor t on network-related  
services, including Visual Voicemail and 
*
billing.
 Visit www.apple.com/support/
iphone for technical support on iPhone 
and iTunes.
*Visual Voicemail and MMS may not be available in all  
areas. Please contact your wireless service provider for  
more information.
Some features and services are not available in all areas.
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