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Depending how you look at it, owning an iPhone can seem rewarding or stressful. Your life can be easier from the amount of functions it offers you, or you can drown in the overwhelming amount of options. To get a handle on the specific tools and functions you want to make the most of without losing precious time and money, read on.

Dont waste any time keying in ".com" (or any other TLD) on the end of URLs when youre browsing the Internet on your iPhone. All you need is the main portion of the address typed in and the browser should connect you with the proper site. Though this may seem insignificant, the time savings can be substantial over the long run.

You can use your headphone cord to take a photo. The first thing youll want to do is line up the shot you want. Once youre ready to take the picture, press the button thats on the cord. Doing this will take a picture. Save the picture as you normally would.

A lot of iPhone users want to use accented letters and other features in their text, but they simply cant figure out how to do it. It is easy; this is what must be done. Press the letter you want to change to bring up the options. Youll get a pop-up window with several alternative characters after a moment or two. Now you can include special characters any time you wish!

If you value your privacy greatly, then you should probably use Siri a little less. Apple records all prompts that go to Siri, and puts them on their internal servers. This makes it easier for Siri to recognize you and to follow your command.

You can go to the sound settings and turn "keyboard clicks" on so that you hear an audible click whenever you type. This is helpful because the sounds let you know that your phone is recognizing what you are entering.

When you are using the Safari browser on your iPhone, there is no need for you to type in the .com extension in order to reach a site. Simply enter Amazon in the URL space to navigate directly to their website.

Owning an iPhone means being introduced to the millions of amazing things it can do. Of course this also means you may be feeling overwhelmed by everything it can do! Use what you learned here and make your iPhone work for you.