7 iPhone tricks that are actually useful

Crizant Lai
Mac O’Clock
Published in
4 min readOct 6, 2021

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Today I’m going to show you a few iPhone tricks that are actually useful. Most of the tricks have existed in iOS for some time, so don’t hesitate to try them out even if you have an older iPhone or if you haven’t yet upgraded to iOS 15.

1. Use Apple Pay without entering the home screen

One day I was in a supermarket, queuing for checkout. The lady in front of me unlocked her iPhone, slowly looked for the Wallet app across the numerous icons on her home screen… OMG, actually we can bring up the Wallet App in under 1 second, can you imagine how much time can be saved if everyone knows this trick?

For iPhones with Face ID:

On the lock screen, press the side button twice.

For iPhones with a home button:

On the lock screen, press the home button twice.

For Apple Watch:

This trick works similarly on the Apple Watch, just tap the side button twice and the Wallet app will be brought up.

2. Move the input cursor precisely

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Crizant Lai
Mac O’Clock

A JavaScript/Node/Flutter developer who love technical stuffs.