Just Bought an iPhone 5 - Tips?

[Sir Topham Hatt]

I have just bought an iPhone 5, which I know is a little on the old side but perhaps a good step into the world of Apple, and from Amazon (UKs) Black Friday week, was a fairly good price I thought (refurbished by Apple).

 

It's for my partner so she'll be the primary user.

 

I'm looking at the Ringke FUSION case:

 

Are these any good?

Reviews seem pretty okay and it comes with a free screen protector.

 

I've been reading a few reviews and things and may even pick up an iPhone myself, although I like my Lumia 920 as it just works.  But I can't deny the apps on iPhones are great in number and quality.  She didn't buy anything with Android so there's no money lost there, and I doubt she will buy anything from the market with Apple either.

 

Anyway, are there any other tips I should look at giving her the heads up over?

Any MUST HAVE apps?

 

Thanks :D

[neo1911]

Must Have Free Apps:

 

1. Speedtest.net

2. Evernote

3. WhatsApp

4. Skype

5. YouTube

6. Gmail

7. Hangouts

8. Facebook and it's messenger

9. Google Maps

10. Shazam

11. Microsoft Office

 

Must have Paid Apps/Games:

 

1. Monument valley

2. Candy Crush Saga/Soda (is free but ladies get addicted to it and pay for in-app purchases)

3. Oceanhorn

4. Knightmare Tower

5. Plants vs Zombies 2

6. Fieldrunners 2

7. Plague Inc

8. Kingdom Rush 1&2

9 The Act

10. Lume

11. Devil's Attorney

[Malisk]

My most used apps:

 

Social Networks

 

1. Facebook + Messenger + Groups (necessary evils for me, haha!)

2. Tweetbot

3. Alien Blue

4. Instagram

5. Pinterest

 

Navigation

 

1. Google Maps

2. Geocaching (it's just something I do in my spare time sometimes)

 

Photo

 

1. Flickr

2. Litely

3. VSCOcam

4. Mextures

5. Hyperlapse

 

Entertainment

 

1. Spotify

2. Netflix

3. YouTube

4. Plex (if you have a media center... device of some kind... at home)

5. IMDb

6. Vimeo

7. Shazam

 

Storage

 

1. Google Drive

2. MEGA

3. FileExplorer

 

 

News & Weather

 

1. Yahoo! News Digest - don't knock it for being Yahoo! I like the idea with quick news summaries.

2. Reeder

3. Pocket

4. Forecast.io - the website added to the home screen (if in Europe, in USA they have the Dark Sky app)

 

Games

 

1. Threes - no silly "2048" clone here!

2. Tiny Wings

3. The Elite Dangerous app - I can't wait for this game!

 

Others

 

- RunKeeper

- WorkFlowy

- Lync 2013

- SkyView Free

- QR Scanner

- Blizzard & Google Authenticators

[Praetor]

what you must do:

trade for a blackberry and get $ as well.

 

jk

for me that's the most beautiful iphone, the latest one really doesn't appeal to me.

[SMELTN]

Ringke Fusion is a great case. I have one on my iPhone 6+ right now and love it!  Question is, is this her first iPhone? Is he more likely to drop a phone? My wife is terrible about dropping her phone, I on the other hand, never drop my phone. The Ringke offers very minimal drop protection. Are you better off looking at a more drop resistant case? If not, then yeah the Ringke Fusion is a fantastic case. 

[Draconian Guppy]

Must Have Free Apps:

 

1. Speedtest.net

2. Evernote

3. WhatsApp

4. Skype

5. YouTube

6. Gmail

7. Hangouts

8. Facebook and it's messenger

9. Google Maps

10. Shazam

11. Microsoft Office

 

Must have Paid Apps/Games:

 

1. Monument valley

2. Candy Crush Saga/Soda (is free but ladies get addicted to it and pay for in-app purchases)

3. Oceanhorn

4. Knightmare Tower

5. Plants vs Zombies 2

6. Fieldrunners 2

7. Plague Inc

8. Kingdom Rush 1&2

9 The Act

10. Lume

11. Devil's Attorney

Aye no joke there, ladies love in app purchases in CCS :/

[Sir Topham Hatt]

She may drop it but I don't want something that's bulky (our standard work phones have this huge rubber cover - it's awful!).