Apple iPhone 14 Plus secret functions

OS: iOS 16

CPU: Hexa-core (2x3.23 GHz Avalanche 4x1.82 GHz Blizzard)

RAM: 128GB 6GB RAM, 256GB 6GB RAM, 512GB 6GB RAM

Display: 6.7 inches, 109.8 cm² (~87.4% screen-to-body ratio)

Camera: 12 MP, f/1.5, 26mm (wide), 1/1.7", 1.9Âµm, dual pixel PDAF, sensor-shift OIS
12 MP, f/2.4, 13mm, 120Ëš (ultrawide)

Battery: Li-Ion 4323 mAh, non-removable (16.68 Wh)

1. Scanning and signing documents
2. Hide photo
3. Shooting video and photos at the same time

1. Scanning and signing documents
With the iPhone camera, you can scan documents and sign them without printing. This is useful if you need to email a copy of a document or form that you signed.

To scan a document:
open «Notes» and create a new one;
click on the camera icon --> Scan Documents;
point the camera at the page and take a picture;
if necessary, edit the borders of the document. To do this, click on the photo thumbnail in the lower left corner and select the crop tool.
Customize borders by dragging markers;
click «Save».

To sign a document:
open the scanned document in your notes and click the «Share» --> «Markup» icon;
click on the plus and select «Signature» and then create it. After that, you will be asked to choose the size of the field for the signature and place it anywhere on the page;
click Done.

2. Hide photo
Another useful feature of the iPhone is the ability to hide photos. It will help if you, for example, want to hide some of the vacation photos on your phone.

To hide photos on iPhone:

select one or more pictures and click the «Share» icon;

scroll down to «Hide» and select it.
After that, the photos will fall into the «Hidden» folder. If desired, it can also be hidden from prying eyes. To do this, in your phone settings, go to Photos > «Hidden» album and turn off the slider. And then, to bring back the visibility of the album, turn it back on.

3. Shooting video and photos at the same time
On iPhone, you can record a video and take a photo of a moment at the same time. For this: Start recording video in the Camera app. Next to the shutter button, you will see a round icon (in earlier iPhones, the camera). Click on this icon;

look for the received videos and photos in the Photos app.
Important: The resolution of pictures taken during video will be slightly lower than in Photo mode.

Thomas Nilan
Smartphone Expert

Thomas Nilan is a mobile phone expert with in-depth knowledge of the Android and iOS operating systems, who understands the settings of various hidden features that allow you to expand the capabilities of your smartphone, as well as get information about what is going on inside the phone for future repairs. He is an authority in his field, which has allowed him to become a ghostwriter for several technology publications, and he enjoys writing small mobile applications for testing smartphones.