What Do the Icons on My iPhone Mean?

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    Default Home Screen Icons

    • The icons appear in the bar at the very bottom of the home screen.

      Phone
      The phone icon is a green background with a white telephone on it. Touch this icon to make a phone call.

      Mail
      The mail icon is a sky background with a white envelope on it. Touch this icon to read and/or send email.

      Safari
      The Safari icon has a blue map background with a compass image on it. Touch this icon to launch Safari, which is the iPhone's native web browser.

      iPod
      The iPod icon has an orange background with a white iPod on it. Touch this icon to launch the phone's video and music player.

    Organizational Icons

    • Calendar
      The calendar icon looks like a page from a calendar. It has a mostly white background, with a red bar across the top. The red bar has the day of the week on it, and the date is displayed over the white background. Touch this icon to view your calendar(s) and to create new appointments.

      Accessibility
      The accessibility icon has a blue background with a white person spread-eagle on it. Touch this icon to access the following features: VoiceOver, Zoom, White on Black text, Mono Audio quality and Speak Auto-Text.

      Voice Memos
      The voice memos icon has a dark red background with an old-fashioned broadcast microphone on it. Touch this icon to launch an application that will let you record voice memos.

      Notes
      The notes icon looks like yellow notebook paper. Touch this icon to create new notes or to edit existing ones.

      Settings
      The settings icon looks like gray gears. Touch this icon to access all of your phone's settings, such as date and time, ringtone, ring volume, email and calendar settings, and 3G and WiFi settings.

      Clock
      The clock icon looks like a clock. Touch this icon to view the time in other parts of the world, to create alarms, or to use the stopwatch or timer.

      Calculator
      The calculator icon is represented by +, _, x and = signs. Touch this icon to launch the calculator. Turn your phone sideways and it becomes a scientific calculator.

    Communication and Multimedia Icons

    • Messages
      The messages icon has a green background with a white thought bubble on it. Touch this icon to read and send text and picture messages.

      Contacts
      The contacts icon is a personal telephone book that says "Contacts" on it. Touch this icon to manage existing contacts or to add a new contact to your phone.

      Photos
      The photos icon has a blue background with a dandelion on it. Touch this icon to view all of the photos and videos you've taken on your iPhone. You can also use this feature to view all of your saved picture messages and photo attachments that you received via email.

      Camera
      The camera icon looks like a camera lens. Touch this icon whenever you want to take new photos or videos.

      YouTube
      The YouTube icon looks like an old television set. Touch this icon to search and watch videos on YouTube.

    Navigation Icons

    • Compass
      The compass icon looks like the face of a compass. Touch this icon to launch the compass, which will show you the direction you are facing and the geographical coordinates of your location.

      Maps
      The maps icon looks like a map with a highway 280 sign on it. Use this icon to launch Google Maps.

    Miscellaneous Icons

    • Stocks
      The stocks icon has a blue background with a white graph line going across it. Touch this icon to view current stock prices.

      Weather
      The weather icon has a blue background with a sun on it. Touch this icon to view current weather conditions.

      iTunes Store
      The iTunes icon has a purple background with a white music note on it. Touch this icon to search for, preview and download music, ringtones, movies and TV shows.

      App Store
      The app store icon has a blue background with a white A on it. Touch this icon to search and download new apps for your phone.

      Nike + iPod
      The Nike + iPod icon has an orange background with a white Nike logo on it. If you purchase a sensor, this application will give you feedback on speed, distance, time and calories during a walking/running workout routine.

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