iPhone 6s Portable Genius

Glossary

3D Touch  On the iPhone 6s or 6s Plus, a light press on a screen object (such as a Home screen icon) activates that object’s Peek feature, which either gives you a sneak peek of the object or displays commands that you can run on the object. If you then release the screen, iOS takes you back to where you were. Otherwise, a slightly harder press on the screen object activates the object’s Pop feature, which takes you into the object’s app.

3G A third-generation cellular network that includes the HSPA, HSPA+, and DC-HSDPA standards. It is supported in iPhone 3G and later models for data delivery over the cellular network.

4G See LTE.

802.11 See Wi-Fi.

Accelerometer The component inside the iPhone that senses the phone’s orientation in space and adjusts the display accordingly (such as switching Safari from portrait mode to landscape mode).

access point A networking device that enables two or more devices to connect over a Wi-Fi network and to access a shared Internet connection.

Activation lock An iOS security feature that prevents anyone from activating your iPhone without knowing your Apple ID and password.

AirDrop A service that enables your iPhone to share information such as links, photos, and maps wirelessly via a Bluetooth connection.

Airplane mode An operational mode that turns off the transceivers for the phone, Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth features of an iPhone, which puts the phone in compliance with federal aviation regulations.

AirPlay A wireless technology that enables ...