Hello,
you got a brand new phone! Not just any
phone, but one that compels otherwise sane people to wait outside in line for
hours, days or sometimes weeks.
Whatever
you did to get that new iPhone, it will be all for nothing if you don’t set it
up correctly. Below is a guide to prepping your iPhone 6 or 6 Plus, for both
first-time owners and i-device veterans.
1. It’s aliiive.
After
you’ve gone through whatever detailed unpacking ritual you’re into, you’ll need
to turn on the phone. In previous models, that would require you to press a
button on the top right, but both iPhone 6 phones now sport that button on
their upper-right sides. Hold it until the screen lights up and you see the
Apple symbol.
2. The basics.
You’ll
be greeted by iOS’s dry but helpful Setup Assistant. It’ll ask you to choose a
language, connect to a WiFi network, and sign in to iCloud. If you do not
already have an iCloud account, you’ll have to create one. Sorry, but there’s
no convenient way around this.
Speaking
of iCloud, Apple is upgrading to a new storage system it calls
