Getting a new iPhone can be a really exciting moment in someone’s life, and it’s best to be prepared for setting it up.
Setting up your iPhone might seem like a straightforward process, but your first moments with your device are actually pretty crucial. Aside from entering your information, setting up your calendar, contacts, and more, it’s also important to make a few small changes that can help optimize your user experience, saving you storage space and keeping your battery healthy. That can include deleting preinstalled apps that likely will not end up serving you. Read more about the ones tech pros suggest getting rid of early on below.
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1. iMovie & GarageBand
Of course, there are some people out there who are artistic creatives and want to use their iPhones to make music and movies. However, many musicians or filmmakers would agree that they prefer to create these things on better platforms and using different devices aside from their phones. If you have little to no interest in writing songs or making movies from your smartphone, then tech experts suggest getting rid of these two apps for storage reasons.
"GarageBand pre-loads sound libraries and instrument samples, totaling 1.6 GB, regardless of whether the user composes," notes tech research expert Hanna Parkhots.
1. Life360
This might sound obvious, but Life360 is a safety app that allows trusted individuals to track your location and allows you to keep an eye on other people's locations. Many families and others like using it to keep an eye on their kids or simply for peace of mind. But according to tech pros, the app can become risky due to data sharing related to your location.
"Life360 provides peace of mind and security to millions of families," explains cybersecurity expert and author Patrick Coughlin. "But, unless you actively opt out of their data sharing policy, they will also resell location data to data brokers. This is not only useful to brands that want to target advertisements to your family, but also to cybercriminals who can use data around your pattern of life to launch even more targeted and convincing AI-powered scams."
