iPhone: The Missing Manual, 3rd Edition

In the Box

Inside the minimalist box, you get the iPhone, its earbud/mike cord, and:

• The charging/syncing cable. When you connect your iPhone to your computer using this white USB cable, it simultaneously syncs and charges. (See Chapter 14.)

• The AC adapter. When you're traveling without a computer, you can plug the dock's USB cable into the included two-prong outlet adapter, so you can charge the iPhone directly from a wall socket. The one that comes with the iPhone 3G/3GS is especially tiny and compact.

  Note

  You may have noticed one standard cellphone feature that's not here: the battery compartment door.

  The battery isn't user-replaceable. It's rechargeable, of course—it charges whenever it's connected via the USB cable—but after 300 or 400 charges, it will start to hold less juice. Eventually, you'll have to pay Apple to install a new battery (Out-of-Warranty Repairs). (Apple says the added bulk of a protective plastic battery compartment, a removable door and latch, and battery retaining springs would have meant a much smaller battery—or a much thicker iPhone.)

• Finger Tips. Cute name for a cute fold-out leaflet of iPhone basics.

• A screen cloth. This little pseudo-suede cloth wipes the grease off the screen, although your clothing does just as well. (The 3GS doesn't come with the cloth. It does come with Apple stickers. But don't use those on the screen.)

• A SIM eject pin. The iPhone 3G and 3GS come with a tiny, laser-cut, stainless silver tool that you can push into the SIM hole shown ...