This Is How The iPhone 5 Will Work

This is the welcome screen after installing iOS 5. Slide the arrow to begin the set up.

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Choose your language.

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Choose your country.

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Select your Wi-Fi network.

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Your phone will take a few minutes to activate with Apple.

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You now have a few options: You can restore your phone's settings from iTunes, an iCloud backup, or a new phone. Since we don't have anything backed up to iCloud yet, we'll set this up as a new phone.

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If you have an Apple ID, select "Sign in." You can create one if you need to.

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Sign in with your Apple ID and password.

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If you want to use iCloud, switch the slider to "ON." This will let you back up your phone's data to the cloud.

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"Find My iPhone" is now built in to iOS 5. Switch to "ON" if you want to use it.

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You can send your usage data to Apple if you want. Privacy nuts should check "Don't Send."

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That's it for the set up! Now tap "Start Using Phone."

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Here's the new home screen. You'll notice a few changes here. The "iPod" app has been replaced with "Music," for example.

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And "Videos" gets its own app. That's much better than digging through the iPod app to find videos.

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Newsstand is empty for now. We'll have to wait until the store launches.

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Swipe your finger down from the top of the screen to view the notifications center. It will ask for your ___location so you can get weather updates from the Weather widget.

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Here's the notifications center. The Stocks and Weather widgets stay updated.

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Now let's check out the new Reminders app. Tap the "+" to set a new one.

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After you enter the event, tap it for more options.

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Tap "Remind Me" to adjust when and where you want to be reminded.

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You can set Reminders to prompt you when you enter or leave a ___location.

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Open the App Store and tap "Updates." From here you can browse the apps you've already downloaded. Tap the cloud icon to get it on your phone.

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Open settings for more options. Let's try Twitter integration.

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Enter your Twitter name and password, then tap "Sign In."

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Your Twitter account is now linked to your iPhone. You can also get the official Twitter app from this screen. Tap "Install Now." (We'll have more on that later.)

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Here are your iCloud settings. You can toggle what you want to sync with the cloud on and off here.

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Tap "Storage & Backup" to setup automatic backups of your iPhone.

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Switch "Back Up to iCloud" to "On." Your iPhone will automatically back up to the iCloud when it's charging and connected to Wi-Fi.

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Under Photo settings in iCloud you can choose to sync your photos to the cloud.

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Now let's test the new notifications system. Open Twitter and allow notifications when you receive this message.

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Under Twitter's settings you can choose what kinds of notifications you want from Twitter.

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When you get a Twitter mention, this is the notification that pops up. Swipe down to see all your notifications.

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Here's the notifications center with recent Twitter mentions. Tap one to open Twitter.

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If you receive a notification when the phone is locked, it shows up on the lock screen like this.

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Slide the app's icon over and...

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The phone opens directly to your new text message.

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You can access the camera from the lock screen. Double tap the home button and then tap the camera icon.

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You can use the the volume button to snap a photo. It's much easier than tapping the screen. Now tap "Edit" to edit the photo.

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You can crop, enhance, and take away red eye. Let's try cropping.

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When you're finished cropping, tap "Crop." Now you can save your newly-cropped photo.

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Now let's check out the new "Reading List" feature. It's a lot like Instapaper, but built in to your iPhone. When you see an article you like, tap the "Reader" button in the URL bar.

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The article is sent to your Reader app. You can also share the article from here. Tap the icon with the arrow.

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Here are your sharing options. Let's try tweeting this article.

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This cool twitter window pops up. You can see your article attached to the right. Type your tweet and tap "Send."

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Finally, there's e-mail search. Open the app and scroll to the top. A search bar will appear. You can search by sender, recipient, subject, or all of the above.

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So, what about the hardware?

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