Apple iPhone (For iOS 6.1) - Manual (Page 104)

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Compass
Find a direction or your current heading, see your latitude and longitude, or show your location
and heading in Maps.
Choose magnetic
or true north.
Choose magnetic
or true north.
Current location Current location
The direction iPhone
is pointing
The direction iPhone
is pointing
Show your current location in Maps. Show your current location in Maps.
Find the direction your iPhone is pointing: Hold iPhone flat in your hand, level with the ground.
If Location Services is turned off when you open Compass, you may be asked to turn it on. You
can use Compass without turning on Location Services. See
Privacy on page 140.
Important: The accuracy of the compass can be affected by magnetic or environmental
interference; even the magnets in the iPhone earbuds can cause a deviation. Use the digital
compass only for basic navigation assistance and don’t rely on it to determine precise location,
proximity, distance, or direction.