Have an iPhone? Here's why you shouldn't close apps

Exactly!

It is their effing job!* And people need them. The onboard ‘help’ is non-existent - why not some easily accessible, simple and basic tips/facts about how this device works - I’m not asking for a hundreds pages explanation of every minute aspect of iOS functionality, just some written guide to basic operations. Maybe it exists -I have no idea where I might get such help from my phone itself when I might need it.

(*In the bad old days when I worked in software, documentation and user manuals were a critical part of the process. These days it all has to be intuitive and is therefore either dumbed down or all the best functionality is never used 'cos nobody knows about it.)

I reboot my iPhone daily - if fully power off and power on is what counts as reboot these days. And when I power back up again the list of ‘open apps’ is still there. But presumably they are all images and they are not actually still in memory?

PS Thanks, I’ve learned some stuff here tonight.

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