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    Use your headphones to take a selfie

    Selfies continue to be all the rage, as we're sure you've noticed, but if the quality of your selfies is a concern, try this handy trick.

    A decent proportion of iPhone owners know that you can activate the camera shutter by pressing one of the volume buttons (volume up or volume down - doesn't matter which) instead of the onscreen button. This tends to produce less camera shake. But a still better option for selfies - and one that is far less widely known - is to use the volume button on an attached pair of headphones.

    When the camera app is open on your iPhone, you can use the volume button on an attached pair of headphones to take a photo. Not only does this reduce shake even more than using the iPhone's volume button, but it also means you can take a more natural-looking photo from further away or take a photo hands-free.