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26th Feb 2016

The Secret Old-School Emoticon Keyboard iPhone Users Need To Know About

We didn't know about this!

Cathy Donohue

We’re new emoji obsessed…(hello 28 new food emoji options).

However, if you’re sick of the colourful icons and want it to bring it back to basics, there’s an old-school emoji keyboard on your iPhone and you may not know about it.

METRO alerted us to its existence and these icons remind us of days long before emojis came about.

Simply open settings, go to general, select the option to open a ‘new keyboard’. Then you choose Japanese and then select Kana.

Try typing a message using these bad boys…

kana - emoticons
Image via Apple