Mundane News

[Twelvefret]

I had to replace my phone a year or two ago. It backs itself up to the cloud periodically so setting up the new one is just a matter of linking it to my account and restoring the backup. I went through all the stages of choosing the replacement, waiting for it to be delivered, unpacking it - only to let it set itself up and then realise that I can't really tell the difference between the new one and its predecessor. It was a curiously deflating experience.

It has reinforced my belief that phones shall be replaced when they break and not before.

I am looking at the iPhone Air. Advantages would be that it is lighter and a new battery. Like you, everything on this phone will be put into the new one via the Cloud.

 

[Paper Plane]

Mine was replaced due to (its) age. Started not to be able to access certain apps and the like as the OS couldn’t be updated.

steve

 

[Smiffy]

I had a job 20 odd years ago and most of my clients were in the Middle East, they were a bit demanding to say the least and if they wanted some information during their working day or on a Sunday they expected an email response within 15 minutes.

Smart phones were in their early days and my work phone was a Blackberry with a key pad

Typing an email to Qatar Rail on the possibly of having a complete new rail system in place for the 2020 footie at 3am using keys that were too small for my fingers was enough to make me think that phones do not do very much to enrich my life.

This could have been a big mistake and there are days when I feel like I am being left behind when tickets, banking and everything else seems to be on phones.