Today, I purchased a new phone. And I stutter and stammer to think that for the $800 spent on a "computer", it's one that I carry around ~~in my pocket~~ !!!
Back in the day, say 1997?, when I upgraded my laptop from old and clunky to a bit updated, it didn't do near what my phone will do, AND it was $1200 and probably weighed in around 14 lbs if you included the charger assembly.
I got my first cell phone in 2005, a Kyocera flip phone. When I upgraded around 2007, it was an ordeal. Someone took your phone "to the back room" and connected it via cables to try and capture all your contacts onto your new phone. Your text messages were sent via the dial pad where 2 pressed one time = A, pressed twice = B.... etc. You know the old drill. The next time I upgraded it was to a "slide" phone so that I could text on the mini keyboard. I got pretty good at it, but when I look back on it now, it seems clunky!
My last upgrade was in 2015 and it was to a Samsung S5, and I really liked this phone! If replacing the battery would keep it working, I might have tried that. But .... *sigh* ... I bit the bullet and bought a Samsung S9. It's nice! Sleek, slim, and a sexy glossy midnight black. I got all the bells and whistles needed to make it a good phone, including the wireless charging pad. Now that is REALLY something! No wires, just lay it down and voila!
But the neatest part was after the activation of my new phone, there's a new App for Samsung (don't know if it's for other brands?) but I just opened the app on both the old and new phones, and it transferred all my data. I figured contacts, photos, etc would transfer, but even my Calendar and Alarms transferred over too! Now that's spifferific!
It truly makes me wonder .... what will be next??
And can I keep up???
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