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Biennial Treat
25 Sep 2018 19:06Every 2 years, I give myself a little treat and buy a new phone....I'm pretty well pleased with the iPhone Xs! The OLED screen is nice, the new gestures, the larger screen, faster application launches, etc. etc...
I remember when I first went from a flip phone to an iPhone (it was a 3GS), how amazing it was compared to a flip phone! Then over the years, the incremental changes meant that the phones were faster, but not very memorable. This one though -- the new gestures, FaceID to replace TouchID, the larger screen in almost the same sized phone (I got the smallest of the 3 models) -- all of that has been a pleasure to use!
And I LOVED the setup! I just had to place the old iPhone next to the new one, and it transferred nearly all my settings! So much nicer than before! Here it is just after setup --
I thought I would miss TouchID, but FaceID is nice! It just have to look at the phone, and it unlocks. Here's the setup for that -- where I had to rotate my face to 'fill in the circle' a few times...
The new phone's chip is designed to allow some 'Augmented Reality', so I've been playing with an app that lets me examine artwork in my own home, lol! Here I am on my porch turning and zooming in on a piece of artwork from South America!
I remember when I first went from a flip phone to an iPhone (it was a 3GS), how amazing it was compared to a flip phone! Then over the years, the incremental changes meant that the phones were faster, but not very memorable. This one though -- the new gestures, FaceID to replace TouchID, the larger screen in almost the same sized phone (I got the smallest of the 3 models) -- all of that has been a pleasure to use!
And I LOVED the setup! I just had to place the old iPhone next to the new one, and it transferred nearly all my settings! So much nicer than before! Here it is just after setup --
I thought I would miss TouchID, but FaceID is nice! It just have to look at the phone, and it unlocks. Here's the setup for that -- where I had to rotate my face to 'fill in the circle' a few times...
The new phone's chip is designed to allow some 'Augmented Reality', so I've been playing with an app that lets me examine artwork in my own home, lol! Here I am on my porch turning and zooming in on a piece of artwork from South America!
