I dropped the hammer

I bought an iPhone 15 Pro to replace my iPhone 12 Pro. I traded in my iPhone 12 Pro so the price of the new phone wasn’t as insane as it could have been. 

I also get to rid myself of a potential fire hazard. I need to go through the house and collect up all the older stuff and return it all to Apple for recycling. A chore for another day I think.

Thus far it’s a nice machine even with the goofy things going on in IOS 17.

It’s not much different than the iPhone 12 Pro size wise. It’s obviously faster, and the camera is much better. Having the battery last is nice!

I haven’t seen enough of the Dynamic Island to know if I like it or not. Apple Music makes use of it while I’m doing something else. The flashlight app displays an icon there, when it’s on.

That’s about it, I suppose I don’t have any apps that make use of it. Or the way I use apps is different than the “Norm”

I don’t have that many apps on my phone. Part of that is about security and part of it is about not really seeing anything that I would call mind bogglingly useful given the way I live.

That being said, I wanted the new phone for several reasons. I wanted USB-C on all my devices so I now have “one cable to rule them all!” I wanted the upgraded cameras, and I like the always on display. I like the “Action Button” better than the little mute switch that I was always flipping accidentally. 

I’m looking forward to Apple getting the OS straightened out and exploring new features. 

I wasn’t going to do this. But with the issues starting at T-Mobile I decided I wanted to get a new phone before making any decisions about switching carriers. The new iPhone is supposed to support 2 phone numbers active at the same time so it makes things easier if I want to try out carriers before committing. (I actually used this feature in the iPhone 12 Pro but it was not as seamless as advertised.) I think that might have been an issue with the IOS version I was using and the newness of eSim. I’ll perhaps do some research and experimentation, I don’t know why I’d need to have two phone lines on my phone, but depending on how my life changes, moving forward it might be useful.

I hated spending the money. But at least this way, If I change carriers all my devices are less than one year old. That’s been a thorn in my side for a while. I tend to have more or less current technology. The other half would use technology until it literally fell apart in his hands.