I have a galaxy S7, an android phone and I have been tossing around the idea to go with an apple phone, even though I have no idea how to operate it. The reason for this change is that my wife has one and apple users can text each other through wifi, a feat I don't know how to accomplish with a plethora of apps and tweaking to our current systems.
The options for new phones are, overwhelming, to say the least, and what do you really get for the price? 1,100 dollars for a phone? That is ridiculous in my opinion, a phone should not cost more than a laptop it just shouldn't happen. Facial recognition, fingerprint scanners, retina scanners, what a waste of time and money, do I work for a secret government agency and have to have such security for my phone? No, I do not, a simple password will suffice for me. I have nothing to hide anyway, that sort of tech is for all you sneaky, cheating, lying people out there that are trying to hide things from your partner.
Then we have curved screen, big screen, cloud data packages, 16, 32, 64gb storage cards, 24mb cameras, 4k screens, I mean the list never stops, but for me, if someone wanted to sell me a phone this is what they would say, "This phone is indestructible, and it never drops calls, it always has a connection, and works anywhere on the planet on one package that you get when you buy the phone." SOLD!
The technical jargon that sales people spew forth when trying to sell a phone to someone who has no idea what they are talking about sounds impressive, but it is all fluff in your face, made to up sell the product. Some factors are really important when investing in a new phone, like right now does it or will it have 5G connectivity?
What's 5G? Google that up. It's the next evolution of wireless communication, and your next phone is going to need to have it. Most phones don't have that feature yet, so I am going to wait on buying a new phone until it does. It is supposed to be unveiled this year.
Scott Goerz
