November 10, 2017
This summer was a swimtime for my devices. At first, my pebble watch didn't survived after swimming in Baltic sea, despite 30m water resistance. It was accurate after my birthday, and ended up with apple watch purchase. I should write post about them, but for another time. And, less than 2 months later, I dropped my loved iPhone 6 plus into pool, trying to make some cool night lights photo. Btw, photo was successfully uploaded to iCloud from 2 meters of water.
I turned phone off, dried it, and it even turned on for some time, but display was dead. Service guys asked for 250 Euro to complete repair and they said, that they can't provide any guarantee, that it will not break next day after fixing. Then I used iPad as main mobile device for couple weeks, which cause apparently some issues like inability for making calls (but who need that?). In the end I have bought iPhone SE 32 Gb, that I’m using since and I have some thoughts about it.
After 2 months of usage SE I ordered display and camera replacement kits for my old 6 plus iPhone. I didn't considered this option initially, this thought didnt cross my mind, that I can repair broken phone by myself, but yesterday I did it and it was not so hard. This phone is old, luggish, have crappy battery, that I will eventually replace too. But this is the best pocket device I ever had and I will continiue use it, until it will die again or I will find money for iPhone X Plus (when/if apple will release this). Even comparing with X, that I have played with in apple store, I like plus size better.
Conclusion: se is good, if you need new iphone, but dont have money. Or you need call phone with audio player. Otherwise, concider another options.
typed from iPhone 6 plus
October 2, 2017
On this weekend, I have found one weird bug. If you have fat32-formatted drive (mine was usb stick), on Mac OS you cannot load files on it bigger, than 2.1Gb. Usual threshold for this file system is 4 Gb, but not less. But, if you stick this drive into windows laptop, you can easy load 3Gb files into, and, after first big file will land on drive, even being immediately deleted, on Mac OS allowed me to write big files (up to 4Gb, of course) to it. Is it FAT32 virginity?
UPD: Unfortunatelly, I cannot reproduce this behavior.
September 13, 2017
What makes new product outstanding and represent new generation of some item, is that you can't directly compare it with the previous version and new features seemed gimmicky and not usefull at all. Eight gen is just improved seven, with better camera, cpu, gpu etc. But what would mean AR in future mobile technology, how usefull would be phone without home button and would it be ok to unlock phone with face id - only time will show. But we definetly getting new experience instead of just improvement for the first time iphone since 6 (or, in my case, samsung note).
When 5s was released, I was sure, that touchId looks abnominably, but this is one of the best that I missed in my 5yo ipad (my phone is broken now). I should throw this ipad to kindergarten at this point.
Until now, Apple didnt add new gimmicky features to phone, that appeared to be rubbish (like touchBar in macbooks). Even 3d touch is very usefull, at least, in text field areas. This is their chicken, that brings golden eggs, and they didn't want to screw it up.
However, for me this new device is still unclear and, even I would have free 1k€ to buy it, better option is to wait another year and see, how it will act in reallife.
And for me, i guess, it's time to buy iphone se and ipad 5gen. Not fancy, but proved stuff to get things done.
September 13, 2017
That was a weird vacation. Direct flight, half pansion. We didn't took excursions, we didn't rent cars, we didn't crawled down off valleys, didn't get up on volcanos, we haven't done hiking, diving, rafting nor snorkling, we haven't visited any party, bar or dance club. We were just sit in the hotel and sometimes walk to beach nearby. However, first vacation with child was the most active holiday in my life.
August 22, 2017
Woman with black kerchief, tied around her head. You can see only eyes on her face. She is walking down the street and rolling wheelchair ahead with Arabian man, who look absently on buildings around.
Whoever accomplishing terroristic attacks on last decades, they hit their goal. I'm scared, when I saw that woman. I instantly recall news and imagined, what would be in the news this evening. I remembered ending of "mr. Mercedes", where bomb was concealed in wheelchair.
I want to treat every nationality, gender and religion equally, but this is the world we are living. We can either force all people another nationalities off the streets or find a way to stop being scared of them. And first approach will not solve this problem in long perspective, because our planet is not infinite and becoming smaller each day."
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