§ 2025-07-24

My old phone died just recently, and so I got forced to make a decision about a new one quite a bit earlier than what I hoped for.

Now, I’m in the process of setting up the new one, which makes for a pretty nice opportunity to reevaluate what I actually want in and need from a phone (and what not, of course).

• add new todos
• tick off todos
• use maps
• use calendar
• call/message people
• research small stuff on the internet

Things I originally didn’t want to use it for, but then did:

• pay
• have it as a second factor for
  • banking
  • half of the random apps I’ve got

And things I did want to use it for, but which I’m less sure about now:

• reading?
• researching bigger stuff?
• accessing and writing email
• have LLM conversations
• be on reddit
• be on linkedin
• be on bluesky

Let’s see how that goes.

§ 2025-08-01

I’ve got my iPhone 13 mini about a week ago.

• keyboard
• animation speed
• better apps: Calendar, Spark
• worse apps: All the iOS browsers I’ve tried are way worse than Android counterparts
• less apps available
• nicer Widgets