Driven towards building out simple, functional and elegant applications. Currently working at Evelyn Partners. Love exploring the latest and greatest in the tech sphere, where I value high-quality products that are utilitarian in nature, but also incorporate a sleek aesthetic.
I’ve done a pretty great job with letting things run stale here, huh? 😅
On a serious note though, I’ve just been in a more introspective mood lately (I still am), where it’s good to be in touch with your deeper thoughts and feelings (I’ll probably touch base on this in a future post). When we’re so deeply enthralled in the “now”, we often forget to reflect on what “was”, and the “wants” of the future.
A good friend of mine put it best:
“the path to everything starts with self love, to be able to give weight and power to your own idea and self, to be able to value yourself even when stripped from everything else”.
So, I went ahead and got myself the iPhone 16 Pro Max. I’m forever thankful to my trusty Pixel 4a, but I couldn’t carry on due to how bad the battery life had gotten (1.5 hrs SOT). As a long-time small phone person, this was a big departure in many ways, but the supreme battery life (2 days of SOT for me), quality app optimisation (courtesy of iOS), and rock-solid longevity associated with iPhones essentially won me over.
I’d be lying to myself if I said I didn’t miss the simple one-handed operation of a smaller phone, but having a smaller phone results in less battery life now, and worse degradation later on. Despite having small-ish hands, I’m surprised at how much I’ve been able to adapt to the screen size, still doesn’t help that this thing is basically a brick in my pocket.
While I’d normally recommend upgrading every 4-5 years, I don’t see myself upgrading for the next 7 years at a minimum. This phone is very overkill for my needs, where I only make use of a small selection of essential apps, so there should be no excuses (I probably could have gotten away with buying a 16, but that Natural Titanium 😋).