A New Phone

My new car prompted me to get a new phone; the old flip phone I had been using could not interface with the car so I finally upgraded to a Samsung Galaxy S7 this past weekend. The only thing to be moved from the old phone was the contacts list! There were some apps that I wanted from my tablet: OurGroceries, Kindle, iNaturalist, and eBird. The email and calendar came as well. I discovered that my Fitbit can interface with the phone as well (no more dongle taking up a USB space on my laptop!). I’ve managed to connect the phone to my Prius Prime as well. I’m sure there will be more to learn in the coming weeks.

I got a screen protector and the Geek Squad 2 year protection when I bought the phone from Best Buy. We were in the store just after noon on Saturday so it was busy but the staff was efficient; we only waited a few minutes before the flurry of action to make the purchase started. I was glad my husband had done it before and knew exactly what I wanted.

I ordered the case from Amazon before I even got the phone; I chose one with lotuses and gold fish. As I thought about how I would use the phone as I was grocery shopping I also ordered a holder with a lanyard so that I could have it readily available but have both hands free to gather my groceries; hopefully it will come before my next grocery shopping day.

I’m trying out an old purse that has a pocket that always seemed too flat ---the phone fits in it very easily; the phone is easy to access but still protected by the structure of the purse.

I took a picture with the phone just as I was thinking about this post. The old tablet (in the red case) may be retired by the phone. I won’t be using it for groceries and maybe not for reading material when I travel; the phone is a smaller package but probably more powerful than the tablet! The phone will not replace my camera but I will take pictures with my phone when I don’t have my camera with me…and for when I need a picture inside an app (like iNaturalist or eBird). It will be easier to send a travel picture to family when I am traveling as well

I’m already enjoying having my new phone!