I can vouch for the iPad + Apple Pencil + GoodNotes combo. I‘m using this multiple hours a day for university. The iPad also would be the most versatile device for watching a movie, playing a game etc.
You can also get other tablets but in my experience the writing experience isn’t as good as the iPad.
If you want to do mostly reading, an e-ink display will be nicer on the eyes, but you loose general functionality.
I spoke about this with a person, who wanted to get a new phone and replace their 3yo model. Ultimately, they just wanted a new thing, because it’d make them happier. That’s irrational.
It’s not irrational when almost every piece of media we see is somehow designed to make us want The New Things. Companies spend a lot of money working out how to convince us that we’re dissatisfied with what we have.
Also, it’s kind of sensible to upgrade after three years, when the device you have is still feasibly worth something on the second hand market.
I only get a new phone when my current phone just dies. The hardware for even the best phones out there really doesn’t change much even in 5 year spans. It’s actually kind of annoying. The biggest difference between the phone I have now and the first smart phone I ever had is a few hundred cycles faster CPU and it has 4 cameras instead of just 2.
I wish these things were like a desktop PC and I could just buy parts and build it myself so I could have the raw power I want.
No difference between 4GB of RAM and 12GB
You… You’re serious? I guess if you’re a super casual user, it won’t matter. But if you want to do more at once, you need more RAM. Shit, even if you don’t more RAM does make a difference when the apps start consuming more and more as time goes on.
I wish these things were like a desktop PC and I could just buy parts and build it myself so I could have the raw power I want.
So when my last phone was nearing death i finally made the decision to get myself a Fairphone. Plan is to save money in the long run by just replacing parts as they break not the whole device. Plus it’s one of the only phones out there with a replaceable battery. The modular design makes it quite bulky but I actually like that as well.
My old phone with 3GB ram was hell (granted it had a weak SoC too). Now that I have 8GB (on a midrange phone too), it’s become much more enjoyable to use my phone. Everything is snappy, nothing ever freezes
Hottest: 42C humid - horrible sensation, would never want to experience it again, but looks like we’re almost there again
Coldest: -27C - wasn’t nice, but not worse than -15C with high winds!
Still rocking my iPhone 7, and I’m planning on using it until it completely gives out. I agree that there’s very little reason to get a new phone, these days pretty much all of the improvements are just incremental and have no effect on the basic functions—calls, texts, web browsing, etc. Hell, even the fancy new cameras aren’t really needed, past 12mp (~4K) your camera quality doesn’t really make a big impact on image quality (most people have 1080p or 2k displays anyways) and you can only get so far with multiple lenses and AI stuff.
Reverend Insanity is probably a strong contender. The world building is super well done. The characters actually plot against each other. Not just the protagonist. It feels very lived in.
Princess bride the book. Indigo and fessik backstory. Parentheticals. The author tone and style is so much fun.
I had to wait 6 years untill someone released a device that’s atleast in some aspects better than the one I already had. If I were forced to switch every year I’d hate most of them.
The weather can change quite quickly in the mountains. It was winter hiking anyway, but suddenly dropped as we neared the top. Thankfully, there is a cable car station at the top of Kasprowy.
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