It\u2019s working fine. I haven\u2019t touched the iPhone X in the two weeks since I wiped it. I haven\u2019t touched the old iPhone SE since the new one arrived. A big part of that is because I don\u2019t want to be temped by the smaller size, but this is still manageable. I carried a phone this size for a year and half, for crying out loud, I can deal. Everything that needed to migrate did without a fight, and it runs everything I need it to run perfectly well.\u00a0<\/p>\n
With one exception: the keyboard. Which isn\u2019t any worse than it was before, not by a long shot, and is more usable than on the 4\u201d screen, certainly, but the fact remains that the keyboard has never really been the same since Jony Ive declared that all must be flat and translucent and that anything remotely skeuomorphic was anathema – especially drop shadows and visual cues. Somehow, some way, the keyboard went to shit and never recovered. But being stuck at home, I find myself typing more than I ever expected on the iMac, which despite being four years old is still suitable for everything from iTunes management to Zoom calls with virtual backgrounds to finally allowing for blogging on a more regular basis.<\/p>\n
The new phone doesn\u2019t feel like a life-changing event, but it feels ready. When it\u2019s time to quit this job, all I do is flick the SIM across the room and walk out. When it\u2019s time to go abroad, all I do is scan the QR code to light up the e-SIM and we\u2019re off to the races. It feels like control is back in my hands, a tiny little amount. And that\u2019s nothing to sneeze at in this present world. And with the rumblings about the dumbing down of the 5.4\u201d iPhone 12, it\u2019s just as well that I bought this when I did – everything I need and nothing I don\u2019t for $450 plus AppleCare and a good 3 or 4 years of service in a world where FaceID isn\u2019t going to be reliable for a long time.<\/p>\n
A good purchase, well made, and now the only new Apple tech I need is the Series 6 Apple Watch, soonest. Maybe only four more months, if I\u2019m very very lucky. But if I can choose where I spend my luck, I\u2019d rather go somewhere else first with it…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
It\u2019s working fine. I haven\u2019t touched the iPhone X in the two weeks since I wiped it. I haven\u2019t touched the old iPhone SE since the new one arrived. A big part of that is because I don\u2019t want to be temped by the smaller size, but this is still manageable. I carried a phone … <\/p>\n