In my latest upgrade to my phone I moved to the iPhone 15 Pro. I ditched the Max and went for the regular phone. There wasn’t any real difference in the technology for me. I need a working phone without too many frills. If I wasn’t stuck on apple equipment I’d likely buy the Google Pixel. But I don’t think I could work without the Apple phone. The seamless integration with my email systems, calendars, and school systems is great. Being able to integrate with the family shared calendars and tooling is important for me too. I can tell when activities are scheduled for the whole family and get alerts for those appointments.

I use basic tools such as the calculator, email, calendar every day. Recently I have been using the Apple Pay tools in Wallet. These work pretty well and I have begun to trust it. Side note: It works fantastically late at night in the hotel vending machine when you do not have small bills or change.

Google Maps working with Apple Car play is my application for mapping tools. I often use this when heading somewhere. Even when I know how to get to the location I’ll set it to verify the time it will take me to get there.

I have a few games installed. These are not brain teasers, nor are they games that require interaction. I can put them down at any time and walk away from it. I may not return to a game for weeks or months between spending time with it.

The reason I moved from the larger format phone to the smaller is that I needed a smaller phone to manipulate and use without dropping it. I’ve been diagnosed with RA and have had issues holding onto the phone and typing when I need to. The smaller form factor allows me to use the device without worrying about dropping it.