Leaving the ecosphere for a new galaxy and the start of a new era.

It’s the Dawn of a New Era in Casa Cummings today…

I feel like I should be quoting some Fifth Dimension here. Or Babylon 5. It has been years since we got new phones, and recently, its begun to show. We aren’t your typical smartphone users, we don’t interact a lot with social media over the phone, or play a lot of games or whatever it is the kids do today. But we have worked our phones into our work habits, something that our (aging) iPhones were able to do less and less. Mostly, its been a result of having older hardware in a world of iOS upgrades demanding newer processors. They work fine as phones(!), but were starting to slow down when launching apps.

I know, they’re phones, what does that other junk matter?

Well, today we took the plunge on more than one front. Wife and I bought new Samsung Galaxy S5’s. It was tough, leaving a known ecosphere of apps, but I must say, I’m really loving my new phone. It fits better with my own needs than the iPhone. Bane of existence they might be, but my life is already pretty well tied to google – having a phone that natively works with google is a plus.

What, then, of the old phones?

We are saints. Or rather, Eldest Daughter is in 7th grade and was starting to hit that point where she really needed a way to make simple cell calls and text messaging. We added a new text message plan to our account (never really had one before) and converted one of our old phones to a third phone for the Eldest. Now she can reach us when she’s on her way back from a trip (sports) or ready to leave when she takes part in the play this spring.

Bah. I’m still depressed at the thought that I have a kid with a phone.

Her sisters want the spare phone, which at this point is just a really pretty iPod Touch (so they might even get their wish).