[rikroots]

I have a 3 year old Samsung mobile. Over the past few months Samsung have been bombarding me with targeted ads and emails begging me to upgrade to their new-shiny latest-greatest mobile. Much of their effort leads on all of the wonders that the new AI capabilities they've added to the phone would bring to my life.

I haven't bought a new phone. I was thinking about it but, at the end of the day, what I want is a phone that's my tool, not my new best friend.

Don't get me wrong - I've got nothing against AI. I love phone apps/functionality that will, for instance, allow me to point my camera and click, then show me a lovely hi-res, non-blurry image of the people/scene I want to capture. Getting rid of the shake in my short video clips will, I'm sure, be fantastic! But don't tell me that this was achieved with AI - just go do it in the background and leave me in peace.

But I don't need a phone that boasts about its capabilities. And I don't need a phone that will nag me to do this thing or that thing to improve my life experiences. I've got a perfectly serviceable mother who's more than happy to do that sort of nagging!

[sexy_seedbox]

Samsung tries very hard to get me to upgrade but my 4-year old s10e still works great, it's super fast, though it doesn't have updates anymore. However, I'm keeping it till it dies because there is no other small Android phone on the market with a side fingerprint reader.

[jacknews]

"what I want is a phone that's my tool, not my new best friend."

added to my quote book.