The Migration, The Progress, Staying Put

So I was happy to see my replacement iPhone 6S show up at my house yesterday, a very speedy two day delivery. (ordered from ATT site)  I haven’t done a phone migration in quite awhile so I was curious what had changed.  One thing that I instantly noticed was the intelligence that is built in.  After firing up the new phone it said if I was upgrading from another iPhone I should put them in close proximity to each other.  After doing so an image appeared on the old phone which I captured on the new phone, initiating the transfer of my Apple account information.  That was pretty slick.

ATT makes a transfer app but it seemed pretty lacking to me as it appears to only transfer stuff like pictures, videos, and contacts.  I wanted my new phone to have EVERYTHING my old 6 has.  So the way I know to accomplish this is with a local back up and restore.  Before starting I backed up my old phone via Itunes.  When I tried to restore that backup to the 6S I was unable to do so because it had an older version of iOS on it.  After upgrading that I was then able to restore the back up of roughly 60 gigs of data which took around 45 minutes.  After it was done the 6S had everything the 6 did, no reconfiguring mail, no reloading apps, no looking up account info.

Size wise the 6S is identical to the 6 so I was able to move it over to my sweet Mous phone case without issue.  I did immediately notice the phone was much more responsive than the 6 which had been put into throttled performance mode due to the battery problem.    I snapped around from screen to screen without the delay I had been accustomed to.  Overall I am very happy with my upgrade process/experience, even if I am still three models behind Apple’s flagship iPhone.  I expect this 6S to last me another 3 years plus, by then I may be half the number of whatever the latest and greatest iPhone model number is.

Last night I hit the driveway for another brief late night practice session.  Roughly 10 days prior I did the same early on in my One Wheel ownership and had some issues, including chasing the board down a hill.  Things went much better last night.  I am looking forward to the long weekend I just provided myself to get a lot more riding time in.

I know a lot of people around my age that are always looking to upgrade. Upgrade their clothing, upgrade their vehicle, and upgrade their house.  They have this drive to find something better, newer, bigger, and greater.  Outside of tech related things, I find that interest is mostly missing from me.  I have clothes dating back to 7th grade.  Pretty much the only time I get new clothing is if Cindy buys it for me, otherwise I am content with my selection.  Same with footwear, my sneakers I wear to the gym everyday were given to me by my buddy George in exchange for timing a race probably close to 10 years ago.  I had my 99 Tacoma for around 17 years and I will likely have my 2016 truck for as long if not longer.

Our house which was built in 2001 is certainly not luxurious or extravagant.  It is located far away from most things (less so now), and requires a LOT of effort on our part to maintain.  However I have absolutely no desire to even think for a fleeting second about living anywhere else.  The house at this point fits me like a well worn sneaker.  We have invested so much time, energy, and effort into it, the idea of tossing it aside to look for something bigger/better just never even enters my mind.

To some this may seem like a flaw or a shortcoming.  It’s just what I am.  If something is working for me, I stick with it.