dear ray,
that may be nice for you, and the younger generation.
i do not want a phone with touch id, or, if i read it right, where you can tap a phone to exchange data. i don’t need a phone with a recognition program, because i’m not that lazy.
I’m retired, so why do i need all these programs, geared for nitwits, and locked in so i cannot take them off the phone. i don’t use social media ... i don’t take pictures of my food, i eat it. I, also, believe that one’s life should be held sacred and private, and not wasted before the swine of the world.
remember, this is a phone, it is not a bona fide camera. i’ve used photographic equipment since the 1970’s, and developed my own film, as well.
the current radio ads screaming about some internet radio, “oh, you can turn your phone into a radio!’ .. the FM radio is already there. i’ve been a subscriber to internet radio for 10 years already, so this new thing has not re-invented the automobile.
Remember, this is a phone, not a word processing machine, so why do i need ‘an office suite’? i’ve been writing, before typewriters went electric, and have been keeping my own accounting books, in pen and ink since the ‘60’s.
Granted, the phone has no cord to tether you to a house, nor to an answering machine - which may fail at a bad moment - and may have a buttonless interface. But it is just a phone.