Samsung Galaxy Note Edge
Owned Since: October 2015
Predecessor: Samsung Note 3
Reason: Big screen, stylus, removable battery, Upgradable storage, Android, Long term support for O.S upgrades.
Upgrades/Add-ons: 128Gb Micro SD Card, S-View Cover, Android 6
Overall Thoughts: It is a very durable phone, Very Responsive, Long lasting battery: lasts all day easily with standard use.
Iphone 4
Owned Since: Mid 2014
Predecessor: iPhone 3GS (Now used by Girlfriend)
Reason: Wanted to upgrade to IOS 7, friend offered me an unused one and I accepted it.
Upgrades/Add-ons: Replaced the Battery, Flip Cover, Optus Data Sharing Sim
Other Thoughts: Makes a good music player, when I received this phone it had a Dead Battery, I replaced the battery myself and now it works fine. The data sharing Sim is connected to the Data plan for my Samsung Note 3; this essentially turns it into an iPod with a 3G data connection.
Apple Macbook Pro (Mid 2012 15in Non Retina)
Owned Since: March 2013
Predecessor: LG P1-Pro Express Dual (1.8ghz Dual Core Centrino, 500GB HDD, 3GB RAM, ATI x1400 Graphics 128MB (able to boost up to 512MB using Hyper Memory) (Now used by GF)
Reason: Wanted to learn about MAC, Also wanted to be able to run Virtual Machines and other intensive Tasks, wanted something that would last longer on Battery.
Stock Specs: 2.4Ghz quad core i7 (4th Gen), 4GB Ram, 500GB HDD, DVD combo, Dual graphics, (Intel 4000, NVidia 650M 512MB)
Upgrades/Add-ons: 2TB SSD, 16GB RAM, Palm Rest Vinyl, Outside Hard Shell, Win 10 Pro + OSX Sierra
Other thoughts: Performs well, reliable, however has rubbish cooling (hasn’t overheated yet but the case gets very hot), so I have installed an app to make fans run faster, I will perform a case mod soon to allow better air intake. I never wanted a gaming machine, so graphic performance has never bothered me. I use to have Ubuntu on this laptop as well however as I didn’t run it much, I have just moved over to running it in a virtual system.
Samsung N215S (Netbook)
Owned Since: April 2012
Predecessor: ASUS Aspire one (1.6Ghz Atom (1Core) 512MB ram, 120GB HDD) (died)
Reason: Wanted a Small Laptop/Tablet that lasts a long time on battery.
Stock Specs: 1.6Ghz Atom (2Core with HT) 1GB Ram, 320GB HDD, Solar + Battery, Win7 Starter
Upgrades/Add-ons: 2GB Ram, Win 10 Developer (dual booting with stock OS).
Other Thoughts: Lasts 13 hours web browsing on battery (longer than most tablets) Has a solar panel which gives it a boost but cant run off it (2 hours in sun=1 hour charge) Windows 10 runs on it quite smoothly without much stalling, better than windows 7 and windows 8.1.
Runs Standard x86 windows Applications, Also runs UBUNTU quite well.
My Every Day Technology
These are the Devices I use almost every day
Samsung Galaxy Note Edge
Owned Since: October 2015
Predecessor: Samsung Note 3
Reason: Big screen, stylus, removable battery, Upgradable storage, Android, Long term support for O.S upgrades.
Upgrades/Add-ons: 128Gb Micro SD Card, S-View Cover, Android 6
Overall Thoughts: It is a very durable phone, Very Responsive, Long lasting battery: lasts all day easily with standard use.
Image from: https://c1.staticflickr.com/8/7523/16317254825_82de35d37c_b.jpg
Samsung Galaxy Gear S2
Owned Since: June 2016
Predecessor: N/A
Reason: I wanted to have a wearable that i would be able to see my phones notifications from as well as other interactions with my phone
Upgrades/Add-ons: N/A
Overall Thoughts: Extremely durable has survived me working on cars and paining houses, lasts more than 2 days if i don't move anywhere however if i remain very active all day it goes into a fitness mode which in some cases can drain the battery in less than 10 hours which can be very annoying. For some reason samsung wont let this feature be disabled.
Image from https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/68/Samsung_Gear_S2_Classic_in_IFA_2015_%282%29.jpg
