I've spent the last year or so slowly replacing the everything-machine in my pocket with devices that do one thing and do it well. A BOOX e-reader for books. Retro handheld consoles for games. An automatic watch that tells time and nothing else. So when I started looking for a
I have the same ipod for the last 10 years. My ebook reader is from 12+ years ago. I see young people buying vynals for some reason.
When everything is an app to be streamed, physical goods seem to have an appeal.
I still have an iPad 2 I bought in 2011, and amazingly, the battery still lasts 5+ hours.
It’s got 128GB storage, and that’s used to store a movie or two, 30 hours of music, and a bunch of books and PDFs.
Of course, I’m not going to carry it with me everywhere; that’s what my phone is for. Which also has those things stored on it.