Posted by terrepruitt on January 14, 2022
So today I am going to be certain to post my Friday Photo on Friday. I was so annoyed last week that I typed it up and thought I had posted it and I had not. Anyway . . . going through some old photos and I thought this one was particularly cute. This was when I still had the iPhone 5 so the picture is not all that great. But Nessa is a great subject. Such a pretty kitty.
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Posted by terrepruitt on May 20, 2019
I will not use a phone without a case and cover. In October when I got my new phone it sat at home while I waited for the case and cover to arrive. I continued to use my old phone because I refused to take my new one out of the house. I always have a case and a screen cover. There used to be plastic screen covers. The place I order my cases from used to include a few screen covers in every case purchase. So I had a handful. They would get scratched and I would plan on putting a new one on, but it was kind of pain, I didn’t do it very often. The iPhone 5 had a known issue of the sleep button failing, but for some reason my phone wasn’t covered in the free fix, so after about a year of not being able to sleep my phone I went to have it fixed. They didn’t fix it properly the first time so when I went back the second time the owner threw in a new screen cover. It was glass. It was so pretty. It made my screen look great. Granted, I had needed a new one, but was going to change it after I had taken my phone in. So the one that he replaced was all scratched and worn. So just having a new one was a huge improvement, but the glass one was really great. So when I got my new phone, I ordered some glass screen covers with my cases.
I got my phone in October. I have replaced the glass cover twice already. The plastic ones didn’t break, they just got really scratched up. I think I probably put on two or three the whole six years I had my 5. But in seven months with this new phone, I am on my third one. The first cover break scared me. I was looking at my phone and the lower right corner was cracked. My heart stopped. I hadn’t even had the thing six months and it broke already? But then I looked close and realized that it was the cover and not the screen that was cracked. WHEW! So I put a new one on.
This last one that broke I barely noticed it even though it was a much larger crack – all the way across the screen – it was just where it was, I guess. This time I had faith that it was the cover that cracked. But I looked close to see that the crack was just in the middle – where the cover is – and not all the way to the edges. So that assured me that it was just the cover. But it looked like an impact crack . . . which I couldn’t figure out. There was a little spot near the side where it looked like something hit the screen then a crack going across the phone, a crack going up, a crack going down to the closest edge, and two separate cracks going across to the closest edge. It was odd.
I am always so grateful that I have a case and a cover because I believe that both have saved my phone from actually breaking a multitude of times. Besides the fact that I like to have a pretty cover.
Do you have a case and/or a screen cover for your phone? Do you feel that they have help protect your phone?
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Posted by terrepruitt on October 15, 2018
I have just graduated from an iPhone 5 to an iPhone 10 XS. My phone was six years old. They no longer sell the 5. Perhaps that can be my guide as to when to buy new phones. My 5 still worked, it just didn’t work as fast as the newer phones. My camera was not as good. And that is what I am showing you in this post. I wanted to give you an idea about the difference between the photos.
The difference between the cameras is here. The only info on the 5 that I could find was from Wiki. The information on the 10 XS is taken from the Apple website.
Info from Wiki
Old Phone
Rear camera Sony Exmor R IMX145[9][10]
—8 MP iSight back-side illuminated sensor
—HD video (1080p) at 30 frame/s
—IR filter
—Aperture f/2.4
—5 element lens
—Facial recognition (stills only)
—Image stabilization
Front camera
—1.2 MP, HD video (720p)
Info from Apple.com
New Phone
—Dual 12MP wide-angle and telephoto cameras
—Wide-angle: ƒ/1.8 aperture
—Telephoto: ƒ/2.4 aperture
—2x optical zoom; digital zoom up to 10x
—Portrait mode with advanced bokeh and Depth Control
—Portrait Lighting with five effects (Natural, Studio, Contour, Stage, Stage Mono)
—Dual optical image stabilization
—Six-element lens
—Quad-LED True Tone flash with Slow Sync
—Panorama (up to 63MP)
—Sapphire crystal lens cover
—Backside illumination sensor
—Hybrid IR filter
—Autofocus with Focus Pixels
—Tap to focus with Focus Pixels
—Smart HDR for photos
—Wide color capture for photos and Live Photos
—Local tone mapping
—Advanced red-eye correction
—Exposure control
—Auto image stabilization
—Burst mode
—Timer mode
—Photo geotagging
—Image formats captured: HEIF and JPE
The first picture of each cat is with the new phone. The second is with the old phone.
In the first picture of Teagan I might have zoomed in a bit, but I didn’t touch either phone to make them focus better. So, I might have been able to get a bright picture with the iPhone 5, but I was taking it as a comparison of not having touched either phone.
With the new phone I might actually be able to get some better pictures of Teagan. Although, as I have mentioned she is not as camera shy as she once was.
I fought long and hard (for at least two years – that is when the seven was released and suggestions were made to get it) about getting a new phone. But I figure if I keep this one for six years it will be ok.
Even though don’t know most of what the description of the phone is saying, I can clearly SEE that the photos are much better!
These were just quick pictures I was taking to show my hubby the difference. I should have thought about posting from the get go and done a better job!
Dramatic difference, huh? Means bad news for my blog because I am going to be posting a lot more cat pictures now.
Posted in Misc | Tagged: iPhone 5, iPhone cameras, iPhone XS, Nessa, Teagan | 2 Comments »
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