Anybody who knows me well enough knows that I am a creature of habit and once I stay loyal to a product, service or person, I really do not stray away.
If I enter a building and happens to go to the restroom more than once while being on the same floor, if unoccupied, I will tend to go to the same cubicle that I did the first time I went to the restroom.
In secondary school or poly, my close friends can order food for me without needing to ask as I order the exact same thing everyday. As I grow, the only variation will be the stall that I go to. If I go to stall A at food court A, I will order Mee Soto. If I were to order rice, it will be the exact same dishes. Up till today, if my husband were to get breakfast from the Kopitiam near my house, he knows my order.
I used to love going to Ramen Ten at Far East Plaza and my friends were dragged there each time we are in the area. I will order the exact same dishes there as I thrive in familiarity. I do go to new places and check out new dishes occasionally but I prefer to stick to something I have tried and tested once I like it. That is why when the service and food quality dropped consistently, I stopped patronizing totally after giving substantial chances that maybe the chef or staff was just having a bad day.
I do embrace changes as changes is a constant and that have been drilled in my head by my ex-principal, Mrs Tay when I was still in Cedar Girls'. Also, my mum is always changing the furniture around the house for as long as I can remember and we need to constantly adapt fast to a different outlook and layout each time she changes. My husband always get disoriented when he sees this happen as he comes from a household where the furniture is generally preserved in their rightful place. Therefore, I do accept changes but I need to be convinced on the benefits before I readily accept the proposed change.
Templates are my best friends and I love systems that are structured but at the same time allow a certain level of flexibility and personalization. I am no IT genius and when the world of smartphones just began, I fell in love with the iPhone. I have been using iPhones since the first iPhone and now I'm on iPhone 5s with the latest iOS. I didn't get an iPhone 6 or 6 Plus as the features do not have major improvements if one is on an iPhone 5s with the latest update. I was one who religiously did backup for my data and sync with iTunes so when I lost my phone sometime in 2008 or 2009, I felt blessed when all I needed to do was to plug in my iPhone to my laptop, sync it with iTunes and my replacement iPhone was just like my lost one with my contacts, messages, apps, photos and videos fully restored.
Fast forward to current times, my husband is an advocate for Android phones. Ever since he switched to an Android phone from an iPhone, he has not looked back and is always urging me to switch. I wasn't impressed with the apps as iPhone always had the latest updates and functions for apps then. I did try having a Samsung Galaxy Tab for work purposes but I am still not bought over. Furthermore, it would be too much of a hassle for me to switch from an iPhone to an Android phone. Too much data will be lost. Or so I thought. I will get to that later.
My husband is now on his third or fourth Android phone and I am finally starting to get impressed. Maybe it is due to his phone's advanced features or due to the lack of new features released from Apple. I can't say for sure at this point. I got intrigued firstly by the waterproof feature Sony Xperia Z3 +. My husband was showing off how he could still use his phone even when his fingers were still wet when he just got out from the bathroom. When he first showed me the photo and video quality, I was just semi-impressed. He went on to tell me that his phone has 4K recording and 5MP front camera. I got interested but displayed nonchalance. Wow can record from the screen! Hrmmm... Interesting... I couldn't hide my curiosity further when he showed me the touch block feature. Apparently the model before this Sony Xperia Z3+ had this feature too but of course I have never bothered to find out since I am comfortable with my iPhone. I find this touch block feature very essential especially since I have a toddler and an infant who find our phones and any gadgets to be subjects of entertainment. They will press here and there, swipe screens here and there, move my app icons around, delete photos or videos accidentally and the list goes on. This 'touch block' is such a useful feature especially for those with children. Plus, apps on Android are now more varied and stable thus staying competitive with apps on iTunes.
Yes, Apple now has the Apple watch but Android has the Android watch too. There is not much advancement on Apple's end and I am finally leaning towards hopping onto the Android bandwagon soon. I can only recontract without additional charges next month so I am still waiting to see if Apple will suddenly surprise me. I do not foresee that happening though but let's just wait and see.
Anyway, I mentioned about the fear of data loss if I were to switch from an iPhone to Android. Apparently, it is not too difficult to preserve data and bring them over. I found this link: http://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/how-to-switch-from-iphone-to-android/ to be most useful. I hope it will assist me in transferring my data seamlessly when I finally make the switch. :)
