All the phones I used in my lifetime
Crazy how can I remember the exact time I used a phone, but still forget to do homework lmao
So the first "smartphone" I used was a Samsung Star II, yes THAT one.
It was actually pretty good for basic web browsing, but GOD it was slow. I don't even wanna talk more of it.
The second one is actually crazy, a Nokia 230.
On what year? Well, 2015. Or it was 2017? Oh well.
This one was actually pretty good to use, but I didn't use the social media stuff that was preloaded.
Third one, an iPhone 6. Wait, an IPHONE???
Yep, first time I used one. In 2017, but that's not all of it, since we had a bag of 3 phones of the same brand, and there was also a iPhone 4, and an iPhone 7 Plus.
But 7 year old me, decided, just to get the 6, since it was basically the same, right? Wrong. I couldn't play Fortnite when it launched. That's actually true. I wish I had the 7 Plus...
2019, before COVID-19, my first LG phone, the G4c, and I have nothing else to say than it's okay.
2020, Redmi 8, 2022, 11T Pro, 2023, Note 10+ and Galaxy A03 (aka hell), 2024, Galaxy A54, 2025, Galaxy A35, and the current phone I have, the 14T Pro.
Also, its crazy that I always come back to Samsung, and even used them a whole lot longer than normal (especially the Note 10+), well, hope that the prices go normal so I can buy one next year!
So the first "smartphone" I used was a Samsung Star II, yes THAT one.
It was actually pretty good for basic web browsing, but GOD it was slow. I don't even wanna talk more of it.
The second one is actually crazy, a Nokia 230.
On what year? Well, 2015. Or it was 2017? Oh well.
This one was actually pretty good to use, but I didn't use the social media stuff that was preloaded.
Third one, an iPhone 6. Wait, an IPHONE???
Yep, first time I used one. In 2017, but that's not all of it, since we had a bag of 3 phones of the same brand, and there was also a iPhone 4, and an iPhone 7 Plus.
But 7 year old me, decided, just to get the 6, since it was basically the same, right? Wrong. I couldn't play Fortnite when it launched. That's actually true. I wish I had the 7 Plus...
2019, before COVID-19, my first LG phone, the G4c, and I have nothing else to say than it's okay.
2020, Redmi 8, 2022, 11T Pro, 2023, Note 10+ and Galaxy A03 (aka hell), 2024, Galaxy A54, 2025, Galaxy A35, and the current phone I have, the 14T Pro.
Also, its crazy that I always come back to Samsung, and even used them a whole lot longer than normal (especially the Note 10+), well, hope that the prices go normal so I can buy one next year!
Sam Altman's Personal Hell
Sam fucking Altman. Why are you so retarded.
So you said in an interview that "It's quite terrible that everyone has a bunch of the world's limited supply of DRAM sitting in their own computer"
So, I'm gonna tell you something. I HOPE AI K*LLS YOU FIRST. I HOPE YOU GET BOOED OFF STAGE. I HOPE YOUR SHITTY COMPANY FAILS.
WHY??? YOU FUCKING RUINED EVERYTHING. RAM AND SDD PRICING THROUGH THE ROOF. PHONES, PC'S AND TABLETS BEING MORE EXPENSIVE THAN EVER. GPU'S GOING FOR MORE THAN 10K. YOU COULD'VE SHUT YOUR MOUTH FOR ONCE. BUT NO, YOUR LITTLE PIECE OF SHIT BRAIN WANTA TO GIVE SHITTY OPINIONS THAT THE CONSUMER SHOULDN'T DESERVE EVERYTHING AND THAT THEY SHOULD GIVE IT TO THE COMPANIES I AM GENUINELY MAD.
SAM ALTMAN. YOU RUINED EVERYTHING. NOW THAT THE AI BUBBLE IS GONNA POP SOON, I HOPE OPENAI GOES BANKRUPT. THANKS FOR NOTHING.
So you said in an interview that "It's quite terrible that everyone has a bunch of the world's limited supply of DRAM sitting in their own computer"
So, I'm gonna tell you something. I HOPE AI K*LLS YOU FIRST. I HOPE YOU GET BOOED OFF STAGE. I HOPE YOUR SHITTY COMPANY FAILS.
WHY??? YOU FUCKING RUINED EVERYTHING. RAM AND SDD PRICING THROUGH THE ROOF. PHONES, PC'S AND TABLETS BEING MORE EXPENSIVE THAN EVER. GPU'S GOING FOR MORE THAN 10K. YOU COULD'VE SHUT YOUR MOUTH FOR ONCE. BUT NO, YOUR LITTLE PIECE OF SHIT BRAIN WANTA TO GIVE SHITTY OPINIONS THAT THE CONSUMER SHOULDN'T DESERVE EVERYTHING AND THAT THEY SHOULD GIVE IT TO THE COMPANIES I AM GENUINELY MAD.
SAM ALTMAN. YOU RUINED EVERYTHING. NOW THAT THE AI BUBBLE IS GONNA POP SOON, I HOPE OPENAI GOES BANKRUPT. THANKS FOR NOTHING.
Nintendo Switch Trailer React (#10YRS)
So Nintendo just posted a new video about the successor to the Wii U (aka the worst console ever), the Nintendo Switch, so I'm gonna tell some stuff about the trailer that was a bit interesting.
1. The Switch is a hybrid
This means that you can use it as a handheld on the go, and when you wanna use it on a TV, you just drop it in the included dock to have a better playing experience.
2. The controllers
The Joy-Cons can be separated from the console and can be used with or without a Joy-Con grip, and you can even use them individually for multi-player gaming.
3. The kickstand
The Switch has an included kickstand, which is pretty clutch for multi-player games without the TV, but the kickstand on the left holding the entire weight of the Switch kinda concerns me.
4. The games
So there will be a new Zelda, a Skyrim port, a MarioKart successor/port, NBA2K, a new 3D open world Mario, and a new Splatoon successor, and there will be more games, once the Switch launches soon.
5. Launch Date
So looks like it will be coming on March 2017, so just about 4 months until the Switch is launched
So that was all from the trailer, maybe Nintendo is gonna make a great seller from this hybrid concept and some cool games would be exclusive to the Switch only, so I hope Nintendo doesn't mess this one up, just like the Wii U.
Ok, now that's over, it's 2026. 10 years has passed since that trailer, and I can definitely tell, that they really hit it out of the park. So much in fact, that it is the second best-selling console.
And after all the stuff from the recent years, Nintendo still keeps it going, I still have my almost 5 year old Switch (Yes, almost 5 years old), and it still works like a charm.
Now here's to the next 10 years of the Nintendo Switch, because that was one of the best consoles and because it basically stopped Nintendo's death.
1. The Switch is a hybrid
This means that you can use it as a handheld on the go, and when you wanna use it on a TV, you just drop it in the included dock to have a better playing experience.
2. The controllers
The Joy-Cons can be separated from the console and can be used with or without a Joy-Con grip, and you can even use them individually for multi-player gaming.
3. The kickstand
The Switch has an included kickstand, which is pretty clutch for multi-player games without the TV, but the kickstand on the left holding the entire weight of the Switch kinda concerns me.
4. The games
So there will be a new Zelda, a Skyrim port, a MarioKart successor/port, NBA2K, a new 3D open world Mario, and a new Splatoon successor, and there will be more games, once the Switch launches soon.
5. Launch Date
So looks like it will be coming on March 2017, so just about 4 months until the Switch is launched
So that was all from the trailer, maybe Nintendo is gonna make a great seller from this hybrid concept and some cool games would be exclusive to the Switch only, so I hope Nintendo doesn't mess this one up, just like the Wii U.
Ok, now that's over, it's 2026. 10 years has passed since that trailer, and I can definitely tell, that they really hit it out of the park. So much in fact, that it is the second best-selling console.
And after all the stuff from the recent years, Nintendo still keeps it going, I still have my almost 5 year old Switch (Yes, almost 5 years old), and it still works like a charm.
Now here's to the next 10 years of the Nintendo Switch, because that was one of the best consoles and because it basically stopped Nintendo's death.
Windows Phone 8.1 vs Windows 10 Mobile
The most popular question for all of the Lumia users, old and new is, "Should I upgrade to W10M or keep using WP 8.1?"
Well, I have 2 Lumia phones with different OS's, a Lumia 930, running Windows Phone 8.1 Update (aka GDR1 or 8.10.14226.359), and a Lumia 650, running Windows 10 Mobile 1709 (aka Fall Creators Update or 10.0.15254.603)
These Lumias were released in 2 years of each other, while being in different categories (Flagship vs Midrange)
So, first up, the lock screen, there's a difference already, on the 650, we have a shortcut for the camera, but it's basically obvious, since the 650 doesn't have a camera key, and it doesn't have the sweet physical touch buttons the 930 has, so we have on-screen controls, it is pretty nice that it can dissapear when you're watching stuff, but sacrificing a bit of space just for buttons is kinda mid.
Ok, where was I? oh right, the lock screen.
When we access the action control, we see that W10M has a whole lot more shortcuts than WP 8.1 (16 vs 4) and you can delete individual notifications, which you couldn't do on WP 8.1.
Next up, the home screen, and you can see why everyone likes WP 8.1 more.
So on WP 8.1, we have the most perfect way of showing off Live Tiles, they really have the perfect amount of spacing, the best way of animating those tiles and the phone really feels alive.
Meanwhile, on W10M, it just feels like, just another phone, tiles animate less "alive" (aka it just swipes up, instead of actually flipping), the spacing makes it feel crowded, and the People Tile just doesn't have that lovely animation I really get stuck watching, it just feels "meh".
Now, the setting app, kudos to W10M for actually organizing the Settings app, but there were trying to do that on WP 8.1, too.
You may be asking "What do you mean by that?" Well, there was an Update 2, WP 8.1 GDR2.
GDR2 (aka 8.10.15137.148) added Settings organization by categories, compatibility with Bluetooth keyboards, pinning individual Configuration in the Home Screen, MKV support in the Xbox Video app and an improved anti-theft system. It came out of the box with the Lumia 540, 640/XL, 735 and 830, and you can still upgrade, if you want.
Now, let's enter an app, and we see some different things, one of which, really made one-handed stuff hard. The hamburger menu.
The hamburger menu just hides the extra stuff from the app, but and hear me out, I like the WP 8.1 a whole lot better, since sometimes we all use our phones one handed, and the Nav. Bar on 8.1 actually had consistency with all of the apps, it felt like the app was part of the OS. Then when W10M introduced that hamburger menu, the consistency was gone.
Finally some bits and pieces, Lumia Camera on 8.1 got replaced by the default camera in W10M, the app exiting and opening animations are meh in W10M and the only difference in the keyboard is a little nub in W10 tha tlets you move between text.
Now, should you choose 8.1 or 10M? This is a little bit hard, but Low to Midrange, stay in WP 8.1, and Flagships, you can upgrade to W10M, but I'll tell you, your phone could heat up more in W10M than in WP 8.1, but why?
Welp, do you remember Fluent Design? So, that's the cause of the phone being more slow than normal, even that 650 runs so slow because of it's Snapdragon 212 processor, which was downgraded to get that AMOLED/OLED screen and metal design to a 199$ price, even the 640, 630 and 625 has a Snapdragon 400 processor at a great price.
Also, there was an 850 that was about to get released, but of course, in Microsoft fashion, it got cancelled. Well, that has a Snapdragon 410.
Really wish Microsoft brought back making phones, but of course, we can't have that, we still have a Duopoly, just like in 2010, but atleast we have a community of people trying to make modern stuff work on Lumias, and I know it's gonna get better from here.
Wait what do you mean they made a Surface Duo are you joking????
Well, I have 2 Lumia phones with different OS's, a Lumia 930, running Windows Phone 8.1 Update (aka GDR1 or 8.10.14226.359), and a Lumia 650, running Windows 10 Mobile 1709 (aka Fall Creators Update or 10.0.15254.603)
These Lumias were released in 2 years of each other, while being in different categories (Flagship vs Midrange)
So, first up, the lock screen, there's a difference already, on the 650, we have a shortcut for the camera, but it's basically obvious, since the 650 doesn't have a camera key, and it doesn't have the sweet physical touch buttons the 930 has, so we have on-screen controls, it is pretty nice that it can dissapear when you're watching stuff, but sacrificing a bit of space just for buttons is kinda mid.
Ok, where was I? oh right, the lock screen.
When we access the action control, we see that W10M has a whole lot more shortcuts than WP 8.1 (16 vs 4) and you can delete individual notifications, which you couldn't do on WP 8.1.
Next up, the home screen, and you can see why everyone likes WP 8.1 more.
So on WP 8.1, we have the most perfect way of showing off Live Tiles, they really have the perfect amount of spacing, the best way of animating those tiles and the phone really feels alive.
Meanwhile, on W10M, it just feels like, just another phone, tiles animate less "alive" (aka it just swipes up, instead of actually flipping), the spacing makes it feel crowded, and the People Tile just doesn't have that lovely animation I really get stuck watching, it just feels "meh".
Now, the setting app, kudos to W10M for actually organizing the Settings app, but there were trying to do that on WP 8.1, too.
You may be asking "What do you mean by that?" Well, there was an Update 2, WP 8.1 GDR2.
GDR2 (aka 8.10.15137.148) added Settings organization by categories, compatibility with Bluetooth keyboards, pinning individual Configuration in the Home Screen, MKV support in the Xbox Video app and an improved anti-theft system. It came out of the box with the Lumia 540, 640/XL, 735 and 830, and you can still upgrade, if you want.
Now, let's enter an app, and we see some different things, one of which, really made one-handed stuff hard. The hamburger menu.
The hamburger menu just hides the extra stuff from the app, but and hear me out, I like the WP 8.1 a whole lot better, since sometimes we all use our phones one handed, and the Nav. Bar on 8.1 actually had consistency with all of the apps, it felt like the app was part of the OS. Then when W10M introduced that hamburger menu, the consistency was gone.
Finally some bits and pieces, Lumia Camera on 8.1 got replaced by the default camera in W10M, the app exiting and opening animations are meh in W10M and the only difference in the keyboard is a little nub in W10 tha tlets you move between text.
Now, should you choose 8.1 or 10M? This is a little bit hard, but Low to Midrange, stay in WP 8.1, and Flagships, you can upgrade to W10M, but I'll tell you, your phone could heat up more in W10M than in WP 8.1, but why?
Welp, do you remember Fluent Design? So, that's the cause of the phone being more slow than normal, even that 650 runs so slow because of it's Snapdragon 212 processor, which was downgraded to get that AMOLED/OLED screen and metal design to a 199$ price, even the 640, 630 and 625 has a Snapdragon 400 processor at a great price.
Also, there was an 850 that was about to get released, but of course, in Microsoft fashion, it got cancelled. Well, that has a Snapdragon 410.
Really wish Microsoft brought back making phones, but of course, we can't have that, we still have a Duopoly, just like in 2010, but atleast we have a community of people trying to make modern stuff work on Lumias, and I know it's gonna get better from here.
Wait what do you mean they made a Surface Duo are you joking????
The day of the Umiki Release Party announcement
So while I was at school, doing an exam, an Umiki Release Party was announced, and just by the ammount of comments and likes, everyone was excited af for it, so the team just did some sneak peeks, but we needed to hit a goal of posts with a trending hashtag (you already know which one cuz it was SO popular), and when I saw the announcement, I thought I was gonna die (not kidding lol). The first sneak peek, was for the platforms, UWP (aka W10/W11 and W10M) and WINRT (somehow that shit got me surprised like I'm so surprised W8/8.1 and RT users can listen to music too), then we got the rest, PHONES OLD & NEW (that bit got me confused, but i think that's just web Umiki). So after a LOT of posts with the #UMIKIRELEASEPARTY, they gave us a riddle with 3 of the featured artist of the Release Party, and somehow SOMEONE got 3 of 3 correct quickly, Taylo- i'm joking, she's ass, Pinkpantheress, Slayyyter and Kim Petras, and finally, after a long time, we got the release date, October 9th, with all the features available after the Release Party.
Whew, that was a lot, but the crazy thing was there was SO SO MUCH CHAOS than the Valia Closure Party, like whole house mad level crazy, we really missed music, huh?
Now if you let me, I'm gonna listen to music as always, without music I can't live normally.
Whew, that was a lot, but the crazy thing was there was SO SO MUCH CHAOS than the Valia Closure Party, like whole house mad level crazy, we really missed music, huh?
Now if you let me, I'm gonna listen to music as always, without music I can't live normally.
Hatred of that godforsaken EU2 server
ARE YOU KIDDING ME THAT PIECE OF SHIT SERVER DIES EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE WHEN ONLY YOU ARE DOING IMPORTANT STUFF AND ITS GENUINELY INFURIATING FOR EVERYONE (not me since im lucky but goddamn i feel everyone)
ALSO IF YOU DIDNT KNOW THE SERVER IS SO OVERLOADED THAT THEORETHICALLY YOUR PHONE COULD BE A BETTER SERVER IM CRYING
also this is maybe a bit satire but sandman (or whatev is ur nickname on discord) why are you hating on EU1 its literally the least unstable server (but ofc my opinion wont change anything so just do anything ig)
ok now i gotta relax cuz everything is chaos and bringing me trauma of the Valia party thingy (THEY FUCKING EMARRIED AND EDIVORCED ON THERE AND ALSO BULLSHIT NO WONDER CHRIS WAS TIRED OF IT)
ALSO IF YOU DIDNT KNOW THE SERVER IS SO OVERLOADED THAT THEORETHICALLY YOUR PHONE COULD BE A BETTER SERVER IM CRYING
also this is maybe a bit satire but sandman (or whatev is ur nickname on discord) why are you hating on EU1 its literally the least unstable server (but ofc my opinion wont change anything so just do anything ig)
ok now i gotta relax cuz everything is chaos and bringing me trauma of the Valia party thingy (THEY FUCKING EMARRIED AND EDIVORCED ON THERE AND ALSO BULLSHIT NO WONDER CHRIS WAS TIRED OF IT)
The Chaos of the Valia Closure Party
Would you imagine that only when something dies, the Discord server gets active? Well, it happened. Twas the night before the Valia shutdown, almost everyone is sleeping, and some people just wanna listen to music one last time until midnight, just so Valia dies after midnight, and holy shit it was so chaotic. At midnight, I joined the closure party, at the start it was pretty good, it started with Video Killed the Radio Star, then Everytime, and holy shit chris you just had to put Murder on The Dancefloor (used to have it on my playlist before in '21), then in 11pm, the next song played, and basically almost everyone in the Discord didn't like it (aka they don't like club music ig), so much in fact that someone went a bit crazy (*cough* chris *cough*), welp atleast the next songs are better right? Disturbia, Evacuate The Dancefloor, These Walls, that one Project Hail Mary song, Irreplaceable, etc. But then, Chris THOUGHT it would be funny to put a BLACKPINK song in there, and you can guess everyone is mad at him (genuinely thought we were gonna do a sacrifice). Then we arrived at the last song, Clarity (more like Verity am i right ok kill me). We all recorded our Lumias to see the shutdown popup when the song ended, and holy shit 47 listeners, then we counted down (or at least tried to) when it's over, and it did. Honestly it was the best way to end a music service just so the successor can be better, so we all say thank you Valia for everything and thanks for all the music <3
Back to School Shopping in 2026
So after a long time staying at home doing nothing (aka a YEAR), I finally caved and went to do some good old shopping for school.
The first thing I actually needed that was actually a litte bit of a coincidence is a mouse, which I actually needed just because some OSs couldn't detect the trackpad on my laptop... I actually chose a cheap mouse, a Logitech M171, and it was actually preetty good to be honest.
The second thing, which is sadly so expensive I might just cry forever, is a hard drive. (or was it an SSD? Fuck it we ball) After looking for a while around the store, I chose the unfortunately expensive 2TB My Passport, but thank god I chose that one, great backup device for my "important" stuff (aka VS Studio, .xap and .ipa, whatev.)
And last but not least, a keyboard, and this one was a bit hard, so much so, I stayed quite a while more in the store just to find it (10-15 minutes instead of the usual 5), and when I did, there was only 2 of them left, yes I'm talking about the K380s, 30€, but it was so worth it, just because of the multi-point connection function.
Also, bought some extra stuff that day, 4 rechargeable AAA batteries and a big pack of gum, but I wish I didn't pick the batteries, those were expensive AF, and now I only have like 6€ left, so next time, I gotta look more carefully of the price tag, cuz everything is so expensive
PinLive - Future goals and updates
So I finally did my first WP app, now what?
After all the joy of actually making an app, I got some ideas for another day which is:
1: Find a way to show the full image if you click the tile inside the app
2: Make it so you can add images without having to enter VS 2015
3: Maybe think of publishing it on Live Store??? Not so sure about it tho
That's basically it for now, at least i've learned a bit before having to go into hell (aka school)
The One Live Experience
So, you may be (or maybe not) be wondering, "how and when did I start using Live Store and One Live Network?" Well, it all starts on the 16th of June, 2025, just when I moved into a shared apartment temporarily, I found a Lumia 520 randomly in the kitchen, and I thought "Wow this phone is kinda interesting, I wanna try it, but it doesn't have a battery". Some days later, an AliExpress battery arrived! (yes I'm cheap and didn't have enough money for the real battery) I charged it, turned it on, and experienced the joy of using Windows Phone 8, but since I wanted to install apps, I found some guides on how to do it, which meant installing Live Store, so I upgraded to WP8.1, did some sideloading shenanigans, and lo and behold, I actually could install stuff on there, and when I found out there was an old Twitter, I was basically hooked on that, and actually enjoyed using WP since it was less modern for the modern apps I use, thus not doomscrolling much. After some time, the 520 started to die and I was already thinking of upgrading, and I had 2 choices a 925 that was basically mint, and a 930 with no buttons, and I don't regret choosing the 930, I love it so much. Then a whole lot happened, another move in, whole lotta things posted, went outside a lot more, enjoying that sweet PureView camera, it was a blast, I even bought some other phones from 2013, but then it stopped. Didn't use the phones much, Flirb shut down (RIP, but the past is left behind), and stayed at home almost all the time. But then, on July 20th, I got a random ping about testing One Live Network, and lo and behold, an excuse to bring my Lumia back, then Sync came, Mail, some apps arrived (even WP 8.1!), and then Places came too, on this day. And then I just found out that this is just reviving Windows Live again, and I'm happy of being part of the One Live userbase :)
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