I’ve tried different cell phones. In the old days (the 1990s), I had a several different phones. But when I moved from my old flip phone to a smartphone I picked an iPhone. I think it was an iPhone 4 and then I moved up to a 5 after a few years I had the iPhone 5 for several years but was a bit curious about the Android world. So my next phone was a Samsung Galaxy. I liked that but next time I was ready to move I picked a Pixel.

I liked my Pixel but wanted to try the Apple watch. I was mainly interested in the ability to monitor some health issues and keeping track of some exercise things was probably a good idea too. Afterall, I do call this blog RetiredGuy and I am getting a bit older. So I got the new iPhone 12 and the Apple watch 6. The watch just came a few days ago so it it really to soon to comment on that. But I’ve had the phone for a week or so.

The main thing I miss about the Pixel is call screening. If I got a call from an unfamiliar number and did not know if I wanted to answer, I could let Google answer. Google would say they were screening the call and a transcript would appear on the phone. When they asked who the caller was and what the caller wanted, I would get a transcript of the answer. Of course spammers usually hung up at that point. But if there was an answer, I could decide whether on not to answer the call. I haven’t found something similar to the Iphone 12 yet.