by Anura Guruge
on June 28, 2022
Yes, yes, I KNOW. I can get the screen replaced — & I am. I am sending it to ‘Google’, via ‘FedEx‘, for the repair & it is going to cost me $259. So, yes, in theory, I didn’t have to get one — just use one of my old phones in the interim. Yes.
But, I have kind of attached to the amazing camera on the Google Pixel 6 Pro & would have missed not having it — & as you must know, it isn’t as if I don’t use it everyday. We have proof. Plus, as ever (contrary to what anyone thinks or believes) there is ALWAYS impeccable method to my madness. Given my early background in mainframe computers I am a rabid believer in hardware redundancy — e.g., we have 3 generators, 2 snow blowers, etc. SMILE. So, I, for the last four years or so, always have a backup for my main phone. I typically keep my previous phone as that backup. So, I DID have a Pixel 5 (from last year) as my backup.
But, Teischan wanted my Pixel 5 as a backup for her Pixel 5. She loves her Pixel 5 & dreads having to get something other than another Pixel 5! I have tried to get her a Pixel 6 but she refuses. She plans to continue using a Pixel 5 as long as she can. So, she wanted the Pixel 5 & she already has it. So, I don’t have a backup (& you can’t count my old ‘Pixel 2‘ as one, because I use that purely as my ‘Audible‘ playback device).
So, now the old Pixel 6 Pro, when fixed, will serve as my backup — for now. Come December I will trade it in for a Pixel 7 Pro and my new 6 will become the backup. SMILE. Remember, I no longer buy 2 to 3 cameras per year as I was wont to do. I just use Pixels.
I did have a ‘plastic’ screen protector on the phone. But, that did NOT have a chance. The phone fell face down onto pebbles & one just went straight through.
MIRACLE. The phone has kept on working! Even the icon beneath the HOLE (which happens to be the ‘Bank of America’ APP) still works! That is impressive.
I broke the phone on Tuesday, June 14, 2022 — my 1st day on the ‘Bold Coast‘ on this most recent trip. But I have managed to use it, without any undue trouble, till today — 2 weeks. The only that is problematic is the fingerprint reader — & to be fair there are cracks on the reader.
It had just stopped raining & it was windy. The phone was slightly damp. The wind blew my hat off. I went to catch it & the phone slipped out. Yes, I have learned.
This as you can see is NOT my first phone mishap on the Bold Coast. I dropped my Pixel 5, at ‘Cutler Coast‘, two trips back. I learnt from that. I now make sure that my phone will NOT accidently fall off.
Learnt another lesson. I now have a GLASS screen protector. That might help. But, I am also going to TRY using a lanyard when I am at the Bold Coast. That might or might not work. I trip quite often, on the Bold Coast, on my many hikes. If the phone is attached to me it could get hurt! What can I say. In the Bold Coast book I am now writing I point out that the Bold Coast can he hard on phones. I speak from experience.
