S is for the best selfie
HUSBANDS of Instagram stand down. A little bloke with a name starting with S has taken your job.
The S Pen on Samsung’s flagship Note10 phone is so clever it can take pictures for you with a simple click, even from a decent distance.
While in the past, social media influencers looking for that perfect shot at the beach or in a rainforest have had a bloke or bestie taking a photograph in the background, apparently we’re not needed any more.
Remote photography and more powerful editing of photos and video on your phone are just some of the features that will make the Note10 hard to beat if you’re serious about your social media.
Julie Stevanja, who heads up the $50 million-plus Stylerunner active wear business, which curates the best brands and products, is a huge fan of the Note phones. The businesswoman admits working around the clock.
“I’m actually connected 24/7,” she says, noting the first thing she checks each morning is her smartwatch, which tracks how well she slept.
She uses her phone to track everything in her business, from Google Analytics looking at her website performance to social media accounts and emails.
Julie says her phone, which now syncs with Microsoft products, is her mobile office and the S Pen is her ally in creativity.
Even as she’s taking a walk in Sydney, she’s snapping photographs of objects of inspiration for her fashion labels, and then adding annotations to shoot off to designers.
Julie has been using a tripod to take photographs, adding her husband is “much happier for it”, but she says the new functionality of the S Pen has made the husbands of Instagram redundant.
Illustrator, artist and author Sha’an d’Anthes is another creative who has fallen in love with S Pen — particularly what it can do in the field of augmented reality.
She demonstrated AR Doodle, which allows you to draw on your phone around a person’s face and the animation moves with the person. If you put your hand over your face, the animation instantly disappears and then take your hand away and the doodle is back.