I like technology but is it just me that thinks it's becoming ever more complicated or have I just reached the age where my mind can't cope with new stuff?

For example, Virgin upgraded my phone last week to a Samsung Galaxy A3 2016 version. I received the new handset Friday afternoon which gave me the weekend to set it up and get used to it; great. I added my Facebook & messenger, my e mail, and even WhatsApp, which I hadn't used before (I guess I can use the phone to make calls as well; I'd better check). Anyway, so far so good, although I didn't understand why I had a message to upgrade the Apps and other internet stuff on Sunday when I'd only just added them fresh the day before; but I let that one pass.

It's now Monday morning, 11.45am and I have yet to get to work editing my novel as I've spent the morning trying to work out why my contacts keep disappearing off of my phone and why, when I add them back in; I then get two copies. It's not even as if it's all the contacts, only certain ones.

I've checked online and there's talk of syncing contacts with a gmail account and how I have to be logged into google...why on earth can't I just save my contacts to my sim card like before? Who in the iPhone world decided there was something wrong with that? If there was anything on a mobile phone that didn't need changing over the years, it was how to store your contacts.

At the moment I've left my contacts list as it is, with some appearing on there twice and some not; which isn't great and even more complicated when you have contacts with the same name. Imagine the problems that could cause.

Tracy wants to tell Sue B how Sue T's boyfriend is cheating on her...but she sends the text to Sue T by mistake.
Terry receives a confusing text from his mate, Pete, saying, 'Keep your Cumberland Ring fresh for me' because he isn't the contact, 'Terry (the Butcher)'.
Geoff mixes up Carol (Wife) with Carol (Work) and tells his boss exactly what he'd like to do to her with a Cadbury Flake, and a large container of whipping cream this coming weekend.

And all because we can no longer save our contacts list to a sim card.

Moving back to my world, my giveaway ends tomorrow and I must admit, I'm looking forward to sending all of the books out...by good, old-fashioned mail.