No Man’s Blog

We’ve been together for almost 7 years which means you are now 140 years old (It is a common belief that 1 human year is equal to 20 handset years). And in all these years we spent together, you never once disappointed me. You were always there - basic, solid, bold, rough, resilient and, extremely reliable.

Up until our very last days together you still insisted on being charged just once a week - you never needed more than that. No matter what happened to you - drowned in water, splashed in snow, free falling from 10 fit on hard concrete - nothing broke you. You just kept going on and on and on, doing what you’re doing best - making calls, sending texts and reminding me about stuff.

In the past year or so we’ve been both an object of ridicule as well as admiration. Some people looked at with a pity smile while others gave us the approving in-the-know nod. But I didn’t care - for me you were a reliable companion as well as a personal (environmental) statement. As your fellow handsets became more and more sophisticated, loaded with unnecessary features I loved you more and more for what you are (admittedly, twice over these years I had a short fling with younger, newer handsets. But in both cases I came straight back, begging for forgiveness. And you never made a fuss or bear a grudge.)

You are the best handset ever made.

Hello iPhone.

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