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Why I Ditched My iPhone
I had been talking to my partner for a few months about giving up my iPhone, bequeathing it to him and getting myself a very simple Nokia, just like in the good old days of the early 2000’s. Finally, last week, we were out and about in Angel (North London) and my partner took the initiative and dragged me into a couple of mobile phone stores. I pondered my ultimate decision briefly in front of the Orange shop and then I bought a simple and cheap (£13) Nokia: no camera, no internet, on a pay as you go plan.
Why??? you ask.
Ever since I got my iPhone just over a year ago as a present for my birthday (unexpectedly!), I felt ambivalent about it. I am already afflicted with a number of internet-related diseases: obsessive checking of email syndrome, obsessive word game playing syndrome and obsessive checking of news websites syndrome. Lucky for me I never touched twitter or any social media sites other than LivLuna and facebook. I worried that owning an iPhone would feed and increase my addictions. And, sure enough, it did. [Read More]
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