From No Phone to Flagships to Not Caring: My Full Mobile Journey
Two decades of phones, from borrowing my mom's Nokia to obsessing over specs to realizing none of it matters the way I thought it would
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Writing on nostalgia.
13 essays connected to nostalgia.
Writing indexLosing Interest in Phones Too
After losing my passion for cars earlier this year, I am realizing the same thing has happened with smartphones
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Losing Interest in Cars
With a full Tesla fleet in the household, the novelty of cars has faded in a way I did not expect
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The Flip Phone Revival: Galaxy Z Flip and Nostalgia Engineering
Samsung's Galaxy Z Flip3 brought the flip phone back from the dead, and using it feels like a conversation between past and future
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The Flagship Phone Rotation: Samsung, Apple, and Pixel
I rotate between Samsung, Apple, and Google flagships every year, and the camera comparisons alone justify the habit
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The Tesla Fleet Is Complete
With the Model X, every current Tesla model is in the driveway, and the journey to get here taught me more about obsession than cars
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Tesla Model Y: My Third Tesla
Taking delivery of a Model Y and reflecting on how Tesla went from a curiosity to the default choice for anyone paying attention to the automotive industry
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Tesla Model S: The Second Tesla Joins the Fleet
Adding a Model S to the garage alongside the Model 3 and what it means to go fully electric
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Three Flagship Phones: Samsung, Apple, Pixel
Living with all three flagship ecosystems simultaneously and what each one gets right
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I Bought My First Tesla Model 3
Taking delivery of a Tesla Model 3 and experiencing what it means when your car is a software platform
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Why I Bought a BMW 540i
On falling in love with a twenty-year-old German sedan and making my first big purchase in America
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Moto Razr: My Uncle Brought From America
The Motorola Razr and the tradition of uncles bringing impossible gadgets from America
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From No Phone to Nokia 6230
Growing up in an era without mobile phones and the day my uncle brought home a Nokia 6230 with a camera
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- personal