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Android to Apple challenges patience

by KERRI THORESON
| February 18, 2026 1:00 AM

In this latest installment of “Old Dog, New Tricks,” which is my life, I purchased a new phone. That news in and of itself is not remarkable. Making a change and feeling like my head would explode was mildly amusing.

I’ve owned a cellphone since the mid-'90s; in fact, I’ve had the same cell number for three decades. My first phone made and received calls and was capable of the most rudimentary text/SMS messages. It would be years until mainstream and affordable cellphones became smart or until I would upgrade to one. Now my reliance upon the little electronic computer is all-encompassing. 

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