Once upon a time there lived two iPhones 4, Billy and Mikey. Usually, mobiles don\u2019t have Christian names, do they, but these two have. They belonged to two best buddies and were, kind of, on friendly terms with each other. They were once young, fast and hot and swapped SMS, MMS and calls to and pro. But time began getting on them, unfortunately.<\/p>\n
One day Billy found himself in a plastic bag with wraps and dust and lunch leftovers, with no charger and all. It was dark but Billy wasn\u2019t scared for mobiles as you may know live partly in pockets are used to the dark. Billy grasped, he was being taken somewhere and the ride was a bumpy one. Having suffered some nasty scratches before, he was a bit apprehensive about his screen. But he also had an adventurous spirit in him, he got a lot of maps downloaded, see, and he wondered where his travel ends.<\/p>\n
Then someone upturned the bag and Billy dropped on a heap of other garbage. Strange gloved hands grabbed him, fiddled and threw aside. He bumped against someone\u2019s casing and muttered, \u2018Sorry, pal!\u2019. It turned out to be a Samsung phone. That guy looked tough, he had a nasty crack on his screen and Billy quailed. \u2018Look where are you going!\u2019 Samsung grumbled.<\/p>\n
Billy felt, he could do with an SMS or two from Mikey. But he found, he couldn\u2019t reach him. Where once a SIM-card had been there was a strange void feeling. He wondered, where his friend was, could it be somewhere nearby and looked around. Not far from him a large display perched on an old rusty fridge. It looked slim and glossy, if only a bit dusted and his stand was a bit askew.<\/p>\n
\u201cHello there! Can you see an iPhone 4?\u201d, Billy asked.<\/p>\n
\u201cHello!\u201d, the display said, \u201cYou\u2019re fresh here, eh?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cGuess so. Look, you sit so high, can you see an iPhone 4 nearby? His name is Mikey, its\u2019 my friend.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI can see loads of mobiles here, but I can\u2019t for the life of me know, who\u2019s Mikey and who\u2019s not. I\u2019m Dell, by the way.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHI, Dell, I\u2019m Billy, great to meet you.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201c\u2018Nice to meet you!\u2019, my Bluetooth, trying to be polite, boy?\u201d, Samsung sneered. \u201cIt\u2019s a landfill, you, moron. Welcome to hell.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cLandfill?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYeah, the place where all the not-wanted-any-more gadgets go.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIt must be some terrible mistake!\u201d, Billy protested. \u201cI\u2019m iPhone 4, I\u2019m top gadget and everyone wants me! I\u2019m state of the art mobile!\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYeah,\u201d Samsung said with a mean grin, \u201cwe\u2019re all top gadgets here. Me, you, that posh Dell. There was a Nokia here.<\/p>\n
She too told everyone she\u2019s the hottest thing on the block. But the thing is, we\u2019re still here and that\u2019s the end of it. But I\u2019m not going to give up that easy. I have some toxic essence in me. Next rain I\u2019ll leak some into the ground. That\u2019ll show them.\u201d<\/p>\n
Billy felt like crying. But as his battery was even lower than his spirits right now, he could only beep softly.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt could be worse\u201d, Dell said from above. \u201cI\u2019ve been told, they take us to Africa and China.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cFor vacations?\u201d, Billy ventured hopefully.<\/p>\n
\u201cVacations, my Bluetooth!\u201d, Samsung sneered. \u201cThere\u2019s the giant landfill there. I\u2019ve been told, you can meet real old timers there. Like those TV size of a card box. I\u2019ve heard there were such tubes once. Real tough guys! I bet, they\u2019ll do a killer to the earth and those ungrateful people who threw us away.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNow, now, you shouldn\u2019t scare the life out of the boy from the start!\u201d, Dell said.<\/p>\n
Samsung snapped back, but Billy ceased listening to them. He was lying on his back, looking at the sky and thinking. He would give away his screen to know where\u2019s Mikey and what happened to him.<\/p>\n
Mikey too was travelling. Snug and cozy, in a bubble wrap and a plastic package with an address labelled on it.<\/p>\n
Earlier that day, his owner had put him in a box and added a charger.<\/p>\n
\u201cNow, boy,\u201d, he said, \u201cI\u2019m going to find you a new family. What d\u2019you say?\u201d<\/p>\n
Mikey realized then, he was going to have a journey. He too loved adventures and wondered where he\u2019d arrive. I wish, Billy were here, he thought on his way. We\u2019d talk and discuss all the places we wanted to see together.<\/p>\n
They both lived in Wyoming and while there were a lot of beautiful places to see, they dreamed of seeing the ocean.<\/p>\n
They downloaded ocean views and even the ocean surf ALAC file for relaxation.<\/p>\n
Then he heard the plastic ripping, someone unwrapped him and took out.<\/p>\n
\u201cHey, what a lovely iPhone! I like it.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhere did you get it?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cFrom a guy online. He was selling his old phone. Said, he hated him to be wasted.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mikey was listening to unfamiliar voices and his Apple A4 processor skipped a bit. Wasted\u2026 what does it mean\u2026 I can\u2019t be wasted, I\u2019m good, I\u2019m reliable, I can work for years and years. What a silly idea that someone could waste a good complicated piece of electronic!… He thought, he\u2019d do his best to show what he really, really could. He might have saved some energy in his battery on his way here, for he was in a sleeping mode.<\/p>\n
\u201cCan it take pictures? Check!\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWait a bit\u2026 now\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n
A hand raised Mikey very high and he saw something blue and vast and gasped. That vast water surface was summer sky blue and sparkling and breathtaking. Ocean, he thought, taking his first ocean picture. Ocean! I wish Billy were here.<\/p>\n
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