I don't see the article that way at all.
I see it as an exploration of our culture's belief that an single item can fix our lives. That the iPhone was the greatest invention that would solve all our problems. And like every other "this will change your life" device before it, this was of course not really true.
Of course it's not true, and any sane person who has an iota of control over their lives and a capability to put things in perspective will know this. If you are relying on a single device to "fix" all your problems, then quite frankly, the "problem" is the person making that assumption, and the fix is beyond any device's capabilities, technology be damned.
Rather than simply explaining that in the rather boring way that I just did, she explored it from the first-person perspective.
Unfortunately, the author is blaming the device for the dysfunctional relationship she's having with it. She's anthropomorphized it, given it these savior qualities,
clearly abuses it, and then is disappointed when it fails to meet up to the savior-like expectations she's imbued upon it. Then refuses to acknowledge where the problem is. Yet, despite her professed hate and the numerous times she's destroyed her little "relationship," she
still goes back for more.
If it wasn't an inanimate object, then I'm sure we'd be seeing police cars at her place on a frequent basis, breaking the two sides up for the night, possibly even sending one side to spend a night in a cell. It's kinda sad, really.
What's the first step to treating an addiction? I believe it's admitting you have a problem. Unfortunately, the author is not there yet. At the risk of depriving us all of these droll pieces of literature she writes, the author should stop spending her cash on iPhones, and start spending it on a therapist.
