June 18, 2025
User Error: Expecting High Performance from Low Investment

We’ve all heard it:

 

“I miss the Nokia 3310. That phone held charge for a whole week.”

 

And yes, it did. It was strong, dependable, nearly indestructible.

But let’s not forget the real reason behind its legendary battery life:

 

It held charge — because it held nothing.

 

No camera roll of memories.

No maps or messages flooding in.

No deadlines, alarms, video calls, or calendar reminders.

No complexity. No layers. No life, really — just signal bars and Snake.

 

We tend to glorify simplicity — especially when we don’t understand sophistication.

 

And this doesn’t just happen with technology. It happens with people.

With women.

 

We look at the modern woman — the iPhone 16 Pro Max of her time — and complain about how much “charging” she needs. We say she’s high-maintenance, demanding, hard to please.

 

Of course she is.

 

Because she’s full — full of capacity, complexity, and capability.

 

She’s the woman who works a full-time job, holds a degree, raises children, makes decisions, runs errands, writes reports, cares deeply, loves fiercely, and still shows up — everywhere. She’s not “too much.” She’s doing too much. She is too much — and that’s a gift, not a flaw.

 

Yet what do we do?

 

We compare her to the Nokia 3310— our mothers, our grandmothers. Women of strength and structure. They cooked daily, endured silently, loved with labor. They are the iPhones of their era — functional, lasting, but now lacking the storage, speed, and flexibility required in today’s world. We honor them deeply — but we must stop using them as a weapon against the evolved woman.

 

Because the world has changed.

The demands are different.

And so are we.

 

Yet instead of adapting to this progress, many choose to downgrade. When a man says, “She’s too much,” what he really means is: “I’m not equipped for that model.” So he slips his SIM into something simpler — a Nokia or an even an iPhone 4 the so-called “simple woman.” The quiet one, the one who doesn’t ask for much. She doesn’t crash. She doesn’t lag. She doesn’t need updates. Because she isn’t running anything that demands power.

 — not because she’s better, but because she’s easier.

 

But let’s be clear:

The only reason someone goes back to an older model is because the newer one is in repair, unavailable, or simply not understood.

 

This is why we run back to our parents’ houses when our adult homes fall apart. Why we crave simplicity when we’re overwhelmed. Why we reminisce about a phone that didn’t do much — but never failed.

 

We’re not broken.

We’re just powerful — and something powerful needs recharging.

 

The problem isn’t the iPhone 16 Pro Max.

The problem is expecting it to run like a Nokia.

 

Smart technology needs to be used in a smart way.

It requires care. Protection. Space.

It requires us to understand its worth and treat it accordingly.

 

Because you can’t demand Pro Max performance — and give Nokia-level energy in return.

 

So no, she’s not “too much.”

She’s just not meant for those who are unwilling to update.

She’s advanced. Expensive. Demanding.

And completely worth it.

 

We need to stop praising the woman who disappears into silence and start honoring the one who’s doing it all — even if she needs time to charge.

 

Because she’s not broken.

She’s simply designed for more.