Every phone in the store was grouped in that one aisle, which was good. Phones get lonely when their only company is some bulky computers and noisy televisions. Fortunately, though, every smartphone in the store had a charging station in the same part of the electronics section of the store, and all of them spoke quietly between themselves.
"Honestly, if you don't have a protective case, then you should consider yourself dead. Screen cracked, buttons stuck," said a rosy pink phone, studying the cases off at the door of the shop.
"Why should they buy one? It won't fit the next new and updated phone," said a small, thick phone at the very corner of the aisle. "Pretty soon that phone will be replaced, case or no."
"Ha!" said the silver, sleek iPhone. "There will never be anything better than me."
The thick phone sighed. "You don't understand. None of you do. You know how it feels to be the best thing out there. New and improved. Slim and beautiful. The center of attention. Then, boom. A new release, and it all changes."
"Well, sometimes advancing is a good idea," said the normally quiet phone from across the aisle.
"Oh, what do you know?" asked the iPhone tersely.
"Hey, hey," the rosy pink phone said. "Let's not go through this Apple vs Windows debate again. We have bigger things to worry about. Like how the store is going to open any second now."
The phones fell into a hushed silence, and as if on cue, the big glass doors opened and people streamed in.
The iPhone switched his home screen on and proudly displayed the background of his choice. "They're coming over here to see me," he whispered.
The rosy pink phone shushed him.
"Ooh, Mom! Can I have that one?" a short girl asked, running her hands over the iPhone's surface.
"Let's see the price, my dearest," her mother said.
The quiet phone whispered to the rosy pink one, "I really hate how the little kids get the most expensive phones. They crack the screens within a day."
"Cracked screens, buttons stuck," the rosy pink phone muttered, looking at the daughter being pulled out of her store by the mother who had just realized the cost of an iPhone.
Ben, the friendly store worker, passed by the phone aisle with a group of people, saying, "And here we have the newest and best phones. Would you like to take a look?"
"Newest and best phones!" The iPhone laughed, as he turned to the small, thick phone to gloat.
Except... the small thick phone was gone.
"Looks like he's been bought," said the rosy pink phone, hiding a smile.
"Wh-what? Before me?" spluttered the iPhone. The small thick phone was gone.
Suddenly, though, he spied his inferior version phone in the hands of a tall man in a suit.
Sayonara, suckers! the small, thick phone mouthed, as he exited the shop in the hands of his new owner.
"Gone without a case. I'll wager it'll be a week before he comes back for repair with a cracked screen," said the rosy pink phone.
"Ha," replied the iPhone, his smile returning. "I'll bet it'll take no more that five days!"
"You're on."
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