Nine d’Urso’s iPhone Revelation: A Peek into the Mind of the French Author and Actress
“With its external battery connected permanently, my smartphone, an iPhone 12, the most compact on the market, resembles an elderly man in palliative care. If someone were to snoop around my phone, they would probably conclude that they are dealing with an old crazy lady suffering from Diogenes syndrome: I keep everything. I accumulate 400,000 photos – mostly screenshots and close-up shots because my device only works in zoom.
I count no less than 41,223 notes with potential book titles, possible psychotherapy talking points, a pun that amused me, shopping lists, draft thank-yous, the name of a Chinese hot sauce to track down – I maximize my memory and record everything out of fear of deleting, forgetting people. My contacts? “Jimmy met in the train does odd jobs. I found him friendly,” “Adrien, the hunk from Zo – I keep everyone.
As for apps, I’ve installed Opal, which restricts my time on Instagram to twenty minutes a day, and through this digital arsenal, one can see that I enjoy making silly photo montages, learning Russian and Portuguese, and I can pinpoint Mecca’s location with Find Mecca’s compass. I would say my phone reflects me, without translating the funniest part of my personality – I don’t completely need it.”
Nine d’Urso has published “Solution de continuité” with Flammarion editions.
