Did you hear? The iPhone 5 came out this week. The new iPhone is 18 percent thinner and 20 percent lighter than the previous iPhone.

I can’t tell you what a relief that is. Recently, all I can think about is how damn cumbersome this credit card-sized computer is that I’ve been carrying around in my pocket. Every time I check a work e-mail from the beach, I find it so taxing to raise the heavy old phone.