The Nothing Phone (2)

If the iPhone is too common and the Galaxy is downright unconscionable, this wireless is for you.

Driving through what was then West Germany on family vacations in the 1960s, your columnist—funny kid—got into the habit of counting the number of Volkswagen (VW) Beetles on the autobahn. This was in the days when Mercedes and BMWs were still rare luxury vehicles, and Audis were chugging crates favored by pipe-smoking farmers who drove 20 m.p.h. in the middle of winding rural roads.