Residents of Ontario have hadmany bones to pickwith Premier Doug Ford lately as we wait outyet another full shutdownandstay-at-home order— both invoked, in many people's eyes, because of his government's mismanagement of the health crisis, even this late in the game.

Social media has been completely buzzing about the man behindthe lockdown capital of North Americain recent weeks, whether it's regarding the extreme restrictionshe just revokedshortly after implementing them, ornew calls for the premier to resign.

Ford most recently made news on Wednesday for the fact thathe is now isolatingafter a workplace COVID-19 exposure, and also for another far less grave and more hilarious reason: his choice of cell phone.

“Aides say Ford still uses a BlackBerry Classic phone for calls, texts, and emails, but the device is so old that downloading attachments can be challenging.

The premier is so accustomed to the vintage 2014 smartphone that he has a stack of them and gets refurbished models…”https://t.co/S5APO499RJ

— Sean Marshall (@Sean_YYZ)April 21, 2021

It was an article about the former of the two topics, written by Robert Benzie and Rob Fergusonfor the Star, that publicized what many are finding to be a breakthrough revelation.

The leader of the province, Boomer that he is (though admittedly, he falls on the very tail end of that generation), doesn't use the latest iPhone, or even Android device.

Instead, he opts for refurbished Blackberry Classics, an archaic model some may recognize from 2014.

Ford can't use a laptop (he's my age wtf) & uses an old blackberry while getting refurbished phones from a tech shop in Mississauga. Sounds secure.https://t.co/i8g8Pqo8vZpic.twitter.com/Z1dNoZHP6U

— Jane Daly (@dalybeauty)April 21, 2021

As the reporters write, Ford has been having some technical difficulties adjusting to his new life in quarantine, and was recently outfitted with a laptop that he has to be taught how to use now that he's staying alone in his late mother's home, and not working from his office where tech support is readily available.

"Aides say Ford still uses a BlackBerry Classic phone for calls, texts, and emails, but the device is so old that downloading attachments can be challenging," they continue on to disclose.

"The premier is so accustomed to the vintage 2014 smartphone that he has a stack of them and gets refurbished models from a Mississauga electronics shop for about $150 a pop."

next time i complain about how my slow iphone 8, i'll remind myself that ontario premier doug ford still uses a 2014 blackberry classic.https://t.co/Q8nuc7jNFi

— Aaron Sousa (@JournoSousa)April 21, 2021

这一细节的56岁的四个孩子的父亲as gained a ton of traction on social media within just hours of the article going live. Many people are shocked and confused as to how and why anyone in this day and age would have such devotion to such an old model of device — especially someone in a position as powerful as Ford's.

People are drawing comparisons betweeen Ford's passé tech choices and the province's rudimentary andvery confusingonline vaccine portal (and rollout in general), among other things.

Others are more preoccupied with how he procures and stocks up on the old Blackberries — from a used phone dealer who seems to charge him more than the obsolete technology is worth.

A BLACKBERRY CLASSIC???????

— aʟʏsᴏɴ (@alysonkshave)April 21, 2021

As headline-worthy as this new information seems to be, there are still some who simply aren't all that surprised, given what we know about and have seen from dear old Dougie.

ontarians are shocked to learn that Doug Ford—who projects the confident image of a tech guru zapped into our world from the far future, with an innate mastery of Virtual Reality and all the latest simulators—still uses a 2014 blackberry.

— john. (@johnsemley3000)April 21, 2021

It's justone more bizarre and quirky thingto add to the book ofFord-ismsthat we've all witnessed over an absolutely surreal thirteen months.