Oliver VanDervoort
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About Oliver VanDervoort
Oliver is a tech junkie and freelance writer for over 15 years. In that time he's written about the very early iPhones and iPads to the newest iPad Pro, the Apple Watch, Apple TV and everything in between.
When he’s not reading and writing about tech, he enjoys listening to gaming, and watching and covering college sports.
What tech products or categories are you most passionate about?
Apple is the easiest answer here. I currently have the iPhone 15 Pro Max, a 12.9 Inch iPad Pro, complete with Apple Pencil, an Apple Watch Series 9 and made sure that Apple Car Play compatibility was part of the last car I bought. I alm also writing all of this on a 16-inch Apple Macbook Pro with the latest M3 chip.
When did your interest in technology begin?
If we're talking video games, at a very young age. I was lucky enough to get the original Nintendo NES system when it first came out and was hooked on the latest gaming and tech items from there.
What was your first phone?
A rotary phone. Not only do I predate smartphones, but I even predate the massive mobile phones every had to jack into their cars. I'm ashamed to admit I don't remember what my first mobiel phone was as it was well before iPhone, Android, or even the Blackberry was a thing.
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