I’m confused by the ngram link…it shows “too big of a word” as more common than “too big a word” on every corpus, back to the 1800s, as do similar searches like just “big of a deal” versus “big a deal”. Isn’t that the opposite of what you were saying? 
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It indicates a different protocol was used. Blue for iMessage which is encrypted and uses cellular data, and green for SMS which is not encrypted and depends on how many SMS messages on your phone plan.
It does appear so. I carelessly quoted the first Google ngram simply because I found it as part of someone else’s answer to this issue. I guess it depends which ‘books’ Google includes.
I doubt any serious literary author, USian or UKian, uses the ‘of’ construction. And I’m not being ‘snobbish’ there about ‘literature’. Published authors tend to understand grammar and have editors and proof-readers etc who would weed out such a construction. They know the general rule, which is, to repeat myself:
In standard English, we commonly use certain adjectives of quantity—“much,” “more,” “less,” “enough”—in this way, as in “enough of a problem” and “too much of a drive.”
But with adjectives of degree—“good/bad,” “big/small,” “long/short,” “old/young,” “hard/easy,” “near/far,” and so on—the “of a” pattern is not considered standard English.
But really, I wanted only to draw attention to it (and indirectly express my disappointment - oh, dear! - that Rob of all people would do this). End of derail?
(And don’t get me started on less/fewer!) 
I got a power bank that does wireless charging for my iPhone. It’s been a really good purchase. One less thing to carry, and it was easy to just set my phone on it when I worked a job at a counter. Felt like a bit of a silly purchase at the time, but I’ve really enjoyed having it.
Oh, and Rob. Your “Already regretting assigning the new MacBook Pro review to Borges” was linked below this article, and it made me actually laugh out loud. “(This dongle is God.)” hehehe
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This is simply due to the EU having released legislation dictating that USB-C chargers become the mandatory standard for smartphones by 2024.
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48MP on the Pro series. It enables digital zooming to 15x.
I’ve found an iPhone makes for an incredibly useful magnifying tool. The older my eyes get, the more frequently I use the Magnifier app. An iPhone’s camera is far better than typical digital microscopes, and it’s already in your pocket.
Pro tip - go into Settings/Control Center and add the magnifier app, so it’s always easy to access. And offer to do this for your elderly relatives when they ask for help with their phones.
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Haha, just blew up (inflated, no breach) my LGe V40 battery by charging it on a model X-16 200W Qi charger (ha, promised 25W, what?) with a 120W supply brick. Guess I got my Halloween outfit picked out this year (if not styled past the blue/green lit rim.)
Still, tell me RMS messages…wait, that can’t be it…RCS? Google Messenger RCS messages are fuschia, or teal?
What color was your iPhone 15 Pro [The thing Mitch McConnell did in a news conference]?
[Yellow phone drawn from dinner party restraint bag™.]
Did it have a USB port? [It does.] Did it have 5 USB ports? [Breathes on bottom of phone, turns it to reveal 5 USB C ports, 2 marked with whatever color USB 3.3 PD is.] Does it use GLONASS for positioning somehow? [A phone projector next to the LIDAR ‘camera’ paints color keyed points on the ceiling. Leonard Nimoy’s voice croons ‘The stars shine for you tonight. They are imported, from Earth.’] Were you just going to walk out back into the State Reserve until you’re fit to drive? [Rattles phone by ear, and a snake-repellent tarp and a crank charger for hikers drop out, followed after a tick or two by 10 oz. ketones that promise to not be Fruit Punch flavor.] Sorry that was supposed to be monkfruit Red Bull.
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Why? It clearly wouldn’t have
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Ha, put forced flash on the OnePlus and it demurred to work in the light of this screen. They revolt and read the Amber signs. [Insp. by a new science book oddly mentioning that ol’ series c.f. …oops, Amber or Ember? Can’t find, predict as y’ like, IIRC it was about solid state stuff not beer.]
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I can name my group texts on my Android no matter who is participating.
Apple is the reason this exists, so the blame is on them.
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possibly for your car, if for some awful reason, the implementation of car play needed a lighting connector,
I know what it’s there to indicate. I simply don’t get the fuss people make.
If someone started giving me a hard time about the color that my texts have on their phone, I’d tell them that that sounds like a them-problem, not a me-problem.
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Now that Apple has finally caved, I propose a 10-year moratorium on changes to, or replacements for, USB-C. Let’s go 10 years without having to think about the cable that charges my phone.
USB-C is fast enough. It’s got enough power to charge laptops. It’s reversible.
My hope is by 2033 there will be no cables required for anything less than a powerful laptop. Improvements in batteries and wireless charging will make cables unnecessary.
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Oh, now they’ve accepted the USB-C port, will they now be joining the 2020s and charging at speeds faster than micro-USB allows?
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