Exactly. It is like real hi-fi buffs...will never be satisfied. Luckily age cures it (and I don't mean me, because I have zero interest), but eventually everyone realises you only need something that does what you need and not something new just because it is out there. Slowly, you will leave longer gaps before upgrading (the only problem then is built-in obsolescence).
I disagree...people are just people. Most older people will have thought the same when young, but your idea of what is important changes.
It may slow down what you buy but tech will still be seen as important. Even my parents update their phones every few years and buy a new tv every 5yrs or so. Even at the place where I work I see a lot more older people coming in and getting the best phone etc. It's all to do with how youngsters are wising up older people in their family to newer tech. The trend will only increase once the more tech savy generation age.
this. the whole sealed battery thing makes my blood boil. computers, smartphones and televisions are good enough. none of the technological developments in store will improve them tremendously unless battery life or unshatterable screens come along and how are they going to make money from a device with longevity?
Talk about bringing in a phone that you can upgrade/ replace every part whenever you want, to be brought into the public domain.
oh god that looks like a nightmare. tbf the only thing apart from battery life that I can criticise modern smart phones for us the quality of the camera and speakers. (and sometimes the call quality but i reckon that's the GSM network for you) HTC do good speakers but an abominable camera. Nokia look like the only acceptable camera phones. cameras arepossibly the only part of the device with any improvement left to be had. mobile internet just doesn't work IMO.
When mobiles became common place with the advent of Pay As You Go, me and a friend at school started LAMP: the League Against Mobile Phones. We put up posters and everything (yes, we were real dorks).
Shh MS says you can't call them Nokia phones. There is talk of them dropping Nokia and phones from the name. Will probably just call everything a tablet.
phone one. get NFL on your phone*. that's the most important thing rite? *only available in USA ** the camera and microphone are on all the time.
Yep, I agree with you. Recently I helped move my niece from Locks Heath back to Southampton. Her children range from 12-18 years, and I have never witnessed quite such a new-tech obsessed bunch. Almost as soon as they acquire the new-tech, it is laid aside for some other new-tech. To give you an example, I packed away 3 x iPhone4's, back into their boxes for transportation. The kids all had iPhone5's. They intend to get the 6 or whatever is 'headline' when it comes out. They have this attitude to every sphere of everyday consumer new-tech, be it Xbox, PS4, SKYHD box. Their 50" LED TV is a 'dumb' one, not a Smart one. So that's next for the chop, even though it is in perfect condition. Who pays for this you may ask..? What values are being planted into these teenagers' brains..? I highlighted the hi-fi thing, as back in the 1970's, I wanted to hear my growing record collection in high quality sound. So I cobbled together some second-hand kit and made my own loudspeakers. That progressed and I went through some big jumps in quality, every few years, when funds permitted. I now have the same equipment that I ended up with in 1990. It's good enough and I was satisfied. Because it was designed and built to a very high quality standard it still reproduces music practically as well as it did in 1990. It has no problems being part of a new-tech setup if needs be [in fact, I have a computer permanently connected to one of the amp inputs], and if I put on a vinyl album and then sit in a chair and close my eyes, I can mentality visualise Sade or Robert Plant or Donovan or whoever, singing in front of me. There is no illusion. The sound quality is so high that they are almost fully there in the room. I have no requirement for the unrealistic 5.1 or 7.1 or more of these days. I have 2 ears, and 2 speakers, in stereo, provide all the space and depth required. So it was back in 1990 that I stopped being a hi-fi enthusiast and just continued being a music lover.
Pensioners and savers who get s**t interest rates while these new consumerists get rock bottom mortgages, government sponsored deposits, easy borrowing all round, and complain when they overextended themselves.
Not saying that tech isn't important...after all I am sitting here tapping away, but after a while you realise that you only need what you need. You upgrade if you need something else i.e. it looks useful to you. Many youngsters are just keeping up with the Jones's. Everyone gets tired of this as they get older. You don't need everything that is out there. I will only feel sorry for young people not having money when they stop flashing the latest gizmo that they've just wasted money on.
Jules Bianchi has made important steps forward, and is no longer in an artificial coma. He's still unconscious but is breathing unaided. Has been transferred back to Nice. Great news.
I wish I could see that as good news...could be Schumacher all over again. Sometimes just being alive isn't a good thing.
