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Originally Posted by mgmueller
Similar for me.
Only difference:
My main motivation isn't the thought, my old unit might be dated.
For me, main fun with any new gadgets are the first 2 days. Figuring out the system, tuning it, rooting it and such. When I'm bored or frustrated, those 2 days with a new gadget often are the best distraction I can think of. Too often, I fear...
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So, when will you open your museum?
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Originally Posted by sneakyspider
I rarely buy "new" devices, because right now I just don't have the budget for it. Nearly all of my "new" electronics I buy are actually used. That doesn't mean I don't experience new gadget envy, it just means that I never get to act on it. Which I suppose is a good thing, since I indulge my electronic addiction way too much already. I can't imagine what it would be like if I had the money to buy the new ones as well.  |
For me, a new device is a new device for me. It doesn't have to be new on the market. I bought my first e-ink just as it came out, but that's because I didn't have to replace an "old" device. I bought my Sony as it came out because it's still easier to explain how a device works over the phone if you actually have that device close by (my mother had bought one and she lives 1500km away...). But my tablet was already a year old (the model, that is) by the time I got mine.
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Originally Posted by Yapyap
I've been tempted by the Sony T2 (and now T3), and the Kobo Mini, and ... so far I've managed to talk reason to myself and not buy them. Because I really don't need them.
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Yes, I've been doing that too... Talking myself out of getting it. And then the new version comes along and then I'll congratulate me for not buying the previous version!
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Originally Posted by Yapyap
I'm just seriously glad my gadget-desire doesn't include phones. I've only owned three mobile phones in my life and the second one was bought since my first one was stolen. I only gave in and replaced my Nokia 5140i, which had served me dutifully for six years, in 2011 when I decided to go for a smartphone, and my Samsung Galaxy SII is more than enough phone for me for a while yet, I think.
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Yes, strangely enough, I'm not into phones either. I have had a few more phones, but that's because they all died on me (or drowned on me...). I got my first smartphone last year (Nokia Lumia 800) and this year I replaced it with a 920 (as we decided to go for a data part in our phone subscription and I still think the 800 has a too small screen to use for internet). But I expect to do a long time with that 920.