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Originally Posted by Pardoz
Of course. I'd also buy a cheap flying car that ran on tapwater, a faster-than-light starship, and a personal teleportation device. These would all be great to have, and they are all about as likely to come along as your does-everything-better-and-cheaper-than-a-dedicated-anything device.
In the real world, when considering a multifunction device, trade-offs of function and design are inevitable, and all other things being equal a single-purpose device will always be cheaper than a multipurpose one: an ebook reader/cellphone/camera is always going to cost more to manufacture than a single-function ereader unless Multi Claus comes down the chimney of your factory with a big bag full of free microphones, lenses, and image sensors.
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Exactly i keep trying to remind you we were never talking about the real world we were talking about a hypothetical imaginary device.
look back at what you replied to!
I said
Originally Posted by stustaff
"Imagine a device with a camera as good as a Canon, Audio as good as an iriver, phone as good as [insert personal fave phone], games as good as a DS etc etc"
And at a price less than the devices if purchased seperately."
And you said
"I still wouldn't buy one.A super-duper all-in-one device is only a good deal if a) you want all those functions (and lots of people don't), or b) it does a better job (or an equivalent job at a lower price) than one (or more, depending on your individual needs) dedicated device that performs a function you do want."
Which completely missed the point of what I said that such a device would be the 'holy Grail'
Oh and if you really believe teleportation is as likely as an all in one electronic device that could replace Phone,PDA,Camera,Video Camera, Music Player and games machine then your being VERY Silly
Whilst such a device couldnt replace an RED camcorder or a Pro DSLR camera, or a high end Music system or my XBox 350, it could and will replace PERSONAL versions of those devices... the Flip video machine, My small samsung digicam, my MP3 player, my Nintendo DS and my phone.