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Over-priced consumer technology?

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  • #202
    JustAYoungLad
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 206 ✭✭JustAYoungLad


    mammajamma wrote: »
    Televisions, generally, have become cheaper over time. You can see companies trying to inject new (useless) angles like 3d, 4k, 8k, etc. But nobody seems to want them, hence the price direction.

    How have the other technologies managed to swindle people?

    Why are you lying? Ive been watching 4k HDR blu rays for the past couple months and its a blast.


  • #203
    Frunchy
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 153 ✭✭Frunchy


    Apple is for people that don't understand technology and buy them as fashion accessories.


  • #204
    appledrop
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,047 ✭✭✭appledrop


    Anything made by Apple.

    Anyone I know who owns an apple iphone has a damaged screen. I have dropped my Samsung phones loads over the years + not a scratch on them. It's like Apple purposely make the screen crap so people have to pay a fortune to fix it. The mind boggles why people put up with it.


  • #205
    JustAYoungLad
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 206 ✭✭JustAYoungLad


    Frunchy wrote: »
    Apple is for people that don't understand technology and buy them as fashion accessories.

    Why is that a bad thing? Ingrained into the DNA of humanity is the love for shiny things. Why are you denying basic human nature? If its nice people will buy it.


  • #206
    JustAYoungLad
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 206 ✭✭JustAYoungLad


    appledrop wrote: »
    Anything made by Apple.

    Anyone I know who owns an apple iphone has a damaged screen. I have dropped my Samsung phones loads over the years + not a scratch on them. It's like Apple purposely make the screen crap so people have to pay a fortune to fix it. The mind boggles why people put up with it.

    You... honestly cant think of why someone might choose gorilla glass over plastic?


  • #207
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 24,714 ✭ [Deleted User]


    Frunchy wrote: »
    Apple is for people that don't understand technology and buy them as fashion accessories.

    How often will this clueless comment be rolled out?


  • #208
    OldMrBrennan83
    Closed Accounts Posts: 26,658 ✭✭✭✭OldMrBrennan83


    Joey Rapid Numskull wrote: »
    How often will this clueless comment be rolled out?

    Probably the same amount of times that the "every Android phone is a virus riddled mess" clueless content is rolled out.

    Both lazy myths.


  • #209
    ThunbergsAreGo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,399 ✭✭✭✭ThunbergsAreGo


    For most people iPhones and high end Androids are overpriced for what they need it for.

    In reality a mid range Android would meet most people's needs but those who initially jumped on the Apple train naturally have a bit of fear about the switch.

    I work in IT and used an iPhone for 2 years before switching to Android 8 years ago and sometimes feel like a complete motion trying to navigate my wife's iPhone (and the reverse is true).

    My days of buying flagship are well and truly gone, give me adequate performance and a good battery and I am sold


  • #210
    pwurple
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,449 ✭✭✭✭pwurple


    You can apply this to everything. Anything at all that is bought and sold , not just technology.

    Sun screen for example. Factor 30 blocks 97% of UV rays. Factor 50 blocks 98% and has higher levels of skin damaging chemicals. Bigger seller even though it is more expensive and arguably worse for you? You guessed it. The F50.


    Wine. Discernible differences between 30 euro bottle and 100 euro bottle? Maybe for some people, but not most of us.

    Food. Restaurants offering wildly different price points. Fashionable food trends like chia seeds etc.


    Clothes. Art.

    The address where you live.


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  • #211
    raze_them_all_
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,768 ✭✭✭raze_them_all_


    Anything computer related. Anything with alien ware on it, same for razr. Nvidia


  • #212
    JustAYoungLad
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 206 ✭✭JustAYoungLad


    pwurple wrote: »
    You can apply this to everything. Anything at all that is bought and sold , not just technology.

    Sun screen for example. Factor 30 blocks 97% of UV rays. Factor 50 blocks 98% and has higher levels of skin damaging chemicals. Bigger seller even though it is more expensive and arguably worse for you? You guessed it. The F50.


    Wine. Discernible differences between 30 euro bottle and 100 euro bottle? Maybe for some people, but not most of us.

    Food. Restaurants offering wildly different price points. Fashionable food trends like chia seeds etc.


    Clothes. Art.

    The address where you live.

    This seems to be a trend on afterhours. People complaining about prpducts/things that dont cater to them. Perhaps this is a reflection of the demographic of afterhours.

    To them; why someone might prefer an iPhone to an android or vice versa seems fantastical.


    Self centeredness, selfishness or perhaps deep seated insecurity and the need to assert superiority despite glaring mediocrity or because of it?


  • #213
    ThunbergsAreGo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,399 ✭✭✭✭ThunbergsAreGo


    JustAYoungLad wrote: »
    To them; why someone might prefer an iPhone to an android or vice versa seems fantastical

    These days it baffles me, anything one can do the other can as well. From a functionality point of view there is no difference


  • #214
    OldMrBrennan83
    Closed Accounts Posts: 26,658 ✭✭✭✭OldMrBrennan83


    naughtb4 wrote: »
    These days it baffles me, anything one can do the other can as well. From a functionality point of view there is no difference

    Exactly. It comes down to personal preference of the small few differences. The way some people treat the brands as if they're sports teams is laughable.


  • #215
    ThunbergsAreGo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,399 ✭✭✭✭ThunbergsAreGo


    Patww79 wrote: »
    Exactly. It comes down to personal preference of the small few differences. The way some people treat the brands as if they're sports teams is laughable.

    There's also the investment people have made in an ecosystem. If I have spent 100 euro on apps from play store, I lose all that if I move the apple and vice versa

    But 100% agree


  • #216
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 17,378 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    JustAYoungLad wrote: »
    This seems to be a trend on afterhours. People complaining about prpducts/things that dont cater to them. Perhaps this is a reflection of the demographic of afterhours.

    To them; why someone might prefer an iPhone to an android or vice versa seems fantastical.


    Self centeredness, selfishness or perhaps deep seated insecurity and the need to assert superiority despite glaring mediocrity or because of it?


    Quite the leap.


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  • #217
    adox
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,018 ✭✭✭✭adox


    Shame the thread has turned into a iOS vs Android mud slinging debate as there’s a good thread to be had here.

    Some very ignorant and outdated views being peddled about both platforms.

    I’ve used both and enjoyed both and have no real prefernce despite having plenty of other Apple products in the home.
    I had a OnePlus 3T for a few months and I loved it. Probably one of my favorite phones to use. I’m back to iPhone now(work phone) and the switch between was pretty seamless both times.
    I have an Apple “eco system” in the house for the most part(although have a couple of Google Homes as well) and in no way feel obliged to buy an iPhone.


  • #218
    CrankyHaus
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,281 ✭✭✭CrankyHaus


    adox wrote: »
    Shame the thread has turned into a iOS vs Android mud slinging debate as there’s a good thread to be had here.

    Some very ignorant and outdated views being peddled about both platforms.

    Yes, it feels like going back in time about 10 years reading a lot of this thread.


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