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Putting off tech purchases because of impending innovation
Donkbaca:
Meh, I've seen the world around me, the interwebs are much more interesting
crashwg:
--- Quote from: Vigo on April 06, 2012, 12:02:27 pm ---I don't care to be the asshat with my face buried in my phone everywhere I go.
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Can I buy you a beer?
fallacy:
I took the data plan plunge just recently and now I kind of regret it. Gps Map is awesome; having a nice camera on my iphone is pretty cool. There is nothing else I need or care about after the newness wore off. Now I am stuck from a $40 bill to an almost $90 every moth for something I hardly ever use.
DaveMMR:
--- Quote from: shmokes on April 06, 2012, 11:55:36 am ---I get what you're saying, and for the most part you're technically right. Service is not subject to the same rapid obsolescence that tech is. But the practical effect for me at this moment is the same. I want to buy now, but a must-have feature is just around the corner and it's tearing me apart (well, maybe not quite, but still . . .). I just wish I had some way of knowing if exactly how far away said corner was.
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I've always believed in getting what you want when you want (or need) it and not constantly waiting for the new thing. There is ALWAYS something new around the corner - service-wise and tech-wise. It's a constant cycle - they're not going to suddenly say "okay, we're done innovating."
But the big difference is that with service deals like you describe (i.e. the shared family data plans), any company worth doing business with will work with you if you're a current customer and want to take advantage of the new deals - especially with the competition ready to swoop in and entice you to switch.
For me, getting a data a plan years ago actually rewarded me. I was grandfathered into an unlimited data plan whereas new customers only get to choose from various limited data plans (2GB, etc.)
kahlid74:
You should live life in the present, not the future. Don't worry about tomorrow and instead enjoy today. If you need it now, get it. The future is always changing, nothing can be done about that.
Side note, you can get everything you want without a contract, you just don't get the great deal a contract provides.
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