Love affair with smartphones cooling

[Complex757]

At a certain point you reach the peak as far as what you can cram in to a 5 inch device.

A lot of additions have been superficial or minimal. So we're not getting the game changers were saw previously. Especially since we get a new model every year.

I think a lot of people get enamored with the presentation. Of course it's going to be an improvement, but if you weren't having a problem with your phone being slow or lagging before, will you even notice more RAM? The task you do on your phone aren't going to change, because you have more RAM.

I know with the Note 8, it was pretty meh to me. More RAM and some of those changes could have come with a software update if the Note 7 still existed.

 

[ApfelKuchen]

The link provided demonstrates the current state of the UK smartphone market overall and the general antipathy shown by UK consumers to iPhone 7. The company in question is the UK's largest phone retailer.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-41036781

I don't see the "general antipathy." Antipathy would be active dislike. The only dislike I saw was in the comment about the lack of a headphone jack.

I think ambivalence is a better term. People feeling the model offers no compelling reason to spend money, presuming their current phone is still working well. This is deferred spending, rather than switching brand loyalty. If we couch it in terms of love, we're happy to love the ones we're with, rather than constantly seeking a new, exciting lover.

 

[rui no onna]

I don't see the "general antipathy." Antipathy would be active dislike. The only dislike I saw was in the comment about the lack of a headphone jack.

I think ambivalence is a better term. People feeling the model offers no compelling reason to spend money, presuming their current phone is still working well. This is deferred spending, rather than switching brand loyalty. If we couch it in terms of love, we're happy to love the ones we're with, rather than constantly seeking a new, exciting lover.

Article mentioned apathy not antipathy which sounds quite about right.