Re: WC 150K Post Challenge - You Ready?!
Funny I was just thinking about this the other day.
I've found it strange how my interest in tech has continued to slide. I do have other things on my mind of course but I've come to the conclusion that tech companies are blatantly playing us. The fact that phones are creeping up to the $1000 mark again for what is essentially little advancement tells me everything I need too know.
Maybe I'm too cynical but I've become bored with tech. There's nothing really that exciting out there at the moment.
I know everyone here kind of goes on about phones all the time. I sort of skip over that talk as I have no interest. I think tech has become stale personally.
Just my point of view though. M maybe I'm just getting too old (been down this road before) or maybe too distracted by other things. Not sure. I'm happy with the phone I have. It's good enough for now.
I'll keep abreast of what's going on but honestly I don't see much movement in tech in the next 3-4 years. We've hit peak and we're just riding along until something happens to shake things up again. No idea what that is but hopefully something different.
I think that for me we are taking the wrong sets of compromises from OEMs as they work hard to see at in our pockets in a mature and heavily saturated premium smartphone market.
I'm curious to see the next direction tech takes, but am in no rush for something truly bleeding edge.
Take my experience with Andy's phone. The cleanliness design wise of no 3.5mm is nice, but that leaves you with another device to charge. Not supporting the rapid charging our of the box for people like me who prefer maintaining max value on a handset with keep box accessories unused. Still having a so-so camera experience, from app layout (no manual mode) to so-so shots with decent hardware sensors on board. Overall jankiness on an AOSP style build which supposedly highlights performance being bare bones app wise. And to think, you were asking to pay $699 for this experience - which felt just as beta as WM10 on the early 950s - is how out of touch consumers have allowed OEMs to get.
Truly wireless headphones are gen 1 - 3.5hrs per charge is the drawback due to their size. Smart watches trying to replicate the smartphone experience on the wrist with smaller batteries and inefficient processors.
I understand tech companies need to make money, as it's a business after all, but there are certain fundamental social issues that needs to be addressed (to me) in order to push innovation forward.
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