Anyone else feel like this?

[Warcony]

I am starting to get annoyed with the whole "smart phone" industry.  Every week it seems that a new phone or 2 are being released, all pretty much having the same performance, specs and design.  It feels exhausting trying to keep up and with devices being so expensive and carrier contracts being 2-3 years long it is just not feasible for average consumer to keep up.  Too many companies are trying to hop onto the phone bandwagon.  Then there is the constant bombardment of advertisements from the good folks at the marketing departments of carriers and manufacturers.

 

Anyone else feeling exhausted and annoyed by this?  I know competition is good and so is advancement, but at this point it feels like companies are just moving the power and volume buttons and calling it "innovative."

 

EDIT: Recently got the Note 2 and it has revitalized me. Amazing device!

[Samdb]

I just buy the one I like the best every 2 years.

[Breakdown]

I just buy the one I like the best every 2 years.

 

+1

 

This is what I do as well.

[Warcony]

I just buy the one I like the best every 2 years.

 

That's what I do (well every 3 years for me), but I see all these companies going balls to the wall fighting to get a share of the phone market, and who think that people will drop the device they have for theirs.

 

EDIT: Its not about me not being able to keep buying phones, rather the intense focus all the tech companies have with a market that has and should have a long upgrade cycle.

[sabot]

I just buy the one I like the best every 2 years.

I do this, but I get exited at like 1 year.

[Hans Christian | Teri]

I still have my trusty Desire HD. I've thought about swapping it out several times but have always come to the conclusion "Well it still works so...". I wish the other companies would be a lot more like Apple though, spending good time developing one very good phone instead of releasing a new top end model what feels like every week. Especially HTC have been guilty of this in the past. That doesn't mean they shouldn't release low end phones though, but a bit more focus on fewer phones would be great.

[Warcony]

I still have my trusty Desire HD. I've thought about swapping it out several times but have always come to the conclusion "Well it still works so...". I wish the other companies would be a lot more like Apple though, spending good time developing one very good phone instead of releasing a new top end model what feels like every week. Especially HTC have been guilty of this in the past. That doesn't mean they shouldn't release low end phones though, but a bit more focus on fewer phones would be great.

 

Exactly what I was thinking.  People have been knocking Apple for years for releasing products too often yet Samsung release phones every 8 months and drop the support for them even quicker.  I appreciate the design that goes into Apple devices.  I like how they are redesigning the UI of iOs instead of spending their time morphing a phone into a point and shoot camera.

[dklhs90]

I get a flagship phone on a 2 year contract and then when its successor is released I sell my old one and with the money I buy the new one with the contract still remaining.

[Guest]

You should stop caring about the little things.

 

Get a phone you like and that's it.

[TheRetiredSlave]

This is why I have a cheapo partially broken slider phone that's many years old..

I can send texts and make calls.. I can do everything else that I want to do on my PC or my (also several years old) ipod touch..

[Whiskers]

I don't see it as a problem.

 

I got a Galaxy Note II recently, whilst fully aware that the Galaxy Note III was inbound very soon. I don't care about buying the newest and greatest (though it's a nice additional benefit) phone, I just choose the one that I happen to like the most or works best for me.

[Warcony]

I don't see it as a problem.

 

I got a Galaxy Note II recently, whilst fully aware that the Galaxy Note III was inbound very soon. I don't care about buying the newest and greatest (though it's a nice additional benefit) phone, I just choose the one that I happen to like the most or works best for me.

 

Since making this thread I got the note 2 as well (bought used) knowing that the 3 is coming and all my problems have been solved, it is an amazing phone. Even calling it a "phone" doesn't do it justice.

[Whiskers]

Since making this thread I got the note 2 as well (bought used) knowing that the 3 is coming and all my problems have been solved, it is an amazing phone. Even calling it a "phone" doesn't do it justice.

 

Agreed. :D

 

I was pining after the HTC One for ages (still am, I guess) but I'm totally happy with the Note 2. Dat battery life, dat speed, dat screen... <3