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New tech : are you a first adopter or do you wait a while?

By (user no longer on site) OP over a year ago

Are you one of those people that needs to have that new gadget or new tech straight away?

Do you queue outside the Apple Store waiting until midnight so you can be the first to buy the new iPhone?

Do you take a day off work when the new Call of Duty game is launched so you can play it all day?

Or do you prefer to wait, let others deal with the glitches and bugs and adopt later - or maybe never at all?

I’m much the latter personally, not bothered about being the first. Currently on an iPhone 8 only because my 6 broke when I dropped it!

And back in the day when I used to play FIFA on my PSP (yes, THAT long ago!) I used to always wait a year before getting a game - that way a second hand copy was always about 99p in Game while the latest version was about £40 ..

But what about YOU, Fabsters? I’m curious to know!

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By *oggoneMan over a year ago

Derry

Used to be an early adopter but now, meh

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By *ittlebirdWoman over a year ago

The Big Smoke

I’m a total early adopter

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By *ent in BlackMan over a year ago

Silsden

"Are you one of those people that needs to have that new gadget or new tech straight away?

Do you queue outside the Apple Store waiting until midnight so you can be the first to buy the new iPhone?

Do you take a day off work when the new Call of Duty game is launched so you can play it all day?

Or do you prefer to wait, let others deal with the glitches and bugs and adopt later - or maybe never at all?

I’m much the latter personally, not bothered about being the first. Currently on an iPhone 8 only because my 6 broke when I dropped it!

But what about YOU, Fabsters? I’m curious to know!

I usually wait, but when Yaesu released the FT 710 AESS I was balls deep in purchasing it!

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

I’m not fussy about getting the newest gadgets. I wait until mr is due for an upgrade and he gives me his old phone

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By *ou only live onceMan over a year ago

London

I'm an "I'll get round to it eventually" adopter.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

I'm not bothered about tech

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By *oggoneMan over a year ago

Derry

I did order a steam deck v early But having being burnt before with various early glitches and firmware problems I've learned to wait.

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By *ormalfornorfolkMan over a year ago

Norwich

I have learned that the endless quest for the short term dopamine hits provided by gadgets and other “stuff” does not make one happy in the long term.

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