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Are manufacturers simply pushing current technology too hard in their attempts to be a step ahead of their competitors?
The Samsung battery BBQ?
The Pixels' short-lived OLED display?
And how good a value was my $29.99 smartphone with its quad-core processor and 802.11/a/b/g/n WiFi support?
Sometimes it doesn't hurt to stay at least a little bit away from the cutting edge of technology? Right?