Digital Sentiment

People have always placed sentimental value on the things they value and are attached to. Traditionally gifts, art work, clothing and other items of a similar nature have had sentimental value placed on them. So as the world becomes more digital by the by, how much are we attached to our gadgets on a sentimental level?

I have been using my phone for about 2 years even though i have had through other phones within those years. After two years it has gone through a number of issues but still kicking. The most recent however was the screen cracking, which was a huge blow. As soon as it happened all my friends were quick to say its a sign to replace it. It was only when I realised how unappealing the decision to replace my phone is, then it clicked how attached I am to it.
So I have been trying to figure whether I just like my phone or I really value it sentimentally.

A Pure Leap

It was not too far back when a 5 mega pixel camera on a phone seemed out of this world. Now technology is taking leaps instead of steps and Nokia just took a big one. The Nokia 808 PureView has just taken tha game to another level with its 41 mega-pixel camera.

The average smartphone currently has a 5 mega-pixel -12 mega-pixel camera and no one has really been complaining. Now that Nokia has taken a leap to 41MP, are they changing the game or just getting ahead of themselves. The device is a capable smartphone but besides the camera can it keep up with the rest. 16gb of internal memory, 512 RAM, 1.3 GHz it is rather quite standard in the current market. In a world of dual core and quad core phones on the rise, the device lacks in several ways. It is certainly no contender for iPhone 4S and even the Sony Xperia S.


Nokia might have wanted to invest their splendid camera on a more powerful device like their Lumia series phones. For a 41MP camera each photo is roughly 10MB, so with apps, music and games in mind 16GB is rather small amount of space. So hopefully nokia will put a similar camera in a more powerfull and bigger device sooon.


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