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What’s the most overhyped tech trend right now? (self.technology)

submitted 2 months ago by mahin to c/technology

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It feels like every few months there's a new tech "revolution" being hyped up as the future. Besides AI, what’s the most overhyped trend in tech right now? For me, it’s the constant buzz around the metaverse.

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[–] [email protected] 42 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (3 children)

I think the phone industry is trying very hard to look interesting but it's been a while since anybody cared? Or is it really just me?

[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I feel the same. I think they got to a point where there's nothing else left to improve, no interesting features to add.

The only feature I am really looking forward to is the return of removable batteries.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Answering from my Fairphone 3 & its brand new battery 😎

The improvement on cameras is nice though, but I think it's been nice enough for anyone for a while and people are just comparing color balance now.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Unfortunately, Fairphone is not available in my country. I'd buy it in a heartbeat if it was :(

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

I just looked. Do they not ship to the U.S.?

[–] drawerair 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Phones are like 💻 now. The year-to-year improvements are tiny. Some factors related to this –

At least for folks like me who sometimes read re chips, chip improvements are 👍. But big year-to-year improvements are probably hard. If it was easy, Apple or Qualcomm may have already made a chip that was 2 or 3 times faster than the old 1.

So hard to have a clean implementation of under-screen cam and face recognition sensors. Hence, hole punch. Samsung fold has an under-screen front cam but the implemention wasn't clean and the pic quality is below average.

So hard to make a 🔋 that's 2 or 3 times better than the old 🔋. The tech world has been so hungry for a 🔋 innovation for a long time. There was optimism re graphene. Idk if it'll succeed in mass production.

[–] Cryophilia 3 points 2 months ago

It's now just pure hype and keeping up with the Joneses.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It's more jjust a lackof reporting. If Apple came out with something new people would lose their minds. But if some no name Chinese company does it, no one cares.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

What kind of innovation do you have in mind?