Gadget lovers tend to come into maturity a little later mentally, than they do legally. But even they get to a point in life, when the latest gadget just isn't as fun and exciting as it used to be.
This maturity can creep up rather suddenly and throw the gadget lover into deep depression.
Case study: getting a new phone.
Normally the gadget lover has her heart set on a new phone about 6 months before it's released. She waits and waits, scowers the internet for information, and when the time comes, she pays far too much money, because she just has to be the first person to get it. After which she mails all her long-suffering friends endless details about the ultimate phone. And utters dismay when those friends only ask whether one can actually call with that phone. The one detail the gadget lover is not remotely interested in...
About 6 months after she got the phone, a new one will come out. With more pixels. Better screen. Faster GPS. And the gadget lover will start raving about that phone, as if the old one never existed in the first place.
Until maturity sets in...
The first clue is that the gadget lover renews her subscription after a year with a 'simple back-up phone', because the new ones 'don't have that much extra'.
The second clue is that her current phone is actually starting to show signs of wear (battery depleting faster than usual). An occurrence that's rarely happened before.
The third clue is she'll start looking for a new phone only 2 months before she can renew her subscription.
The fourth clue is finding out the new phones have more mega pixels, or tv-functions, or optical zoom, but not being able to find one that captures her heart completely.
And the final straw: the gadget lover decides she might just get one that does the same as her current one, and starts looking for the cheapest one...
Sigh.
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