{"id":12483,"date":"2023-12-04T09:37:38","date_gmt":"2023-12-04T08:37:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/12\/04\/do-you-really-need-shiny-new-tech-for-christmas-the-answer-is-no\/"},"modified":"2023-12-04T09:37:38","modified_gmt":"2023-12-04T08:37:38","slug":"do-you-really-need-shiny-new-tech-for-christmas-the-answer-is-no","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/12\/04\/do-you-really-need-shiny-new-tech-for-christmas-the-answer-is-no\/","title":{"rendered":"Do you really need shiny new tech for Christmas? The answer is \u2018no\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you are tempted to ask Santa for the latest smartwatch or phone, think again <\/p>\n<p>This Christmas, many Apple enthusiasts will be mulling over whether to shell out almost <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2023\/nov\/09\/apple-iphone-15-review-a-few-more-pro-features-each-year\" title=\"\">\u00a3800 for a new iPhone 15<\/a>, while some commuters will be thinking of putting the new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2023\/nov\/06\/bose-quietcomfort-ultra-headphones-review-supreme-comfort-and-noise-cancelling\" title=\"\">Bose QuietComfort Ultra headphones<\/a> on their list, although at \u00a3450, Santa will need to be feeling generous.<\/p>\n<p>But is it really necessary to keep on updating our phones, laptops, smartwatches and headphones as new models hit the market? The simple answer is no.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/money\/2023\/dec\/04\/do-you-really-need-shiny-new-tech-for-christmas-the-answer-is-no\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/427371b1adf39afc465d33c85fa70b0fcd69d605\/0_63_5234_3142\/master\/5234.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=d1dde15ae1834d282e7cbd7fef314c33\" title=\"Do you really need shiny new tech for Christmas? The answer is \u2018no\u2019\" \/>If you are tempted to ask Santa for the latest smartwatch or phone, think again<br \/>\nThis Christmas, many Apple enthusiasts will be mulling over whether to shell out almost \u00a3800 for a new iPhone 15, while some commuters will be thinking of putting the new Bose QuietComfort Ultra headphones on their list, although at \u00a3450, Santa will need to be feeling generous.<br \/>\nBut is it really necessary to keep on updating our phones, laptops, smartwatches and headphones as new models hit the market? The simple answer is no. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you are tempted to ask Santa for the latest smartwatch or phone, think again This Christmas, many Apple enthusiasts will be mulling over whether to shell out almost \u00a3800 for a new iPhone 15, while some commuters will be thinking of putting the new Bose QuietComfort Ultra headphones on their list, although at \u00a3450, &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/12\/04\/do-you-really-need-shiny-new-tech-for-christmas-the-answer-is-no\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Do you really need shiny new tech for Christmas? The answer is \u2018no\u2019<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":12484,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12483"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12483"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12483\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12484"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12483"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12483"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12483"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}