We here at Aptgadget strive to bring you the very best in mobile news, and you\u2019ll notice (if you\u2019ve been reading us for a while now) that we like to cover smartphones, tablets, smartwatches, tech specs of these devices, and other technology in breaking fields. We embrace technological progress, no matter the category, but I have a special love for mobile tech and the wearables space. I believe that the future of mobile tech is on the wrist, and I\u2019ve invested in wrist gadgets to show my commitment.<\/p>\n
Smartphones are just as loved by me as are wrist wearables, and I\u2019m excited to see Aptgadget continue to cover all things tech.<\/p>\n
Sadly, we live in a tech culture where certain companies have convinced consumers that \u201ctech specs don\u2019t matter.\u201d After all, if Apple (for example) can optimize a small battery in the new iPhone 6s (around 1700mAh, as compared to, say, the Galaxy S6 edge+\u2019s 3,000mAh battery) to get 10 hours of battery life or more, then why does it matter to have that 3,000mAh battery? Android consumers are known for shouting back that Apple could provide better battery life \u2013 but then, consumers wouldn\u2019t upgrade as quickly, and that would go against Apple\u2019s financial intentions. In some cases, iPhone users have bragged that their smaller batteries at half the size of Android smartphone batteries outperform those of Android smartphone batteries with twice the size. I\u2019ve yet to see an iPhone outperform top-tier Android phones, but that\u2019s me.<\/p>\n
In today\u2019s editorial, I want to discuss the idea that \u201ctech specs don\u2019t matter.\u201d There was a day in time when tech enthusiasts would comment at tech sites about the latest gadgets, but even average consumers have taken up the comment torch nowadays. You never know who the commenter is (whether tech enthusiast or not), and you never know what to expect. But one thing you can count on is seeing the phrase \u201ctech specs don\u2019t matter,\u201d or, \u201cit\u2019s not all about tech specs.\u201d Whenever tech enthusiasts dig into the Quad HD display, the octa-core processor, or the 4GB of LPDDR4 RAM (yes, this is at the heart of tech lingo), you\u2019ll usually find a joke made about how tech enthusiasts \u201clive for the numbers\u201d and are \u201call about numbers and crazy high-definition displays,\u201d etc.<\/p>\n
But, do tech enthusiasts speak a random language for the sake of speaking it? Or, is it the case that tech specs do matter?<\/p>\n
Well, if you\u2019re talking in the field of tech, it\u2019s a no-brainer.<\/p>\n
To answer the question about whether or not tech specs (shorthand for \u201ctech specifications\u201d), we have to ask another question: how do you talk about tech without mentioning tech specs? If you\u2019re talking about a TV, how do you not talk about the 4K display? How can you talk about a phone\u2019s capabilities without mentioning the 32GB of storage, 16MP back camera, or the fact that it runs Android 6.0 Marshmallow or iOS 9? It\u2019s no different than if you\u2019re talking about a vehicle. How would you describe that car to someone if you didn\u2019t talk about the v6 or v8 horsepower, the 100mph speeds, or the 40mpg (40-mile-per-gallon) gas tank?<\/p>\n
Let\u2019s take the medical field, and something with which we\u2019re all familiar. If you go to the doctor and say, \u201cI\u2019m sick, I\u2019m not feeling well,\u201d what do you expect the doctor to do next? You expect him to ask the question, \u201cwhat kind of symptoms are you experiencing,\u201d or \u201care you feeling dizzy? Nauseous? Do you have a fever or chills? Are you experiencing lots of coughing and\/or wheezing?,\u201d with these questions being directly related to symptoms. The reason why the doctor needs to know your symptoms is because he or she is trained to identify symptoms in order to predict the illness.<\/p>\n
Symptoms are the easiest unit to talk about between doctors and patients, and doctors will even take your blood pressure, temperature, and listen to your breathing so that, should problems arise, these \u201csymptoms\u201d can be factored into your overall diagnosis. It would be extremely hard for a doctor to talk with a patient if he or she didn\u2019t ask you about your physical feelings: fatigue, sore throat, fever, and so on.<\/p>\n
The same can be said for tech specifications, or tech specs. Tech specs tell you how a device has been made. In the world of tech, tech specs are key to describing gadgets. You can\u2019t talk about the new Galaxy Note5, for example, without saying, \u201cIt has a 5.7-inch display.\u201d Why not? Because you have to distinguish the Note5\u2019s size from that of, say, the Galaxy S6 edge which has a 5.1-inch display. \u201cInches\u201d as a unit with displays is a way to distinguish between two displays on two smartphones. Since these two smartphones don\u2019t have the same-size displays, you can\u2019t treat the displays as the same; you have to find some way to distinguish them.<\/p>\n
The same goes for cameras, as you can\u2019t talk about them without mentioning \u201cmegapixels,\u201d or the processors without mentioning \u201ccores\u201d (dual-core, tri-core, quad-core, hexa-core, octa-core, deca-core, etc.), and so on. These are all basic units of language when it comes to tech, in the same way that you can\u2019t speak English without mentioning \u201cnouns, pronouns, and verbs.\u201d<\/p>\n
Tech specifications or tech specs refer to numbers as related to features about devices. Smartphones consist of displays, processors, cameras, build materials, and operating systems \u2013 and all of these separate components have their own language. When you talk about tech specs, you have to bring all these different components together to talk about the whole of the device (as opposed to just one part).<\/p>\n
Without tech specs, tech talk is impossible. Thus, the statement \u201ctech specs don\u2019t matter\u201d is actually self-refuting, since the statement itself doesn\u2019t matter, if \u201ctech specs don\u2019t matter.\u201d If tech specs don\u2019t matter, it\u2019s as if they don\u2019t exist; and if tech specs don\u2019t exist, then \u201ctech specs\u201d as a concept is as meaningless as \u201cunicorn.\u201d What does it mean to say \u201ctech specs don\u2019t matter\u201d if \u201ctech specs are nonexistent\u201d because they are insignificant?<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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