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Suffering from techbarrassment

BIGGER!

Better! Faster! Shinier! I want it! I want it! There's a madness to the world of mobiles that sucks us all in. Phone shops recognise this and play up to it. You only went in to pick up a catalogue, but there's that voice again – "Hello sir. Aren't you due an upgrade?" – and before you know it you're salivating over the new Samsung with a screen so large it has its own heated swimming pool.

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