![]() ![]() The camera is a big upgrade on the brand’s previous model, with a 32 MP front camera and a dual rear camera system made up of two advanced 50 MP sensors, and the whole thing just looks and feels far more premium. The new monochrome OS is geared towards reducing distractions, from the ability to filter app icons through a greyscale and remove labels, to a widget-heavy (and highly adjustable) home screen that lessens the need to cycle through apps in the first place. The improved Glyph LED strips on the back can be programmed to signal messages, calls etc., meaning you can place the phone on its front throughout the day. That’s perhaps the most impressive aspect of the new Phone (2) from London-based tech brand Nothing: the fact that its standout features are geared towards you living a less phone-centric existence. Well, maybe not less – we still need to take nice photos and stockpile music and cheat at pub quizzes with super fast 5G – but we just don’t want our devices to be clamouring for our attention every second of the day. ![]() In an age of endless doom-scrolling and in-built wellness checks, we’ve somehow ended up at a point where we want our phones to do less. Perhaps Burna Boy, Fred Again or, for the full retro experience, “Livin’ on a Prayer”? For the younger genera- tion, they have something they can take to their friends’ houses and enjoy streaming analogue sound.” “The older generation can get that nostalgic feeling. “With the rising demand for vinyl players, it seemed the perfect time to rerelease it,” Yu Kambe, Audio-Technica’s product manager, tells Esquire. Updates include the addition of Bluetooth, a 21st-century cartridge and stylus and a recharge- able battery. Now, its maker, the Japanese audio brand Audio-Technica, has reissued the Sound Burger. A 3D-printing template is available online, while eBay sellers have been flipping units of the £89.95 (including VAT) original for more than £500. even more amazing sound!” - was soon consigned to the “Where are they now?” file.Ī fixture of hi-fi nerds’ weirdest-products-ever lists since, the Sound Burger has recently enjoyed a minor comeback. The perfect 1980s gift for fans of Meat Loaf, Bon Jovi or Patti Smith, the Sound Burger was a bright-red portable plastic record player that came in a clam-shell design and with the advisory sticker, “Do not move while playing!”Ĭreated in 1982 in a doomed attempt to head off the inexorable rise of shiny new CDs, the vinyl player - “Today’s high-tech takeaway. ![]()
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