Do you still chase peak gadget specs

Not since the last millineum when I was a teenager.

did something quieter win out

How quiet is money? Even when making a lot more of it than I do today, it still never made sense to me to be all the way out on the bleeding edge. I debated for ages before getting my first iPhone and only got two models in a row because I unfortunately broke the first one. I now use devices until they physically die or basically cannot run apps anymore (I have a iPad I got for free that fell into this category; it basically couldn't even do video anymore which is most of how I used it).