Vintage tech, premium price: The nostalgia boom

怀旧科技,尊贵价格:怀旧风潮的兴起

Round Table China

社会与文化

2025-04-03

19 分钟
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Once worthless, now priceless? CCD cameras and flip phones sell for exorbitant prices, sometimes more than new tech. There seems to be a certain allure in the artifacts of a fading era, but why are people paying a premium for the past? / Blueberry mania in the office (14:28). On the show: Heyang, Steve Hatherly & Yushan
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  • Discussion keeps the world turning.

  • This is Round Table.

  • You're listening to Round Table with myself Ha Young.

  • I'm joined by Steve Hatherly and Youshan in the studio.

  • Coming up, once written off as junk,

  • old-school CCD cameras and flip phones are now selling for eye-watering prices, sometimes more than brand-new gadgets.

  • Why are people paying more for outdated tech?

  • And blueberries, long hailed as a superfood, have won over Chinese consumers.

  • People aren't just eating them.

  • They're growing them from apartments to office desks.

  • These tiny but apparently mighty berries grown in pots are popping up.

  • But how would your boss feel about a mini berry patch next to your office desktop?

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  • Now let's switch gears.

  • Remember when flip phones and CCD or charge couple device cameras were tossed aside for the latest and greatest gadgets?

  • Now they are back and not as a bargain.

  • Some are being resold for five to ten times their original price.