Call me a tree hugging hippy for saying this but I am NOT.
When i buy some thing i buy it because the old one's broken down and i need it or I need to buy this tool to do a task, i dont buy things because a newer versions of the same things have come out.
Positive side
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Ok thanks to the people who buy new things (as often people breath air) they are keeping people in jobs (mainly in the Far East and not the UK

) and thus making the world economy run ok thats the positive side.
The negative side
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What do people do with their old things which still work ?
1)
Some may sell them on e-bay, give them to their relatives or kids but most i guess will dump them and eventually they will go in to land fill sites as rubbish and pollute the world we live in as electrical items dont rot down and there are not enough recyclers to handle all this.
2)
Your wasting your money when you already have some thing good which works.
With wasting money buying a 4x4 which is designed to be used in jungles of Africa or deserts of Australia, Nevada - USA, Middle east etc, but in the UK people buy the same 4x4s to do shopping at Tescos, take their " mini mes " to school etc.......on normal roads.
Buying them is a huge waste of money as in normal towns you never use them for what they are designed for ..........