Sentences with phrase «rather than hype»

Considering the lack of exciting news on the smartphone market, and the release of a great variety of high - performance and affordable smartphone models, it seems safe to say that we should reconsider our future smartphone purchases and focus on accessibility rather than hype.

People buy books on the strength of honest reviews and trusted recommendations rather than hype.

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Critics say the proposal is short on technical details, and that Telegram's high valuation is being driven by hype and speculation rather than the value of the technology.

My students at Peking University, for example, are extremely supportive and think very differently about what I do, and I think I have convinced them that as future policymakers, especially in finance and central banking, rather than join the hype that has always accompanied every growth miracle it is their responsibility to be focus on risks and on all the ways things can go wrong.

As of the moment, the company's popularity rests largely on hype fueled by celebrities such as Katy Perry and Ashton Kutcher shelling out the money for tickets on its first flight, rather than on actual achievement.

Netis was impressed with the company's focus on «riding the network functions virtualization (NFV) wave rather than following the current «hype.»

After a few months of investing and extraordinary returns, the two realized that although the technology was fascinating and had tremendous potential, the speculation driving the price movements was driven by hype and FOMO rather than fundamental value.

People will take the piss if I say William Carvalho is better than Khedira but people base ability on hype rather than the facts.

But as far as hype trains go, I'd rather him fight wonderboy for a title shot than the Dennis siver version of a ww contender (Tarec Saffiedine?)

It's no shame that 18 - year - old Renato Sanches is a work - in - progress rather than the finished article, but with the Benfica teenager linked with big money moves to Europe's most elite clubs this summer, his performance against Bayern Munich highlighted just how far he still has to go to close the gap between the hype and reality.

Too often in football, partly fuelled by the hyped - up transfer market, there is a focus on what a player can't do, rather than what they can do.

What a terrifying vision of the future of football we've been served up this week.AC Milan, once the pride of a powerful and thriving seria A now reduced to shadow boxing against a really not that great United.All because they deserted their natural (and rather beautiful) defensive style of football to join the circus, brought in foreign players (especially brazilians) who think jogging back to defend is beneath them and generally put two fingers up to Italy's historic football traditions.Much good as it done them, and what a boring game?I concede that a lot of football fans nowadays do nt remember anything before the cheque book league but even they must have been struck by the sheer mind numbing pointlessness of it.Even the stewards were asleep by half time.As for the porto match well all that can be said is that they made the gooners look like an half decent well balanced football team, no mean achievement when you think about it.At least we, ve had the pleasure of listening to all those gooners and Mancs waffling on about how great they are which is always hilarious.Especially the stuff about Rooney, just wait till the World Cup when some Italian or South American defender takes him under his wing for half an hour and then see how great he is.If he can survive the WC without being sent off it will be a miracle.All the recent hype has done him no favours at all.Not that the World Cup really inspires these days, its glory days are long over and it's become a competition decided by referees rather than great play.Bear that in mind if Roons has to take the walk of shame, it's not his fault, someone told him he was a truly great player like Bobby Charlton or George Best.The problem is he looks like he believes them.

But rather than resign yourself to hours with a hyped - up, exhausted kid, try one of these workarounds that will get you a break and prevent your kid from falling apart.

As I entered the final month of training in September 2007, the media hyped the prospect of a snap poll so much that I started to spend time on doorsteps rather than a run.

Being right in the middle of the technology churn might even be counterproductive rather than helpful, since you may be more likely to fall prey to the latest hype (note the press release's touting of Newt's September Second Life appearance) and miss the tools that are actually changing the way politics and government work.

But that's a supporting role rather than a central one, and a long way from some of the overblown social hype of the past few years.

«Scientific and media coverage... encourages skepticism about medical hype rather than trumpeting it,» he said.

It's falling for a lot of hype rather than what we know to be true.

For those who have developed an immunity to fanboy hype, the contradictory traits may seem to weaken rather than strengthen this beast, but readers of the «X-Men» comics will hail an origin story as satisfying as «Thor.»

Welcome to the Punch sets itself up as a rather conventional genre film, but where the writing may lack a depth of character or thematic weight it's more than made up for in terms of sensory - appealing thrills and a hyped up rhythm that keeps things moving along at an appropriately rapid pace.

I'm assuming he's referring to the scale and the hype surrounding HBO's Game of Thrones, rather than those problematic rape storylines.

The first picture was of simple, nightmarish thrills that Book of Shadows prefers to comment on rather than top — its scares are hooked on the hype surrounding the fictitious original, so that the mass hysteria The Blair Witch Project supposedly caused (I don't recall any «War of the Worlds» - type panic in the streets) returns in the form of distrust between the tourists; Berlinger, one half a gifted documentary team (he co-directed the acclaimed Paradise Lost films with Bruce Sinofsky), should've opted to write a FILM COMMENT piece instead.

There's nothing hyped - up or rhetorical in writer - director Kusama's handling of things, and no overt agenda or posturing — any sense of the protagonist's struggle for self - esteem or to transcend her limited prospects emerges incidentally rather than didactically.

The documentary is lavishly illustrated with stills and archival behind the scenes colour footage, and while briskly paced, it's a bit obvious most of the controversies that dogged the production are largely avoided; the isolated sore spot is the film's hired publicist, who mounted a campaign that managed to irk and offend rather than rally interest and support for a production hyped and hounded by some negative press.

But rather than add to the justified hype in that direction, let's get to the actual nuts and bolts of how to create, format, market, and sell online courses.

So quit falling for the hype and buy what you really need... rather than what the marketing mavens are trying to sell you

Mercedes «Vision» vehicles are primarily flights of fantasy for the brand, created to generate hype, and hint at design cues that will inform the brand's design language for decades to come, rather than years.

Your introduction video to the summit was full of valuable information and your guest speaker provided useful information too rather than just being hype for the summit.

They continue to hype up the latest devices because they would rather make something from people buying e-books and hardware, than if a customer bought something online from Amazon.

Steve truly knows his stuff and it's refreshing to hear someone tell the truth about what's realistic to expect rather than selling a bunch of hyped up promises and then blaming the student when the false promises don't materialize.

You're one of a very few voices (maybe the only one) who are thinking critically about the whole business, rather than just hyping the latest whiz - bang - ness.

We would rather invest in a distressed bond trading well below its intrinsic value than a hyped equity or income trust trading far above any reasonable calculation of value.

Rather than buying into the hype, consider selling the hype by selling covered calls.

Eventually (typically sooner rather than later), a company will not be able to keep up with the hype they have produced for themselves, which means that their stock will begin to tumble.

It's important to look at the facts, rather than believe sensationalized media hype or emotional arguments.

Such hyped up breedings are sadistic and profit - obsessed decisions, rather than well though out planning.

I'm rarely very disappointed in a game because I tend to go in with as little expectations as possible in order to try to form as fair an opinion as I can based purely on what the game is rather than what what hype says it should be.

It's fine if people like Destiny, but I'd rather see people go to the info they seek rather than have hype for the generic shooter that Halo fans are used to getting more from - ESPECIALLY multiplayer modes and game types.

I'd rather a company delay 20 + times than release a trash title they've hyped for years.

Whoever was responsible for this trailer has done State of Decay 2 a great disservice, actively working against it rather than building hype.

At the end of the day, F - Zero would just make more sense in every respect here, and the company would probably want to capitalise on the hype of a beloved old IP being revived rather than take a «risk» with a spinoff of a second - string series no one asked for.

I wouldn't necessarily say Directs are for hype rather than getting out info to fans in an easy and efficient manner.

probably the exact breakdown i'd expect for a mediocre product driven by hype that panders rather than innovates.

«The much hyped mechanic where you need your teammates for ammo, health and so on also feels like an idea in need of a home, rather than a necessary new concept.

Even the much - hyped drop in and drop out co-op feature is local only, and Player 2 can only join in between levels rather than during them.

It's an incredibly hyped up title now, probably the tent pole release for Sony in 2018, so I expect it to get a release date reveal under the lights of E3 rather than PSX 2017 but stranger things have happened.

There comes a point where the hype train runs out of steam, and No Man's Sky had tried to be so loud for so long that by the time it actually arrived, I was merely curious and hopeful rather than frothing with rabid anticipation.

SEGA says they want to grab newcomers and please the hardcore fans, but it looks like they're depending on the fans a lil too much to make a hype machine... pso2love is right... SEGA needs to give us something to work with, rather than sit there becoming stagnant.

We have to take a little bit of the hype out of things, so people can come back and make a considered decision rather than be the one that runs faster than everyone else.»

Rather than play into the curatorial hype in portraying the emerging generation of Chinese artists — a exhibitions trend in the international art world — Catch the Moon in the Water reverses these roles to illustrate how this young cohort's imagining of America has influenced their work.