Sentences with phrase «than gimmicks»

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As for the Galaxy S5, according to insiders Samsung will be opting for a more low - key presentation than in previous years, focusing on more meaningful enhancements more than gimmicks.

But earlier this week, a new piece of VR tech reminded me why the headsets are much more than gimmicks.

But it takes more than gimmicks to make a succesful game.

It reminds us how far we've erred from the thrills of «run - and - gun» into pedestrian «stop - and - pop»; how we've lost the rhythm of the firstperson shooter; and how look and feel are still more important than gimmicks and Gamerscore.»

The interior of the XV Crosstrek is built with functionality and durability in mind rather than gimmicks and flash.

Parents in New York expect more from political leaders than gimmicks.

Litanies of systems exist that utilize hard data rather than gimmicks, and these systems find inefficiencies in the market and exploit them.

It was fun to see a modern - day interpretation of a silent film, but it didn't bring much more to the table than that gimmick, and it doesn't hold a special place as a memorable and impactful movie the way its fellow nominees «The Tree of Life,» «Midnight in Paris,» and «Moneyball» do.

And still others think it's nothing more than a gimmick and a distraction.

It's not even about being seen as contenders — or as an All - Star in Williams» case — but as more than a gimmick.

As much as I'm not looking forward to the converted 3D that I'll have to suffer through with Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows Part 1 I do see that movies in 3D can be more than a gimmick and can make the movie more entertaining than if I saw them just in 2D.

This tweaked perspective feels really cool for the first couple hours, but eventually the uniqueness fades and you realize that a shifted perspective is little more than a gimmick that adds nothing truly significant to the shooter genre.

What do you think, is Machete going to rule, or is it going to come off nothing more than a gimmick?

No story can keep a grim tone when it revolves around an animal (not even Robert Bresson's disillusioned Christian film Au hasard Balthazar), but it's still more than a gimmick.

Instead, it's a muddled echo of several other films where the filmmakers treated their ideas as something more than a gimmick...

It's not much, but it helps to ground Happy Death Day in something more than a gimmick.

But we've got our fingers crossed that it'll be more than a gimmick, because one of the most exciting actors around, Tom Hardy, has the lead role, and will seemingly be on screen for every frame of the runtime.

Switching the gender of Prospero — an aging wizard who is also his author's last and fondest alter ego — is more than a gimmick.

Many have tried, but few have succeeded in delivering the goods in a way that ties in to the main themes of the story, and Ozon's method definitely feels like far more than a gimmick.

Proven more than a gimmick, gamification is claiming stakes as the must have addition for top - notch eLearning.

«If the pupil premium turns out to be a token amount of money compared to existing deprivation funding, extra funding on top of a smaller budget, or paid for by cutting other programmes that help the most disadvantaged children then this announcement may turn out to be little more than a gimmick.»

Additional proof that this budget move is nothing more than a gimmick, is the fact that the new budget makes no attempt to provide the additional resources that would be needed to care for those children, if they were actually moved back into the Bridgeport schools.

actually what makes a complete mockery of the rules for a hybrid are the Press to Pass Hypercar pretenses of being a hybrid that are in fact nothing more than a gimmick..

Unlike some semi-autos, where the manual shift is little more than a gimmick, the F - Type's gearbox combines the control, accuracy and punch of a double - clutch transmission with the smoothness of a traditional self - shifter.

The Zero Gravity technology Nissan notes is more than a gimmick; there is a feeling of orbiting above a typical seat's pressure points, all while being held gently in place by the side bolsters.

These are more than a gimmick — they really do make a noticeable impact on feel and fuel returns.

Although the book may prove too philosophical for some, Zevin offers readers more than a gimmick - driven novel of ideas: the world of Elsewhere is too tangible for that.

A lot of people responded rather negatively to my last post questioning whether Nokia had a tablet strategy and decrying the entire idea of the tablet market as little more than a gimmick — Too large to be a phone and marginally more functional but smaller than an even a netbook and significantly less productive.

until they put together a cheap, affordable ebook reader for the masses it's going to be nothing more than a gimmick for the average person.

However, we do wonder if waterproofing this tablet is anything more than a gimmick.

We're still not entirely sure the haptic feedback for turning through pages is more than a gimmick, but can see the allure it might have.

In some cases it may be no more than a gimmick, but clandestine dining has still become very much the fashion in Barcelona.

Wait until you don't have to make such drastic concessions for the sake of what many people few as little more than a gimmick.

But then I recall that, 95 % of the time, 3D is still little more than a gimmick.

In practice, this is little more than a gimmick, just like the Sony Move and the Nintendo Wii's motion controls before it.

In its current state, Far Cry Arcade is nothing more than a gimmick, but I expect the custom levels to improve dramatically over the coming weeks and months, and so will the experience.

Initially, it's cool to rush through walls and knock down kills in a stylish slow motion, but it's more than a gimmick.

Yet, they want to build a 3D system — a technology that many people say is nothing more than a gimmick.

Much more than a gimmick, this revolutionises gameplay adding air, land and sea driving challenges to the campaign, as well as a standalone kart - racing mode.

I didn't really know what to expect since I'm well aware the franchise is designed for children, so even though I was excited to finally give a Skylanders title a try I assumed the NFC - enabled figures would end up being little more than a gimmick.

Maria Morganti is one of those rare artists fortunate enough to have developed a seemingly inexhaustible idiom that is wholly her own — more meaningful than a gimmick, yet simple enough to sustain infinite variation.

Believe it or not, it's more than a gimmick

If Apple does indeed remove the 3D Touch from the iPhone X SE, it will be seen as nothing more than a gimmick that only customers who purchase the more expensive iPhones may enjoy.

The Huawei P20 Pro proves three isn't always a crowd with its innovative triple - lens camera system, that turns out to be something way more than a gimmick.

My past experiences with fingerprint readers like the ones that shipped with notebooks for a spell had led me to the conclusion that they were little more than a gimmick.

This isn't the promise of goggle - based computing that William Gibson, Neal Stephenson, and even former Gizmodo EIC Annalee Newitz have espoused in their cyberpunk novels, but it's the first mixed reality experience that feels like more than a gimmick or a tool for gamers alone.

But while we've seen this sort of thing before, manufacturers have been refining their designs to build dual - camera systems that are more substance than gimmick, and for the past several weeks now we've been looking forward to Huawei kicking of the spring season of smartphone launches with a dual - camera model of its own: the P9.

The same sensor is found on Samsung's new Gear smart watch lineup and certainly makes more sense ona wearable device, but unfortunately it's nothing more than a gimmick on the Galaxy S5.

At the same time, it is quite big for comfortable one - handed use and the secondary screen is nothing more than a gimmick.