Being a tech geek means you have to keep yourself updated with almost all the cool tech gadget coming in the market on daily basis. Apart from the big tech stuff like smartphones and laptops or some $500 gadget for your home or office, you need to keep an eye on the small, cool and useful stuff that is worth spending your money at.
These cool tech gadget are mostly under the radar, but they are actually pretty cool and useful for your daily tasks and routine that you simply cannot ignore.
We made a list of top 10 best tech gadgets that you can buy under $50 according to your needs. These tech stuff will add more functionality to your current tech products that you are using. You can also buy these tech stuff to gift someone as we all have tech geeks in family and friends circle so this list will be helpful for many purposes.
Amazon Echo Dot:
Driven by Amazon’s Alexa digital, this is a smaller version of Amazon Echo with some amazing features. You can use Echo Dot as a controller of your home’s lights, TV, AC, it can read books and news for you, or can answer your trivia questions, you can play your favorite music via this mini device.
It can also set timers, alarms and reminders for you and can provide local movie times, locations, can book Uber for you or do anything from Amazon. It’s a very unique and useful gadget that you can have for your self or gift it to any person from your social or family circle.
It simply gives you accessibility and command on your home devices. Amazon Echo costs $49 and it’s one of the best tech gadget you can have under $50.
Google Chromecast Audio:
This mini device let you listen to your favorite audio anytime you want, just plug Chromecast audio with any speaker around you and it will allow you to stream every single Google Cast-capable service. It’s a simple device with some really useful features.
Chromecast Audio has the ability to work together with additional Chromecast Audio devices. It is a small device but with very useful purposes and its incredibly cheap, you can get it in just $35.
Amazon Fire:
This isn’t the best tablet available in the market but it surely is the cheapest of all, for $50 this amazing tablet lets you do all the basic things you could ask for, like web browsing, YouTube, movies, games, downloading etc.
Amazon Fire is a very basic tablet with moderate specifications and screen resolution; it has a 7-inch display with a 1.3 GHz Quad-Core processor and expandable storage.
If you like to have a faster version of Amazon Fire, you will need to pay more. The basic version is pretty decent for a normal everyday use. The Amazon Fire is priced at $49.99.
Samsung 750 EVO 120GB SSD:
This probably is the best quality SSD available in the market at such a cheap price that you would never miss buying it. This SSD works wonders if you run your windows with this instead of running windows from the hard disk.
It’s a 2.5-inch top quality SSD from Samsung with a fast, smooth and consistent performance, the Samsung’s RAPID caching software running in this SSD provides extra speed boost to the PC.
This SSD device comes in many storage options and this is the 120GB version that you can get for $50. It can also be used as a flash storage device.
Roku Streaming Stick:
This mini stick can also be a great gift to someone who still doesn’t use a smart TV or streaming box for his or her entertainment.
This is a thumb-sized device that comes with a remote control simply plugs into the HDMI slot of the TV, giving you lots options to select form streaming apps to the screen, that selection includes app for almost all the popular subscription services like Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime, HBO Go etc.
It’s a really great tech device that comes at a great price ($30) that you should have at home.
TP Link AC750 Dual Wi-Fi Range Extender:
If you happen to live at a large place where the Wi-Fi signals are weak and they seem to be disconnected much often, you need to get this Wi-Fi extender from TP-Link.
Its really a useful device that strengthen your your Wi-Fi’s signal strengths and give a you pretty decent range. It has and excellent coverage with a great compatibility with almost all the Wi-Fi routers, especially the TP-Links ones.
The speed might gets a bit low I mean it wont be as fast as sitting next to your Wi-Fi router but still it will be a great solution for the problem of getting weak signals. TP-Link Wi-Fi extender costs $44.99 only.
Sony MDRZX110NC Headphones:
These are one of the very few headphones that come under $50 and have a noise-cancelling feature. The sound quality of these headphones is really great given the price they come at.
The headphones run on the adaptors and are easily folded, making it good for traveling cause they won’t take much space.
You will need to have AAA batteries installed to get the noise-cancelling feature. The price of Sony MDRZX110NC is $30 and you can buy it online from Amazon.
Xiaomi Mi Band 2
This could possibly the most beneficial tech gift to your loved ones, even the people who are not much into tech like your parents or grandparents can totally take benefit from this compact fitness tracker from Mi, you can track the number of steps, distance covered, calories burned, heart beat rate and even the sleep you had in one day with this device.
This mini fitness band covers pretty much everything there is. And that is not it! Mi band has a connectivity with your phone and it shows the basic notifications from your smartphone too! Yes that makes it really cool for the price it comes at.
This device is IP67 rated for dust and water resistance and comes with a battery life of unbelievable 20 days on a single charge. Xiaomi Mi Band 2 costs just $20.
Anker PowerCore Speed:
This is something that everyone needs, powerbanks have become very essential for us because of the smartphones not having enough battery backup to run all day or for the people who travel most of the time and don’t get time to charge their phones.
This powerbank from Anker is a 10,000 mAh that features Qualcomm QuickCharge 3.0 support, yes its probably one of the few powerbanks available in the market that provides quick charging with accuracy.
The 10,000-mAh-battery capacity can charge any of your smartphone 2 times with a full charge and it’s very compact and portable too. You can get this for only $29.99.
Symca X5C:
This is the last gadget on our list that you can buy under $50. The Symca X5C is a great choice for the people who want to learn how to fly a drone.
With up to 8 minutes of fly time and with Gyrometer for stability this Quad-Copter can perform 360 degrees spins and flips just at the touch of the button.
You also get a 720p recording 2mp camera to record a video while flying this quad-copter, The LED indicator lights let you fly this copter even at the nighttime. Symca X5C is available on the Amazon for just $42.99 and it can also be a perfect gift to a person who is in to flying drones and stuff.
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