Hi, this is Wayne again with a topic “Best Tech under $50!”.
Hey what is up guys mkbhd here and in the spirit of the holidays? These are some awesome tech, gifts or just things to get for yourself for under 50 bucks. Now this isn’t just a random collection of things that i found on the internet. That happen to be cheap, i’m gon na actually give you things that i use in my daily life and that i didn’t even realize were so awesome until you guys were asking more about them on twitter. So these are actually things that i use day to day and i’ll leave links to as many of them as i can right below and, as you guys know, these things also tend to sell out pretty quickly at their current prices. So i’ll also try to leave a sort of a second choice or an alternative to the first choice. Should it sell out so let’s just get right into it. So this is the thing that got this all started. It’S this little basic, simple, motorola power pack – and i was at the airport a couple of days ago on a trip, and i had this in my bag and charged up someone else’s iphone and charged up my nexus 6 and didn’t even have to think about it. Much and then just slipped it in my back pocket. This is super simple and easy.
I’Ve had it for, i guess a long time and i finally looked it up and it’s called the motorola power pack slim 4000.. Now i could easily recommend any one of like thousands of battery packs. As you guys know, there are tons of them, but the reason why i keep coming back and using this one over others, even of like a higher capacity, is because it has the usb cable built in so it’ll easily charge any phone that uses a micro, usb Cable, which is most uh, it also happens to have a usb port. So if you do want to bring an iphone, cable and charge an iphone, you can do it that way, but i found that this is the easiest way to charge basically any android phone. I just noticed my batteries low, plug it in and then slip them both back in my pocket and it’s charging up. It is a 4 000 milliamp hour capacity, as the name implies, so you can charge basically any phone from zero percent to a hundred percent and then some uh and it’s just simple basic, not too many uh buttons or any crazy things like flashlights on it.
Uh and the thing is, it was 23 the other day on amazon, so i tweeted it out because i found it and it turns out to be really inexpensive. Then, right after i tweeted the link, the price dropped to 18. So i guess what i’m saying is: get it while it’s cheap, there’s a couple of other charging options.
I’Ve used that i really like too another one with a built-in cable is called the travel card. It has a 1500 milliamp hour battery and it’s basically the size of a thick credit card and another one is this guy, the bolt which has a 3 000 milliamp hour battery? It doesn’t have a built-in cable, but it plugs right into the wall to charge which is really convenient, and i have two of these actually so i’ll have both of these linked right below that like button all right, another piece of tech is google chromecast, and i Actually, don’t watch tv that often in fact i don’t pay for a cable subscription at all. But when i do watch tv, it’s usually watching an nba game through nba league pass on a computer in another room chromecasting to my tv. So if you don’t know what chromecast is, i have a separate video review of it on my channel already, but essentially it turns your regular tv with an hdmi port into a sort of a google smart tv lets. You stream media lets you stream stuff from google chrome some movies. Some games youtube videos whatever it is.
It comes from google chrome and for less than 50 bucks. It’S awesome and definitely worth it now. Next up is a tech accessory, it’s phone cases now you guys know how i feel about phone cases, but really it’s not all about the technology in the phone, which is also nice, but it’s also about the experience, the entire ecosystem of things that make the tech Fun to use – and there are a lot of really good cases for phones out there – that can do exactly that, but i can’t really recommend any of them, because i don’t personally use cases so, john from tld. Let us know what’s good in the case world.
What’S up guys jonathan here and if you are looking to rock a case, i got you covered with a few options on three of the biggest baddest smartphones on the planet right now, the iphone 6 plus the galaxy note, 4 and, of course, the nexus 6.. So one of my complaints with the iphone 6 plus, is that it is slippery as hell. So if you’re looking to add some grip, one of my favorites is the varus thor. Now this comes in silver, gold, black, electric, blue and hot pink.
So if you’re looking to mix it up, you got some options. In addition to obviously adding grip, those four corners have extra padding. So it’s going to give you maximum shock absorption. Just in case you drop that mother.
You also get front-facing protection. The cutouts and ports are nice and clean and overall it is a really solid choice for the iphone 6 plus. Now, with the galaxy note 4 by itself, it offers some pretty stellar grip, but i think samsung has come a long ways with design. So you want to keep it pretty minimal and pretty lightweight, but if you do want just a little more protection, this is from i blast and it is their halo series hybrid case and it comes in for 10 bucks.
This is made out of scratch resistant material. So if you work in maybe a rougher environment, this will ensure protection on the back of your note, 4. last up for the nexus 6. This is from spigen, it’s their ultra hybrid series, bumper style case and again, just like the galaxy note. 4. I like this because it’s nice simple and clean now this comes in a few different colors. This is mint, so if you’re not rocking a white nexus, i really like the contrast that it gives the look. It’S also going to add some pretty solid grip and if you do drop your phone from time to time, like i admit i do sometimes it’s going to give you the peace of mind with a little added protection.
So now, with those case, recommendations here is another tech accessory to keep your device looking good without, i guess the added bulk of even the thinnest cases out there. You probably already guessed it and it’s skins for your phone. I am partial to dbrand skins just for the precision of fit and the wide variety of devices they can cover. But yeah skins are a great way to change the look or feel of a device for way less than 50 bucks, and it really takes your customization to the next level case in point. They have the nexus 6 option that lets you not only pick the color and the material, but you can pick the cutout on the back to be either full empty or just leave the x, showing, i think, that’s pretty dope, so i’ll have those linked below as Well, alright, random youtube chat time so, as far as i can see, or as far as i can tell, by watching a lot of people just getting started with youtube or with video in general focus a lot on the way the video looks, which is great, but Then forget about the way the video sounds and, for that reason, audio quality on youtube tends to be massively underrated, so this guy, this little guy will be able to take care of that. For you, it’s a usb microphone. It’S called the blue snowball and for 50 bucks you really don’t need to look any further in terms of bringing your audio quality to the next level. Think of your top 10 favorite youtubers.
I want to guarantee that at least five of them have used this exact microphone at some point in one of their videos. That’S how popular that’s, how easily vouch-for-able this thing is, you can ask them. They’Ve probably used it. So this thing is very popular and is an instant upgrade to any camera’s built-in microphone.
So if you’re looking to get started with youtube or with making videos and you’ve done the audio or video part of it and want to look at audio, look no further. So something else really high tech is wireless charging, and ever since i couldn’t get the nexus 6 to work with the nexus 5 wireless charger, i’ve been on the lookout for good ones that will work and actually by john’s recommendation. This is one of them. This is the aukey luna wireless charger. It’S pretty stylish, it’s not too distracting. It works, it charges your devices, it’s nice and it’s under 50 bucks, so it’s linked below.
So there you go guys. Those are my picks for some awesome tech gifts for either someone. You know or something you want to pick up for yourself.
I also did a video called top five most underpriced, tech and the things on that list are a little bit more expensive than 50 bucks, but those are also still some great deals. So if you want some more variety, you can check that out and the links below are probably just full of gold. There’S a ton of links below this video uh, but definitely all worth, checking out and also check out john’s channel tld where he is doing something.
Actually pretty insane and he’s uploading 12 straight days of top 5 tech deals, videos in various different prices and categories so definitely worth subscribing to check out the rest of those when they come out and he’s also giving a bunch of that stuff away. So i’ll leave that link below as well check out the description of this video. It’S basically full of gold and links galore and worth clicking on, but either way.
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