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Best earbuds with microphone for $25 or less in 2024
Strapped for cash but need an audio upgrade? Here's a roundup of the best basic earbuds
Wireless earbuds truly are a wonder, and wearing them sure beats being tangled in a throng of wires. However, if you're looking to get a pair with all features like Active Noise Cancelling or 3D spatial audio, the best wireless earbuds don't come cheap.
Save a cool $100 on Google's i5 Pixelbook Go
A meaty discount on one of the best laptop keyboards around
It's been almost two years since Google made a proper Chromebook for the masses. The Pixelbook Go is the company's most recent device meant for the casual user, with a more traditional form factor and magnesium chassis to improve its affordability and longevity. Despite Google's cost-saving measures, the laptop has simply been too expensive, with a $650 sticker price being less competitive than similarly equipped Chromebooks. But there's still a lot to love about it, and if you've been itching to buy it on sale, today's your lucky day — you can snag an i5 Pixelbook at Amazon for $100 off.
This Chromebook would make a perfect first laptop for your kid, and it's super affordable right now
Today only, you can get it for over 50% off at Best Buy
Acer's a well-established name in the Chromebook market. With its newest Tigerlake Chromebooks tearing through even the heaviest desktop apps, it's getting increasingly clear that the company is betting big with its hardware. As more institutions turn to Google's platform to bring millions of students online, Acer's Chromebook 512 is a no-brainer play by Acer to expand even further into the booming education market. And for today only, you can get this super-affordable Chromebook at Best Buy for a mere $130 — over 50% off its $280 price tag.
Move over, Fire tablets: Samsung's brand-new Galaxy Tab A7 Lite is already 20% off
Amazon and B&H have it for $130
It's tough for Android tablets to compete in the market, especially with Apple's iPad single-handedly dominating the space. But for casual users looking for a cheap and portable "Netflix machine" to stream from the comfort of their couch, nothing fits the bill better than Samsung's Galaxy Tab A7 Lite. It's a great bang-for-buck tablet that could easily outpace its Amazon Fire competition, and today, you can pick one up for $130 on Amazon and B&H — normally priced at $160.The Samsung Tab A7 Lite is no iPad, equipped with decidedly middle-of-the-road specifications. Its 8.7-inch TFT LCD screen with 1340 x 800 (WXGA+) resolution is nothing to write home about, but its slim and sturdy metal frame should provide decent protection to the tablet. It's got a quad-core MediaTek Helio P22T processor, 3GB of RAM (configurable to 4GB), and 32GB of eMMC flash storage. There's a single USB Type-C port (capable of 15W charging) and a microSD card slot on the side if you need more storage, too. The A7 Lite runs Android 11 using the company's One UI 3.1, and its 5,100mAh battery is ample enough to get you through an entire day.
Samsung's Galaxy A7 Lite is a capable tablet for casual media use, and you can snag one from Amazon and B&H for $30 off right now. For those on the fence about grabbing the Samsung Galaxy Tab A7 Lite, it's a great budget tablet for the money — and one you should pull the trigger on.Buy: Amazon, B&H
Much of the innovation in Android right now is happening on the budget side of things. At a time when high-end phones are making largely incremental improvements over previous models, low-end handsets have gone from being barely functional iPhone sales pieces to compelling devices that make for great starter phones.
Getting your hands on a budget tablet for around a hundred bucks isn't particularly challenging, but these decidedly underwhelming gadgets typically don't come with the latest version of Android. Toshiba intends to do budget shoppers one better by providing them with a 7-inch tablet with Android 4.4, all for $110. This little guy goes by the name of Excite Go.
The Archos name isn't unheard of around these parts, but while the company has introduced more than a handful of affordable tablets into the market, it isn't the first brand to come to mind when thinking of smartphones. It has produced some before, but they were nothing particularly exciting. Now the company will up its game by rolling out not one but two 4G LTE-capable smartphones at CES next week - the largely identical-looking 45 and 50 Helium.
BLU is an up-and-coming smartphone manufacturer offering budget-friendly devices that have a knack for also being halfway decent. Today they've announced a new line of smartphones that look situated to continue this trend. The DASH series won't blow anyone's minds, but these highly affordable, and dare I say - adorable, handsets could make for a decent way to introduce a newcomer to the world of smartphones.
Since there's no shortage of good, name-brand cases for the Nexus 7, it's generally not a bad idea to be wary of the cheapies. But after getting a heads up from Bob Severns (the guy who presses the buttons on our podcast), I decided to give a pair of $4 Nanum cases a go. Having never heard of "Nanum" before, I was skeptical of how good this extremely affordable duo would be. But much to my surprise, both of these cases are pretty great.
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