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The Best Gadgets and Gear in 2022
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Not sure what headphones, smartwatch or laptop to buy? We've got you covered with our round-up of the very best gadgets out there.
The Smartphone: Apple iPhone 13
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Screen: 6.1-inch OLED | Processor : A15 Bionic | Cameras: 12MP wide, ultra-wide
The iPhone 13 ($888) is the best phone you can buy right now. The 13 range doesn't represent a big step-up from the iPhone 12 but, rather, a smart evolution in the vein of previous “S” iPhone iterations. The results amount to improved battery life, a speedy and easy-to-use experience, a boosted camera and interesting new iOS features like Cinematic Mode and SharePlay.
Price: $888
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The Gaming Laptop: Asus ROG Zephyrus M16 (2021)
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Screen: 16-inch QHD | GPU: Up to RTX 3070 | CPU: Up to i9-11900H
From its productivity machines to gaming devices, Asus has had a stellar couple of years. The Asus ROG Zephyrus G15 and G14 particularly stud out as high-powered yet portable gaming titans. The Asus ROG Zephyrus M16 (from $1968) smartly builds on the G15 by adding a slim bezel, 16:10 display and a stealthy black look. You may be limited to an RTX 3070, but this gaming laptop is unrivalled for how it excels in all areas.
Price: $2,220
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The Fitness Tracker: Fitbit Luxe
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Weight: 28g | Battery life: 5 days | Sensors: Optical HR, SpO2, Skin Temperature
The Fitbit Luxe ($136) may not be aimed at the most hardcore of fitness enthusiasts but its in slim style and all-round capabilities that make it our top fitness tracker pick. Its lightweight makes it ideal for sleep tracking while also coming equipped with the key bells and whistles you expect from a tracker–save for GPS, though.
Price: $149
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The Laptop: Dell XPS 13 (Late 2020)
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Weight: 1.2kg | Battery life: 12 hours | Screen: 13.4-inch 1080p/4K
The Dell XPS 13 (from $788.13) is the best laptop you can buy right now. This 13-inch laptop is slim and light yet is powerful enough to deal with a heavy workload. There are numerous configuration options, including non-glare screens, Full HD or UHD and touchscreen versions. The tiny screen bezel means it has a very small footprint, making it easy to fit in any bag. The addition of Tiger Lake processors and Xe graphics to the latest models means basic gaming is a reality, allowing for Rocket League and more on the go.
Price: $788
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The Headphones: Sony WH-1000XM4
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Weight: 255g | Battery life: 30 hours | Noise cancelling: Yes
Sitting atop our lists for the best headphones overall as well as the best-in-class for noise cancelling, the Sony WH-1000XM4 ($253) continues Sony’s stellar runner at the front of the over-ear headphones pack. The new WH-1000XM4 don’t reinvent the wheel compared to their already phenomenal predecessors but, instead, make some slight tweaks to keep them cutting edge. You’ll get remarkable noise-cancelling, strong battery life, ingenious sound and a comfy fit – a winning combo.
Price: $253
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The Bluetooth Speaker: UE Megaboom 3
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Weight: 925g | Battery life: 20 hours | Waterproof: IP67
The genuinely fantastic UE Megaboom 3 ($200) is our top pick from all the Bluetooth speakers we've tested. It balances features, sound quality and value better than any of its rivals with an impressive 20 hour battery life and the ability to stereo pair and daisy chain with other UE speakers.
Price: $200
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askme990 · 2 years
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Putin will not survive a failed war in Ukraine
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Vladimir Putin has had a very bad week. His army, allegedly refurbished after its poor performance in the war against Georgia in 2008, has failed to deliver the promised blitzkrieg. It has launched a brutal bombardment of Kharkhiv, Ukraine’s second largest city, full of Russian speakers who were supposed to welcome Putin's soldiers as liberators.
Meanwhile, Ukraine’s capital Kiev, which Russians like to call 'the mother of Russian cities', looks as if it is about to suffer the same fate. The Ukrainians are fighting more fiercely than anyone had expected, perhaps even than they themselves. And they are winning the information war, out-hacking and out-twittering Putin’s people in the most ingenious ways. They may lose the battle if Putin unleashes all his power against them. But they are forging their identity in war, and when it is over no Russian will be able to say, as Putin did, that Ukraine does not exist as a nation.
The West, which Putin had dismissed as decadent and disunited, has delivered punishing blows to his economy, and his people are already feeling the consequences. He has brought about a revolution in German policy. The despised European Union (Putin called it a 'hamster') has taken a wholly unprecedented step by financing arms supplies to Kiev. Even Putin’s erstwhile Hungarian admirer, Viktor Orban, now remembers how he opposed the Russian invaders in Budapest in 1956, and has stuck with his fellow Europeans.
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