Best Lifehacker Reviews in 2016

2024 Author: Malcolm Clapton | [email protected]. Last modified: 2024-01-13 00:26

Over the past year, Lifehacker has tested many gadgets. Together with the cashback service, we have collected the coolest reviews for you to help you choose the best technique.

Smartphones

2016 will be remembered for fancy flagships with unexpected technical solutions, huge screens and cool cameras. And also an army of Chinese budget smartphones that show fantastic results at their modest price.

Samsung Galaxy S7

Let's start with the heavy artillery - Samsung's flagship. Quality, design, filling - everything is beyond praise. The price is also rather big, but there is something to pay for.

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Oneplus 3

Cool flagships in the smartphone lineup are emerging at such a rate that it looks more like an arms race. Therefore, it is not surprising that someone tried to end this war. What came of it, find out from the review of OnePlus 3 - a smartphone that has been called the flagship killer.

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Meizu M3s mini

This is not a joke: in 2016 an excellent smartphone appeared, which costs less than 8,000 rubles. It seems that the budget "Chinese" have become so good that it makes no sense to spend money on flagships. See for yourself.

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Xiaomi Redmi 3s

A smartphone that in terms of price-quality ratio can only be compared with Meizu M3s mini. If you need a great gadget for good money, then choose from these two smartphones - you won't go wrong.

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Acoustics

Good music helps you live and work, but you need to listen to it with the help of cool gadgets.

AfterShokz Trekz Titanium

These are very strange headphones that leave your ears free. AfterShokz Trekz Titanium works by bone conduction. You listen to your favorite music without falling out of life. A necessary gadget for playing sports or walking around the city, when for security reasons it is impossible to completely immerse yourself in oneself.

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Creative iRoar

The sound that Lifehacker's editors enjoy. Find out why we love Creative and why we don't want to part with the iRoar portable speaker (spoiler alert: it's cool).

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JBL Charge 3

A portable speaker that is not afraid of water and dirt, so you can safely take it to nature. The life hacker tried to drown the JBL Charge 3, but the device passed the aquarium test with flying colors.

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Fitness

A life hacker cannot imagine life without sports, so in 2016 we tried gadgets for athletes again.

Xiaomi Mi Band 2

Xiaomi has made the Mi Band fitness tracker well, and the advanced version is even better. You will have to pay more for a display and a long-lasting battery, but there is something for that. Unsurprisingly, the Mi Band is an example of an inexpensive sports bracelet.

Garmin Forerunner 235

If the Mi Band is a tracker for everyone, then the Garmin Forerunner is already for the pros who cannot live without running, as ordinary people cannot live without food and water. Smart watch, with which you can reach the marathon.

And everything else

Among the cool gadgets, there are some truly wonderful things not only for users, but also for developers. Maybe you can use them to make a device that makes the list of the best in 2017.

Raspberry Pi 2

The most famous and demanded microcomputer for developers. For ridiculous money, you get a tool for endless experiments and thousands of ideas.

Vichy VC99

Here is a device that will definitely come in handy for a real geek. If you cannot imagine life without electronics and electrics, you know how not only to use it, but also to repair, improve or even invent gadgets, you need a multimeter. This is a device that combines an ammeter, voltmeter and ohmmeter.

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