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IFROGZ CODA WIRELESS It’s crazy that you can now spend R700 on a pair of wireless headphones that have a wired audio option via 3,5mm, sound better than cans twice the price, offer 10 hours of battery life and have some of the best Bluetooth connection performance outside of Beats devices. I haven’t even mentioned the superb sound isolation from the cups, although people with bigger ears won’t experience the same seal that I got. ifrogz have absolutely nailed this product; get it at takealot.com and Musica. HISENSE C30 ROCK At first it felt like Hisense reached into my mind and extracted my idea of the ideal handset. R Rubber bumpers on each end, dramatically contrasting colour palette and carbon fibre weave are an elegantly deceptive camouflage for a properlyprope rugged device. The spell was broken when I realised that the power button didn’t in fact house a fingerprint reader. Pity that, because the AndroidA 7.0 and Qualcomm processor were decent upgrades from last yea year’s C20 KO budget king. Keep your eye on this brand; they’re doing gr great things. R4 500, Hisense.co.za HP SPECTRE PRO 13 These gorgeous looks and svelte dimensions come at a price. The first is only USB type- C ports, one of which is charge locked for USB C standard charging, ging, pretty much only y the charger that comes mes in the box. The second ond is the cooling fans for the proper Intel Core i7 processor.cessor. This machine made me realise that I need more than an ultrabook to get work done, likeike legacy ports and a touchscreen.en.

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