The Best
Tech Of 2017
Gadgets
that helped in making our lives more meaningful and stress free!
2017. Easily one of the
best years in tech and innovation. That’s why doing this annual pilgrimage of
drilling down to a list of the best of 2017 was super tough. My first draft had
137 gadgets! Here is the best tech of 2017.
SUPER COOL Saregama Caravan is an MP3 player as well as a
classic radio
DJI Spark
Pholio
An app that every month
automatically prints the best pictures on your phone in stunning quality and
delivers it to your home. Try it now as the first month is free.
Nintendo Switch
Nintendo once again has a
super winner on it hands. More people brought back this Hybrid Gaming system
from their travels abroad than duty-free chocolate and liquor.
iPhone X
The welcome return of
Apple to the innovation bandwagon. A phone that broke all rules and got almost
everything right. The screen notch on top maybe a design flaw, but the rest of
it is pure magic.
Samsung Galaxy S8
A phone that defies
criticism. Stunning looks, the best phone screen ever, the best camera, amazing
hardware and some really nifty features. The S8 set a very high bar for
everyone else this year.
Honor 7X
An almost perfect phone
at a price that is beyond perfect. Honor sells this for an equivalent of around
.23,000 in international markets. In India, we get all that design, optics and
screen perfection at around 12K.
One Plus 5T
Star Wars edition or just
the 5T – here’s a phone you can’t go wrong with. They may have lost street cred
for retiring the OP5 too quickly, but the 5T is a formidable device.
HP Spectre X 360 Laptop
This is HP shedding its
boxy design legacy and stunning the world. It’s like buying a piece of art and
then typing on it. I challenge you to find a better laptop this year. It’s
small, it folds, it’s almost pocketable, it’s got AI, gesture control, object
collision detection and kickass optics. If only drone laws in India could keep
pace with how quickly this technology is flying. The biggest disappointments
include the iPhone8 for being ill-timed in release and Google Pixel 2 for doing
nothing radical
Saregama Caravan
5000 classic songs, Retro
radio, MP3 player, bluetooth speaker. It’s the old perfectly merged with the
new. Time to have Lata, Kishore and Rafi jamming in your bedroom.
Amazon Echo
The whole Echo portfolio
is excellent but now that there is an integrated model with a Home Automation
hub built in, there is no reason for you to think of anything else.
FitBit Ionic
It was impossible to get
as the demand was so high and for good reason. This is by far the best fitness
band and smartwatch in the World now. Swim, spin, run, lift weights – it auto
detects everything. It comes with a five-day battery life and stunning design
to boot.
BenQ W1700 4K Projector
Buying a 4K Projector
meant shelling out around 10 lakhs. The W1700 breaks all conventions. 4K with
HDR 10, super small and light, this one cost around 2 lakhs. The ultimate big
screen machine.
GoQii Fitness Eco System
A fitness band that is
also your payment system, your coach, your doctor and your health insurance
system. If this company keeps up this pace it’ll soon be driving your car and
having sex for you too.
Biggest
Disappointments of 2017
The iPhone 8, for being
ill timed in release and poor in differentiation and the Google Pixel 2 for
setting new standards with version 1 and taking a whole year to do almost
nothing radical with the 2.
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Rajiv Makhni is managing editor, Technology,
NDTV, and the anchor of Gadget Guru, Cell Guru and Newsnet 3
HTBR31DEC17
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