Have you kept your Holiday shopping for the last minute, or are you partaking in one of the Twitter Secret Santas and scrambling to get your Santee something before the end of the year? We’ve rounded up 10 super cool tech gifts for any budget – ranging from Rs. 299 to Rs. 5999 – so you can make your decision in a pinch. Happy shopping!
*The prices listed below are current as of December 23rd, 2014.
Portable Keychain Charger
Where: Flipkart
Current price: Rs. 649
If you know someone who’s always stuck without a charged phone, gift them a keychain charger. It’s compact and they’ll likely always have it with them if they use it as their default keychain. For iPhone users, try the Nomad ChargeKey, currently priced at Rs. 1675 on Ebay.
Keyboard skins
Where: Ebay
Current price: Rs. 299 for the Macbook Pro
For the Macbook users in your life, a cool keyboard skin can be super fun. You can get these everywhere and the prices vary somewhat, but the cheapest we could find right now is Rs. 299 on one Ebay store that sells solid colours. If you want a multicoloured skin – like most of us at Team MissMalini have – try this Ebay store, which sells them for Rs. 449. Flipkart has a bunch of keyboard skins for other laptops as well; however, the Macbook ones are most widely-found.
Selfie stick
Where: Ebay
Current price: Rs. 499
A fun, inexpensive gift for the selfie addict in your life – and you likely have at least one.
Portable speakers
Where: Croma
Current price: Rs. 1990
Everyone will, at some point, find use for portable speakers, so this is a good gift to get if you’re not entirely sure what the other person will need.
Quirky pen drives
Where: Propshop24
Current price: Rs. 590
Again, this is one of those things that everyone needs, but they only make great gifts when you find quirky ones. Propshop24 has a bunch of cute 8GB ones for Rs. 590 each, Flipkart has a 32GB Batman one currently priced at Rs. 809, Ebay has a 8GB Superman one at Rs. 540. There are a bunch everywhere on the Internet, so keep looking until you find one that you like.
Vintage style microphone
Where: Why So Serious
Current price: Rs. 1999
This is a super cool gift for any aspiring singer, RJ, or podcast host in your life. And the best part is that even when it’s not in use, it makes for a beautiful show piece.
Over-the-ear headphones
Where: Vijay Sales
Current price: Rs. 649
Everyone has earbuds, but over-the-ear headphones are great for people who work in an office all day long since they’re not out-and-about and portability isn’t much of an issue. Over-the-ear headphones can be more comfortable (they don’t keep popping out), they’re better at blocking out the world, and the sound quality is good.
GOQii band
Where: GoQii
Current price: Rs. 5999 for the band + a 12-month plan/Rs. 4199 for the band + a 6-month plan.
For the fitness freak in your life, the GOQii band (available in multiple colours) is a good choice. It collects data on how many steps a person has taken, the distance walked, the number of calories burned, and sleep patterns. This information gets transferred to the app and provides analytics to both the user and a human coach, in order to help achieve fitness goals.
iPhone Flashdrive
Where: Flipkart
Current price: Rs. 3999
Know an iPhone user who keeps complaining about the lack of a memory card slot in the iPhone? This is a good gift for them! It’s a 16GB flashdrive that connects to your iPhone, which means you can store stuff on it – like movies – that you want to access once in a while but not keep on your phone permanently to take up space. It’s useful for file transfers, as you can put stuff on it and then copy that directly to your phone (via an app), bypassing iTunes syncing. It can work between two iOS devices, which means you can transfer files between two phones without needing a computer.
FIFA 15
Where: Flipkart
Current price: Varies – Rs. 4490 for Xbox One; Rs. 3199 for PC; Rs. 3999 for PS4; Rs. 3600 for PS3, Rs. 2799 for Wii.
If there’s a video game lover in your life, you can’t really go wrong with the latest FIFA. Order it online if you have time, or pick it up at a store if you’re in a rush!
Do you have any fun, last-minute ideas for tech gifts?