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Once the initial dopamine rush of holding a shiny new thing wears off on Christmas Day, you re usually left with one important question: what comes next? Assuming your first thought wasn t to ask your beloved for a receipt or divorce them on the spot, we re here to make life a little bit easier, with a slate of tips, tricks and advice for seven of this year s most popular tech gifts. From the Apple Watch to Sony s Playstation 5, here s our pick of the best apps, accessories and tips for those gadget fans who made Santa s “nice list”. And if you already own any of this tech? You might just learn a new trick or two.
Today only: Save up to 67% on data storage devices from Amazon
If you’re lucky enough to get a shiny new device this holiday season, you might quickly find yourself short on storage. The Amazon Deal of the Day is your chance to expand your data storage options for the next 13 hours or so anyway. It’s promoted as up to 30% off on the site but the Bezos minions are selling it short; some devices are reduced by as much as 67% in the sale.
A whole host of SD and microSD cards are available, with the eye immediately drawn to the discounts on the SanDisk cards. The market-leading brand has both the SanDisk Extreme and SanDisk Ultra on offer at prices lower than or equal to the Black Friday sales. The 512GB SanDisk Ultra is just $59.99 ($120 off) and the 512GB SanDisk Extreme is down to $79.99 ($120 off). Both are ideal for your new phone or camera, with the latter better suited if you’ll be filming in 4K resolution.
For PCs that need all the external storage this sale can muster, there’s the 12TB WD My Book desktop external hard drive for $200. That’s down from the more recent $250 and the all-time low, which we haven’t seen since the spring. There’s plenty of room in this drive for backups as well as a large media library.
For something a little more modest, how about a 512GB SanDisk Ultra microSD card for $60? That’s another all-time low and far cheaper than the $75 to $80 it usually sells for. It’s also a steal for a microSD card with this much capacity.