If you’re feeling the pressure to delay your holiday shopping — and you missed out on Black Friday and Cyber Monday — we’ve got you covered. We’ve got a number of gadgets on sale that make great gifts. make, many of which will ship in time for the holidays. One of the standouts is the current promo on Sony’s noise-canceling WH-1000XM5 headphones, which are on sale with a free pair of wireless earbuds. Other deals you may have missed out on include steep discounts on Amazon’s latest entry-level Kindle and the new Echo Dot Max.
Sony’s last gen WH-1000XM5 We’ve been consistently impressed with their audio quality, active noise cancellation and comfort. And right now, Amazon is offering them with a free pair from Sony WF-C700N Earbuds for $248 (2,152 off). The headphones have an updated design that includes a slimmer headband, more memory foam in the ear pads, and repositioned mics that reduce wind noise while taking calls. These changes didn’t add much weight, and the headphones still get 30 hours of playtime with ANC enabled.
The XM5 sounded “more refined, detailed and spacious” in our tests, but we noticed less OOMPH when listening to EDM or hip-hop tracks with lots of bass. The headphones have eight microphones, four of which are for voice, and their excellent noise reduction on calls was immediately noticeable, even in loud environments. . The $89.99 WF-C700N, meanwhile, are a midrange pair of noise-cancelling earbuds with an IPX4 rating, up to seven and a half hours of battery life (with ANC enabled), and a slim design.
Amazon’s 11th Gen Kindle Is our favorite budget-friendly e-reader, and you at Amazon, Best Buy, and Target. You can pick up the ad-supported version for $89.99 ($20 off). The entry-level e-book reader features a six-inch 300 ppi inky display that won’t glare from the sun like your phone or tablet. It has enough storage space to hold thousands of books, or dozens of audiobooks from Audible, which you can then play through Bluetooth headphones or speakers.
The Kindle’s built-in battery lasts up to six weeks, depending on how much you read per day and how much you rely on its backlight, and recharges over USB-C. It has the same screen resolution and storage as the step-by-step Kindle Paperwhite, but it’s not waterproof, which matters if you like to read on the beach or in the bath.
Amazon’s last-minute “Super Week” sales continue, though, and we’d argue that some of the better deals are actually some of the late discounts we’re seeing on Amazon’s own devices, many of which have been in effect for several weeks. Right now, for example, you can grab a new one Echo Dot Max At Amazon, Best Buy, and. Targeting $79.99 ($20 off), it’s the best price we’ve seen on a smart speaker since launch.
Despite the name, the Dot Max Echo isn’t short on Dot’s following as it’s the fourth-gen Echo from 2020. It’s got a compact fabric design, easier controls, a better processor, and more smart home sensors and radios than previous models (it offers support for Matter, Thread, and Zigbee protocols). It still looks great for its size, though, and like previous models, it can also act as a Wi-Fi extender if you’re looking at an AeroMesh network. It’s one of the first devices to offer Amazon’s AI-powered Alexa out of the box, which is still very much a work in progress, a step in the right direction.
