Gadgetory

welcome top-five I'm your host is Akhtar it's back-to-school time the time some parents look forward to and most kids don't why not help out the enterprising student in your life with something that will help them get the most out of the new school year here are the top 5 tech gifts for students as picked by senior editors and number 5 was a sony action cam mini when you're young and you have lots of energy there's a chance you might do some friggin awesome stuff you'll need documentation of that in some way and the sony action cam Mini is affordable at a bit over $200 and it's tiny so it can be mounted to all kinds of odd places it's also splash proof in case things get a little crazy your student gets video of cool stuff while their phones stay safe and tucked away number four is an AV gear for increased productivity students need breaks what will they do during their downtime relax by putting something on TV but kids aren't watching cable or live TV they're streaming everything so how about a nice new Roku 2 it's got a super-fast interface and searches through lots of apps to find something to watch plus it pretty much runs every video streaming service you can think of what's that your student doesn't have a TV get him a new TV then check out the Vizio e-series they start around $400 for a 40 inch screen tablets might be getting more and more powerful but it's really hard to beat a real computer at number three is a laptop since this machine's gonna be deluged from classroom to classroom it should be lightweight on the windows side check out the 2.8 pound Dell XPS 13 the screen is near bezel lists that means you get 13 inch display in the same body size as an 11 or 12 inch laptop it starts at around $800 but if you can swing it we suggest pumping up the XPS 13 with some upgrades like a touchscreen and an Intel Core i5 processor Apple fans will be pleased with a three-pound 13-inch MacBook Air the last update brought improved battery life in our tests this thing ran 18 hours on a charge 18 hours the most forgetful student will have a hard time running into a dead laptop but the MacBook Air at number two is a good pair of headphones particularly the bose soundtrue headphones they're light and easy to travel with since they all fold up seeing that David car noise says the bose soundtrue headphones are ultra comfortable and delivers smooth generally well balanced fairly open sound as a student I've always found the headphones indispensable either they help me drown on noisy roommates block outside world or help me hear a lecture online also who doesn't like listening to music as a distraction from the rigors of education at number one is a new smartphone if you're looking to gift an Apple iPhone you might want to hold off and get an Apple gift card for now because Apple has a tendency to rev iPhones in September on the Android side though seeing that to Jessica dull court really likes the Samsung Galaxy s6 active it costs the same as the regular Galaxy s6 but features a sturdier build and it's water-resistant oh and it has a 3,500 milliamp hour battery which is quite the improvement on the s6 is 25 50 milliamp hour battery however it is a bit plasticky style-conscious students might like the galaxy s6 or the HTC One m9 better for all of our vex school pics head on over to back-to-school cnet.com for more top fives like this check out top 5 to Netcom Amaya's a car and i'll see you later