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this is the top 5 tech of the year based on what CNET readers researched so instead of doing an absolute top 5 which would sound something like this phone phone phone phone and phone we're going to highlight a few products per category how we ranking this long story short I looked at the top 100 products and categorized each it turns out that the 100 all fit within roughly 10 categories will rank by category mention a product or two and then repeat count along with me and number five is PCs well look at that computers are not entirely dead yet while phones and tablets have gotten more powerful over time it's still hard to beat a notebook sometimes you guys were really interested in the Dell XPS 13 and who could blame you it's got a great looking design with a smaller body it still has that weird placement for a webcam though you well at least squirrels like it on the Apple side the 15-inch MacBook Pro with touch bar was the leader it has a lot more power than previous versions of MacBook Pros along with that questionable keyboard coming at number four is smart home stuff I was surprised to see the nest hello gain the most attention of all the smart home gadgets this year you can take a look at who is at your door from your phone plus chat with people at the door from the hello the Google home hub also racked up the views this year that's the one with the screen as for Amazon it's cloud cam was below those two alphabet things maybe people aren't researching Amazon stuff like the echo since people already know what they do theorized amongst yourselves coming at number three are headphones the leader of the pack was a Sony WH 1000 XM 2 these headphones can handle atmospheric pressure optimizing meeting and helps with airplane use that Sony is currently battling with a Bose QuietComfort 35 - which came in at number 2 for headphones this year after that it's time for ear buds with the Jabra elite 65 t no wires just two buds you shoving your head the elite at 65 t can survive around 5 hours on a single charge coming in at number two our home theater things the top TV was a TCL sixty-five are 617 let's look at the review page the best picture quality for the money in 2018 well that explains the interest it runs the Roku's Smart TV platform has deep black levels and accurate color it seems like those who were looking for a TV also wanted good sound to go along with it that explains the Vizio SB 36:21 sound bar at number two let's look the review page the king of the budget sound bars as for streaming boxes the Apple TV 4k was king of the mountains and what category could possibly be number one say it with me smart mirrors it's the hottest category of 2018 and is the most widely adopted technology since the last one we know will we all see in those products we see ourselves and we love us all right we all know it's phones and if you've watched this far you just want data so here goes the phone that made you pay attention is these Samsung Galaxy Note 9 yeah really it's pricy it's powerful and it's the last big Samsung release of the year next up was the iPhone 10 not the newer 10s what was number 3 for 2018 the iPhone 10 R that's the phone that does pretty much everything a 10s can do including attempting to take pictures of pigeons as an aside the only video game system that popped up in the 100 was the Nintendo switch that does it for us Amaya Zack turn I'll see you online