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Updated · Gizmodo · Jun 2
May Gadget Picks Spotlight $100 Fitbit Air and $650 Sony 1000X as Tech Prices Climb
Updated
Updated · Gizmodo · Jun 2

May Gadget Picks Spotlight $100 Fitbit Air and $650 Sony 1000X as Tech Prices Climb

1 articles · Updated · Gizmodo · Jun 2

Summary

  • $100 Fitbit Air led the month’s standout gadgets, offering weeklong battery life and broad health tracking without the subscription model used by rivals such as Whoop.
  • Anker’s Solix E10 also stood out as a modular home backup battery system, letting users stack up to five batteries per module and connect up to three modules as power-grid worries grow.
  • Premium audio and display gear dominated the list: Sony’s 1000X The Collexion headphones impressed despite a $650 price tag, while Sony’s Bravia 9 II TV pushed brightness to 4,000 nits.
  • That premium tilt ran across the month, with Asus’s dual-screen ROG Zephyrus Duo starting at $4,500 and Anker’s SpaceFlow projector accessory costing $400 on top of a $2,500 Nebula X1.
  • The roundup lands as gadget prices broadly rise—helped by RAM cost pressures hitting devices such as Nintendo Switch 2 and Steam Deck OLED—and as Google’s I/O put more focus on Gemini and Android XR.

Insights

With AI giants buying all the chips, are affordable personal gadgets becoming a thing of the past?
Will rising tech costs make futuristic AI glasses and wearables too expensive for mainstream adoption?
Is the tech 'apocalypse' a real component crisis or a strategic push towards more expensive, premium-only products?