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• Apple iPad : เบากว่าแล็ปท็อป iPad รุ่นปี 2020 นั้นง่ายต่อการขนย้ายไปมาที่ชั้นเรียนหรือในห้องสมุด มีกล้องด้านหลัง 8MP และกล้องหน้า 1.2MP ดังนั้นคุณจึงสามารถถ่ายภาพสวย ๆ ได้หากคุณไม่มีโทรศัพท์ติดตัว สามารถใช้งานได้นานถึง 10 ชั่วโมงต่อการชาร์จหนึ่งครั้ง และมีหน้าจอเรตินาขนาด 10.2 นิ้วที่สวยงาม เหมาะสำหรับการรับชม Netflix ในช่วงดึก มีรุ่น 32GB และรุ่น 128GB ให้เลือก หากคุณต้องการอายุการใช้งานที่ยาวนาน ก็ควรค่าแก่การใส่รุ่น 128GB คุณสามารถเชื่อมต่อกับเคสหรือคีย์บอร์ดเพื่อให้ใช้งานได้มากขึ้น
• Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 Lite: Even though this is a Lite version of Samsung’s S6 tablet model, it’s still pretty beefy. It has a 10.4-inch display with a 2000 x 1200 TFT pixel resolution and can last up to 12 hours on a single charge. Inside, it has an Exynos 9611 processor, 4GB of RAM, and either 64GB or 128GB of storage, depending on the model you choose. Plus, you can add up to 1TB of extra storage to either model with a microSD. And as with the iPad above, you can add a keyboard and a mouse to make it more like a laptop if you only wanted to buy one or the other.
• Fire HD 8: Amazon’s tablet is the most affordable option. It has an 8-inch display with a 1280 x 800 resolution. Inside, it has a quad-core 2.0GHz CPU, 2GB of RAM, and 32GB or 64GB of storage depending on which model you go with. You can expand the storage up to 1TB with a microSD. It also comes with 2MP front-and rear-facing cameras. There’s a newer model with a 10-inch display too if you wanted something more comparable to the iPad or the S6 Lite (though it does scoot the price point up a bit).

Smartwatches & Fitness Trackers

Staying fit while in college is difficult because it’s hard to find the time to dedicate to exercise. A fitness tracker helps you stay healthy throughout the day, though; a smartwatch can do that, too, while simultaneously providing a ton of other useful features.

• Apple Watch Series 6: If you have an iPhone, an Apple Watch is a great companion piece. This model comes with GPS, a blood oxygen sensor, and uses 5GHz Wi-Fi and a U1 Ultra Wideband chip. You can also take calls and reply to text messages directly from your wrist, as the Series 6 is essentially an extension of your iPhone. It has a battery life of up to 18 hours and is waterproof up to 50 meters.
• Samsung Galaxy Watch 3: This smartwatch is similar to the Apple Watch above, but for the Samsung ecosystem instead. It’s an extension of your Galaxy smartphone, letting you call, text, stream music, and more via Bluetooth. You can monitor your heart rate, track fitness and sleep patterns, and use the built-in GPS. It’s waterproof up to 50 meters and can go for more than a day on a single charge.
• Fitbit Inspire 2: For a while, Fitbit was the biggest fitness tracker company out there. Although they have plenty of competitors now, Fitbit is still doing great things and the Inspire 2 model is one of their best. With the Inspire 2, you can track your daily steps, distance walked, sleep score, heart rate, and more. Because it’s not as demanding as a smartwatch, the battery life is a lot longer at up to 10 days between charges. It also has built-in Tile technology so it’s easy to keep track of, and is water-resistant up to 50 meters.
• Wyze Band: This is the perfect fitness tracker for anyone who wants to save money and wants basic tracking. On top of tracking daily steps, heart rate, and sleeping patterns, you’ll also have access to basic tools like weather, alarm, stopwatch, and reminders. You can have notifications from your phone pop up on the watch screen to easily keep you in the loop without always having to check your phone. Even though it’s a less expensive tracker, you can even use Alexa voice commands with it and control the rest of your smart home if they’re Alexa-enabled devices. And if swimming is your exercise of choice, you’ll be happy to know it’s water-resistant up to 50 meters.

Battery Packs

When you’re a student in college, you might be on the go all day and unable for your devices to slowly charge via a wall plug. Having a charged battery pack on you at all times ensures your devices will stay juiced all day.

• Anker PowerCore III Elite 26000: This battery pack has a large 25,600mAh cell capacity that’ll keep multiple devices charged a few times over before the battery pack itself needs recharging. Anker boasts that this battery pack can charge an iPhone 11 Pro Max four times and a MacBook Air 2020 one time. A single USB-C port can output 87W of charging power; if you had four devices connected to both USB-C ports and both USB-A ports, the combined charge output is 78W.
• Anker PowerCore Slim: Yes, this is another battery pack from Anker, but it’s more affordable. The PowerCore Slim model is, as the name implies, slim and easily portable. It has a 10,000mAh cell capacity, which can almost fully charge an 11-inch iPad Pro. There are three different charging modes to take advantage of: an 18W charge through the USB-C port, PowerIQ-enabled charging through the USB-A port, or trickle-charging mode for low-power devices.

Other Fun Tech

While these items aren’t essential to productive college life, they’re just fun and will help you stay organized and enjoy your downtime a little more.

• Rocketbook Fusion Smart Reusable Notebook: This is the only notebook you’ll ever need. No, seriously—you can reuse it forever. Inside, there are 42 pages with seven different styles, including lined, dot-grid, task list, weekly planner, objective and key results, monthly calendar, and ideas. Once you’re finished writing everything down, you can scan it and save it to a cloud service of your choosing, like Google Drive, Evernote, OneNote, or iCloud. Then, wipe the pages clean and they’re ready to be used again!
• Nintendo Switch: This is the perfect gaming console for college life. If you live in a dorm, it doesn’t take up much room and you can take it with you to play in between classes on campus. Plus, there are a ton of multiplayer classics from Nintendo, like Super Mario Party, Mario Tennis Aces, or Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, that you can play with friends. If you know you’ll only play Nintendo games handheld and won’t connect it to a TV, save some money and get the Switch Lite.
• Amazon Kindle Paperwhite: Even if you’re typically a paper book type of person, having a Kindle while in college is such an awesome thing, especially if you’re living in the dorms and don’t have room for a lot of books. Amazon offers an ad-supported version or a version without ads; for the little bit of extra money, it’s so worth it to get the version without ads. The Kindle Paperwhite is thin and light, which makes it easily portable, and has a 300 ppi glare-free display that makes it look like real paper even when you’re out in the sun. So even though you might not be reading a physical book, at least it’ll look like a physical book. You can choose between an 8GB model and a 32GB model.
• Fujifilm Instax Mini: There’s nothing more fun than being able to take a picture with your friends and have it print instantly as a cute Polaroid. The mini version comes in pink, black, white, purple, or blue. It even has a built-in macro mode and selfie mirror so you can get the perfect shot and not waste any film.