First Impressions: Gadgets to look forward to this Eid

Why not grab a device or two for your loved ones and yourself?

Alcatel Idol 4
If you claim to have a smartphone that can shake up the market, you better have one with the specs to back it up.
Alcatel has launched its premium Idol 4 and 4S smartphones in the Middle East, and it seems to be no pushover, having won 14 awards at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona this year.
When it comes to features, there's what they call a new "Boom Key", which delivers augmented experience. Aside from "booming up" your camera, gallery and videos, it also creates a 3D effect. However, what they claim the most important thing about it is the Idol 4S' packaging design, which allows it to be transformed into a pair of virtual-reality goggles that, combined with the phone, becomes  a 360-degree playground. Now you have a reason not to throw your box away!
It will fetch Dh899 for the Idol 4 and Dh1,599 for the Idol 4S.
HP Spectre
When technology meets fashion, you can be sure that there's something really special going on.
Hewlett-Packard made sure of that as they launched the all-new HP Spectre. The world's thinnest laptop - which has a weight of 1.1kg and a chassis as thin as a AAA battery - is, by all regards, a 13.3-inch beast, hot on the heels of the success of its predecessor.
One thing we particularly love is its design; it has a hidden piston hinge, giving the impression that it is hingeless, and high-gloss copper accents, reflecting a hand-polished, jewellery-like finish.
It's also got a full-HD IPS screen, HP Audio Boost by Bang & Olufsen and claims to have up to nine hours of juice. It's powered by an Intel Core i7 processor with "hyperbaric cooling"; aside from pushing heat out, it draws cool air and directs it over the processor, keeping it at peak performance.
The sleek device checks in at a cool Dh5,499.
SanDisk Extreme/Ultra 256GB microSD
Let's complete your holiday package with something to save your stuff on; how about the world's fastest 256GB microSD cards?
Western Digital rolled out its new line of 256GB memory cards - the SanDisk Extreme microSDXC UHS-I, the fastest in its class, and the SanDisk Ultra microSDXC UHS-I Premium Edition, the first optimised for mainstream consumers.
WD claims that these new cards will not disappoint you in terms of speed, and says it's great for storing 4K videos or high-fidelity music. Both boast of fast transfer rates, saving you precious time especially when saving enormous files.
And guess what - they're also built to perform under extreme conditions; both cards are waterproof, temperature-proof, shock-proof and X-ray-proof. Proof that they're ready to protect your data. (How about scissor-proof or wrecking ball-proof the next time around?)
The Ultra will cost Dh550, while the Extreme is priced at Dh735.

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