The Best Gadgets For Fall Under $100

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Price: $50 w/two-year contract (Verizon), $100 w/two-year contract (Sprint, T-Mobile) 

As if the sexiest-looking smartphone on the strip couldn’t get hotter, HTC made the call to deck out its flagship device with two new exclusive colors: metallic blue and red. Recent price drops and promotions from three out of the four carriers let mobilephiles bask in the One’s stunningly attractive aesthetics and superior performance courtesy of HTC’s dynamic Sense UI and Qualcomm’s monstrous Snapdragon CPU. Not to mention the phone’s dope BoomSound front-facing speakers. 

Price: $99.95 

Finding a great Bluetooth speaker under a Benjamin is a rough stretch. Thankfully, JBL’s portable blaster fits the bill. Impacting sound, speakerphone capabilities, strong wireless performance, and a multi-purpose design to accommodate horizontal or vertically listening speaks its worth.

Price: $100 

Logitech’s over-ears combine a stylishly comfort fit with effective audio, focusing heavy on crisp mids and enhanced bass reproduction. The real value behind the UE 400 comes in the additional accessories bundled in the package, which include a splitter for sharing music with others and a soft-lined travel bag to accommodate portability.

Price: $35 

Google’s HDMI video-streaming stick made us disconnect our AppleTV and cable provider thanks to its ability to project some of our favorite media services on a HDTV. Netflix, YouTube, Chrome, Google Play, and pretty much anything on the Internet is accessible via iPhone, iPad, and Chrome for Mac and Windows. The best $35 investment you can make.

Price: $15 

Who knew a pair of $15 in-ears could sound so awesome. Audio-Technica’s low-budget receivers deliver impressive sound quality with balanced bass, midrange, and treble bumping through 8.5mm drivers. The fact that these come with a two-year warranty, a premium that is doubled in comparison to most expensive headphones, makes it a steal.

Price: $49 

It’s no Classic or Touch, but the iPod Mini remains the best portable music player at its price point. Storing over hundreds of songs and up to 15 hours of playback on full charge, you need a strong argument to pass on it at just $50. Besides, purchasing the Product R.E.D. means donating 50 percent of the proceeds to fight AIDS.

Price: $99.95 

Our favorite new fitness tracker carries over the best features found on other popular activity tracking devices, while upping the ante by integrating a built-in rate sensor to monitor overall health. With a sleeker design than the FitBit models, plus the ability to automatically track runs and deliver 14 days worth of information, the Pulse encourages users to stay fit conscious.

Price: $80 

Not everyone skipped school or work on Friday to cop the new iPhone 5S. By that we mean the majority of us. So for those comfortably stuck with its predecessor, solve your battery draining issues with Mophie's lightweight vitality booster. Besdies coming in seven stylish colors, the Juice Pack Helium offers 80 percent extra battery life, which is clearly quadruple the worth of the device's price tag.

Price: $100 

If set-up boxes are more of your flavor, it doesn't come any sweeter than the next-gen Roku media player. It might be a tad more expensive more than Google's HDMI-streaming stick, but its fast performance, remote with headphone jack for solo viewing purposes, and a massive catalog of available content makes up for the extra value. 

Price: $100 

Your iPad is naked these days without a protection case/keyboard companion. Belkin's protable typer does the great job of transforming Apple's tablet into a laptop by offering a slim profile, solid tactility, multiple viewing angles, and nifty hi-tech features like automicatic on/off functionality. It's damage-proof construction should also keep the device looking fresh.