10 Great Tech Gifts Under $50

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You don't have to break the bank when buying the perfect tech gift.

You're not friends with any Saudi royals or Russian oligarchs. Your friends are just like you: average work-a-day schmoes who spend their weekends binge-watching Netflix and who have recently eaten leftover pie for breakfast.

You're not a fancy pants! And that's okay! So, when it comes to buying gifts for your non-fancy-panted social circle, there's no reason to go super nuts. When it comes to tech gifts, there's a number of very cool (but also very affordable) items that will keep your peoples connected and modern.

Holiday Gift Guide bug To be sure, consumer tech contains some very big ticket items, but keep in mind that history has continually demonstrated how stratospheric prices on tech goods come down over time. Consider that the first iPod (the one with a black-and-white display and a now-laughable 5GB of internal memory) cost $400 when it was introduced in 2001 (that would be the equivalent of $526 in today's money). To put that in perspective, today you can buy a far daintier iPod nano with multi-touch display and 16GB of storage for only $149 ($113 in 2001 money).

The takeaway here is that the tech that was mind-blowing (and very expensive) when it was first introduced is still very cool, but now it's much more affordable.

Take a look through our slideshow for a list of great tech gifts that cost under $50. And remember: just because a tech gift cost less than a meal for two people (including cocktails) at a moderately priced restaurant doesn't mean it isn't amazing!
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