If you are unable to concentrate properly on your job during self-quarantine, high-quality, noise-canceling headphones may be a good solution. You will probably use it at home a lot in the coming weeks (possibly months). Best Buy offers a $ 150 discount on Microsoft’s Surface Headphones, an over-ear, noise-canceling wireless headset. These usually cost $ 350, but now they are $ 200.
Well stackable compared to Sony’s popular WH-1000XM3, this model goes even further than their ability to pair with two Bluetooth devices simultaneously. More expensive headphones have this feature, like the $ 400 Bose Noise Canceling Headphones 700, but it’s nice to have it with this affordable set.
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Best Buy also offers a nice discount on the Beats Studio 3 noise canceling headphones, which usually cost $ 349. The sale price is $ 200, and if you choose between these and the Surface Headphones above, they are easier to pair with Apple products, such as the Apple Watch, iPad, iPhone and MacBook Pro, thanks to their W1 wireless chip.
Understandably, $ 200 spent on headphones is currently not within budget. Anker’s Soundcore Life 2 over-ear, noise-canceling wireless headphones are just $ 40 at Newegg (via Skimlinks). These offer a battery life of 30 hours, optional wired mode with the included 3.5mm headphone cable and they can be easily folded into their included hard case. Use the offer code ANKR25 save.
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Borderlands 3 is to just $ 20 for the Xbox One and PS4 at Amazon. This game regularly costs $ 60, and for this price you get the physical version. If you prefer the digital code for Xbox One, it costs $ 30. This game will suit you well if you want an open world FPS that allows you to team up with friends to take on waves of enemies and collect loot.
If you recently have a Nintendo Switch to play Animal Crossing: New Horizons and now find yourself collecting more games than can handle the 32GB of onboard storage, grab a micro SD card. SanDisk’s 400 GB model has dropped to $ 52.99, which is less than the cost of a new game. With such a large memory card, you probably never have to think about an upgrade again – at least not for a while. This isn’t a big deal, but it always pays to have storage space when you need it. And around this time last year, these cost about $ 30 more.
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The Kindle Paperwhite is on sale again for $ 95 (usually $ 130). Amazon had this sale a few weeks ago, but it’s back in case you missed the last time. This isn’t the most affordable e-reader you can buy, but it’s one of the best thanks to its waterproofing and great backlit display.
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T-Mobile is giving its customers two months of free YouTube Premium service as a thank you for staying inside during the new coronavirus pandemic. This service eliminates advertisements, allows background playback and allows you to download videos to your phone. T-Mobile customers using Android will have access to the offer in the T-Mobile Tuesday app starting tomorrow, and iOS users can find it at t-mobiletuesdays.com. The fine print states that you must redeem this offer before May 1 and if you forget to unsubscribe, you will be charged once your two months of service have expired.