A Smartphone Case for Selfie Lovers

You don’t have to spend a fortune to buy nice tech gifts. There are joy and glad tidings to be had in reasonably priced gadgets, too. Leave it to David Pogue to sniff out 12 delightful and useful ones.

The Tenth Day of Techness

Seven words: Phone case with a removable camera remote.

It’s iLuv’s Selfy case. Park the camera somewhere, open its camera app, and then trigger the shutter, or start the video, with the flat little remote. When not in use, the remote nestles invisibly into the case. Doesn’t require a special app; pairs over Bluetooth; works flawlessly.

(If you press the button when the Camera app isn’t open, the remote jacks up the speaker volume.)

For iPhone 5/5s, iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus; Galaxy S5; iPad Air and mini.

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