TECHNOLOGY Akash Sablok
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ere are some suggestions to help you get a jump start on your holiday shopping for almost everyone on your list.
For Mom
For Dad
Apple iPhone X 64 GB $1399 256 GB $1529 www.apple.ca
DJI Mavic Pro Drone $1499 www.dji.com Mom gets to enjoy the following features. If you’re nice to her, she might let you use the new phone . . . An all-glass design with a 5.8" Super Retina display, A11 Bionic chip, wireless charging, and an improved rear camera with dual optical image stabilization. The X unlocks and authenticates and can pay using Face ID, enabled by the new TrueDepth camera. No more Home button.
FujiFilm Instax Mini 9 Instant Camera $99 Film $10/10 shots www.fujifulm.ca Loads of fun for Mom and the offspring, the Instax Mini 9 is instantphoto gratification. Within 60 seconds, you receive a 2" x 3" photograph. No hooking up to or being tied down to complicated printers. A close-up zoom lens and flash will handle almost all shooting conditions. Film comes in a 10-pack.
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At some point in our lives, we look up and think, “I wish I could fly.” The next best thing is piloting a drone that has live video capability. While you fly it around, the Mavic Pro can show you on your smartphone what it sees. Not into using the remote? Set the Mavic Pro to ActiveTrack mode and it will follow you around, hovering above you at any height you wish. You may run through the fields or the forest with it because the automatic object detection system will steer the Mavic Pro away from a crash. Flight time is estimated at 27 minutes, enough time to record your next epic movie on the built-in 4K camera.
Apple iPhone 8+ 64 GB $1059 256 GB $1269 www.apple.ca A wolf in the iPhone 7+’s clothing (well almost). It has all the inside hardware and software of the iPhone X, but in a familiar body. The new 8+ offers a 5.5" Retina HD display (4.7" in its younger sibling, the iPhone 8) and the fast A11 Bionic 64-bit processor.
The Society of Notaries Public of British Columbia
Volume 26 Number 3 Fall 2017
