October ushers in the festive season of rekindling familial connections, loud card games and crisp rigid notes inside sharp red envelopes. Dashain and Tihar are once again upon us and that means bonuses, lots of shopping and most importantly, heavy discounts and sales galore. Many online stores and physical stores alike have started touting festive discounts and as consumers, there is no better time to splurge and take advantage of these heavy discounts. lll

 

Nokia 8

Price
Rs 40,923

 

Down from its original price of Rs 62,999, the Nokia 8 is a steal at this price. The trusted brand has had a difficult past but after regaining their foothold in 2017, Nokia has been releasing some good low- and mid-ranged phones. Their flagship, the Nokia 8, however, had a fatal flaw and that was its price. 60k was a little bit too much for a device that sported a Snapdragon 835 processor, 4GB of RAM and 64 GB of internal storage. There are plenty of other flagship and mid-ranged devices in the same price range, offering better value for money and better performance. Likewise, other smartphone makers were selling their devices to customers with attractive features like thin-bezel displays and powerful CPU cores, while Nokia was playing catch-up.

The device isn’t very big because of its decently sized 5.3-inch display and while the panel may be small, it looks crisp thanks to its QHD (1440 x 2560 pixels). The display is also obnoxiously bright at 700 nits, which can be a hinderance during low light usage but when using the device outdoors, the higher brightness really makes a dif­ference in visibility. With this deal, you’re literally getting a flagship for the price of a mid-ranged device, a definite pick-up this festive season if you’re looking to buy a smartphone.

 

Dell Latitude E5440

Price
Rs 44,000

 

Discounted 15 percent from its original price of Rs 51,990, for just a little more than what you pay for the phone, you are getting a pretty fleshed out laptop computer. The Dell is equipped with a fourth genera­tion Core i5 processor and 4GB of RAM. It comes with a 500 GB mechanical hard drive and a 14-inch 1366 x 768 resolution monitor. The device is a little bit on the hefty side and is no way near as slick at a Mac­Book, but for the price the Dell is pretty good laptop. Unfortunately, it doesn’t have a dedicated graphic card, which will make gaming on this device difficult. But for everyday activities like content consumption, work and light content creation, this device should be more than handy thanks to the i5 processor. And you can always gain more speed by adding an SSD to the mix.

 

JBL T110

Price
Rs 1,215

Coming down from Rs 1,400, this JBL earphone is not discounted to the level of the other devices on this list and there are also plenty of other earphones on heavier discounts. Regardless, I think the JBL T110 are inherently a very good pair of headphones and I rather enjoy the emphasis on the bass. You’re not getting any Beats level bass on these tiny pair of earphones, but they are heavy and warm. They also come with flat styled cables that make them easier of untangle.