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Innovations kept coming in 2023, and drives my choice of the year’s best fun gadgets. The best of the year’s gadgets that made life more convenient, enjoyable and manageable are selected.

The new nova 10 has a front camera that, not long ago, would have done any smartphone’s main lens proud. Is it possible to redefine the selfie camera? Huawei makes a good argument, as it steps out with a new device that blows up the standard expectations for front lenses on a smartphone. Literally and figuratively.

Nokia enters rugged territory and Nokia’s first rugged phone ticks many of the handset boxes, but leaves a few wanting. The rugged smartphone market, catering for people working mostly outdoors or in harsh environments, has been dominated in the past decade by the CAT brand.

LG’s Tone Free earbuds bring us several of those ‘why-was-this-not done-before’ moments. A wireless earbud is a wireless earbud is a wireless earbud. Apple, Samsung and Jabra compete annually to raise the bar on in-ear sound quality. As a result, it becomes increasingly hard to differentiate between the numerous models on the market, and the purchasing decision is usually based on price or brand loyalty.