Popular Gift Ideas for Teens 2014
Gift Shopping for that perfect gift, for loved ones and friends, can be a daunting task. Malls are crowded and parking lots are full. To avoid the stress and inconvenience of visiting stores and malls, many people have turned to online shopping which has become a growing trend.In 2013, comScore* reported an increase of 10 percent of holiday season retail online shopping during the November to December 2013 period as compared to the same period last year. These numbers keep increasing year after year as people find it much more efficient, convenient and become more comfortable shopping over the internet.
Deciding what gift to buy a loved one is sometimes the biggest challenge of the gift-buying process. This web page is designed to help you in your decision-making with popular and hottest gift ideas for teenage boys and girls in 2014. You will also find top gift ideas for children under 13 years of age.
Source: Holiday Shopping Stats 2013
Amazon Kindle Fire HD Tablet
In September 2012, Amazon came out with the second generation Kindle Fire tablets, including the Kindle Fire HD. By October 2012, the Kindle Fire tablet had become the second best selling tablet in the market, behind Apple’s iPad.
In September 2013, Amazon released its newest Kindle Fire HDX tablets. Currently, Amazon has four top tablets in the market. At the lower end, the Kindle Fire HD 6 costs $99; the Fire HD 7 costs $139; the Fire HDX cost $179; and the Fire HDX 8.9 cost $379 (these are base price models of the Kindle Fire tablets).
All the above Kindle Fire tablets run on a customized Android operating system, so you will have access to the thousands of Android apps. These tablets are equipped with quad-core processors and come with a variety of memory storage options from 8 GB to 64 GB. You can check this Kindle Fire Tablet Comparison Chart.
These Kindle tablets are great gifts, especially for teens because they are reasonably priced compared to the competitors like Apple iPad and other top Android tablets.
Beats Solo HD On-Ear Headphone
They are very popular among teens too. Each of the cans in the headphones have two speakers which produces high quality sound including deeper bass and clear highs. These Beats Solo HD headphones are manufactured using high quality material that makes it flexible and light, yet very durable.
They are equipped with a built-in mic for calls through a cable which also includes a remote and noise cancellation. They come is a variety of colors too to suit your taste. Apple Inc. acquired the company in May 2014.
Sony PlayStation 4 Console
The Sony PlayStation 4 (PS4) is among the most popular and latest video game consoles in the market. Video gaming continues to garner a great deal of popularity and especially among teens. The PS4 is the eight generation video gaming console from Sony and was launched in November 2013. Sony calls the PS4 “the world's most powerful console.”The new PS4 provides better quality graphics and smoother game play. It is equipped with a 500 GB built-in hard drive with capability to expand memory, if needed. It has a faster and improved 8-core AMD x86 processor compared to the PS3.
The new PS4 is much slimmer in design and has a premium “look and feel” to it. It has a better dual-shock wireless controller with additional features, including the Share button which enables gamers to share their experience with their community. The PS4 includes remote play, which enables gamers to tap into PS Vita system, the new SHAREfactory app provides capability to edit videos and add effects. The PS4 also includes a Blu-Ray DVD player.
The Sony PS4 is quite expensive. So if you’re looking to buy a gaming console, but want a lower priced alternative, you can go for the Sony PS3. Other competitor alternatives are: Microsoft's Xbox 360, and Nintendo’s Wii U.
Best-Selling Video Games
As mentioned above, video games continue to increase in popularity and make cool gifts for teens. The video games featured here are among the best selling on Amazon. All of these games are brand new releases in 2014 and come in Standard and Special Editions which are priced higher. Before buying these video games, make sure to choose the game for the right gaming device.
Far Cry 4: This immersive video game released in November 2014 by Ubisoft, is a single-player game, but allows for a second player to drop in and drop out of the adventure at any time.The game is rated Mature 17 plus. The setting of this action-packed adventure is a fictional place called Kyrat, inspired after countries like Nepal and Bhutan in the Himalayan region.
The player takes on the fictional character named Ajay Ghale, who is a Kyrati-American. Ajay returns to his Kyrat, his homeland and birthplace, to fulfill his mother’s dying wish and scatter her ashes there. He unexpectedly gets caught up in a civil war that has broken out in Kyrat to overthrow the oppressive and dictatorial regime.
Super Smash Bros: This popular video is published by Nintendo for gaming platforms like the Wii U, 3DS, and GameCube. This video game series includes several popular characters like Mario, Pikachu, Link, Samus, and others.The game allows a maximum of 8 players, in multi-player mode, to battle out either locally or via the internet. Players aim to launch attacks on their opponents in order to knock them off the boundaries of a specific area.
Players can take on an offensive role and perform a “Smash Attack” which increases their power. Or take on a defensive role when they come under attack by using the defensive shield which weakens their power. The player who ends up with the highest score wins.
Grand Theft Auto (GTA): This video game is for older teens, rated Mature 17 plus. GTA has been popular since it was first released in late 1997. Grand Theft Auto V (five) is among the latest release. The basic premise of this game is the gamer takes on the role of a criminal who moves around the fictional city (Los Santos) free as a bird taking and take on dangerous missions.While exploring the fictional city, players can amuse themselves with different activities like BASE jumping (a form of parachuting), scuba diving, engage in business, and much more.
The gamer can take on several missions like looting banks, daring heists, and assassinations. Gamers can play in single-player mode or multiple-player mode and can progress across various levels, but players have limited lives.
Other popular and best-selling video games include: Halo: The Master Chief Collection; Dragon Age Inquisition; Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare; Assassin’s Creed; Pokémon Omega Ruby. You can check them all out by clicking the banner above which will take you directly to the Amazon online store.
Karaoke USA Karaoke System (GF829)
With the growing popularity of singing contests and shows, this Karaoke USA GF829 system will make a great for teens who are interested in pursuing singing as a hobby or just having fun. Singing is a great way to express oneself and it’s a great way to unwind and relax.This portable karaoke system is a portable entertainment machine with a 7-inch TFT color display for streaming lyrics. This singing machine comes pre-loaded on disc, with 300 songs, in MP3+G format. However, this unit plays any standard karaoke CDG or karaoke DVD. Additionally, you can record your voice and music (in MP3 format) on an SD card or USB drive.
The Karaoke USA GF829 is equipped with two corded microphones as well as stereo speakers which means you can just play music, if you wish. Also, you can connect this unit to a TV and/or home entertainment system via the audio/video output. The unit also includes a remote control. A small drawback of this machine is that it has a buzzing sound when it is switched on, but once you start singing, you won’t notice it.
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