It’s fitting that CES 2024 is the first big tech event. If it’s anything to go by, it certainly sets the tone for what’s to come for the rest of the year. That is, AI. Lots of AI. But there were other stuff too. Some cool, some curious, and others almost downright ridiculous. Here’s our picks for the Best of CES 2024.

Clicks (iPhone keyboard) 

Some people really just want buttons. For the physical and tactile keys enthusiast, Clicks Technology comes out with Clicks. 

Clicks is a hard case with a keyboard for your iPhone. It solves an issue of virtual keyboards today. Having an external keyboard will prevent virtual keyboards from blocking content on your screen.

ASUS Zenbook DUO (2024) 

The ASUS Zenbook DUO line has always been about innovating the use of an additional screen to the traditional laptop set-up. They take things a bit further with the ASUS Zenbook Duo (2024). 

It is the world’s first ultraportable laptop with two 14-inch 3K 120Hz OLED touchscreen displays. As with the previous models in the series, the new ZenBook Duo will attach both screens together. Oh and those displays are Dolby Vision-certified ASUS Lumina OLED.

Rather than just using two screens, the package will also come with a detachable keyboard and a kickstand.

ROG Phone 8 

ROG has consistently delivered on the gaming and performance part. However, a few other attributes lagged behind. That’s what they hope to address with the ROG Phone 8. 

The ROG Phone 8 promises to have the best camera performance from an ROG Phone thus far. The other notable additions are an IP68-rating (an ROG Phone first), and wireless charging. And then of course, there are the usual annual performance upgrades.

MSI Claw 

MSI has entered the handheld gaming PC ring with the MSI Claw A1M, unveiled at CES 2024.

Unlike most handheld gaming PCs out right now, the MSI Claw A1M will have Intel inside. It’s also equipped with ARC graphics featuring up to 8 Xe cores and advanced XeSS technology.

Looks-wise, the MSI Claw more closely resembles the ROG Ally than other handhelds from major laptop gaming brands. The thumb sticks with RGB, directional pad, and face buttons are laid out identically. This one, though, comes in black

LG Signature OLED T 

Transparent AND Wireless. LG Electronics just keeps on trying new things. Their latest venture has resulted in the LG Signature OLED T — a transparent display that’s also wireless. 

The technological marvel combines a transparent 4K OLED screen with LG’s wireless video and audio transmission technology to make a never-before-seen screen experience possible.

The OLED T changes the way users decorate their homes with a practically invisible screen when turned off. This allows homeowners to blend the TV seamlessly into their environments, whether using it as a divider or propping it against the window view.

LG CineBeam Qube T

A classic-looking art piece with modern capabilities. That’s the LG CineBeam Qube T. This compact and lightweight new offering from LG can showcase 4K UHD content at up to 120 inches.

The LG CineBeam Qube comes equipped with an RGB laser light source and LG’s cutting-edge image refining technologies so pictures come out accurate and with ample sharpness, contrast, colors, and blacks.

LG Smart Home AI Agent & Samsung Ballie 

How do you feel about tiny AI robots roaming around your home assisting you with stuff? That seems to be the general idea behind the LG Smart Home AI Agent and Samsung Ballie. 

Both are packaged like cute tiny companions around the house. LG envisions the Smart Home AI Agent as your partner for a zero labor future. It features robotic, AI and multi-modal technologies that enable it to move, learn, comprehend, and engage in complex conversations.

Samsung’s Ballie aims to function in a similar manner. They even came out with a video demonstrating what life is like with Ballie helping you manage your home even while you’re outside it. 

We’re getting ridiculously close to sci-fi movies from 2-3 decades ago and it’s both frightening and exciting at the same time.

LG Bon Voyage

Glamping but make it techie. It’s an LG Labs concept that lets you take your Smart Home on the road. It’s many of LG’s home innovations packed in a trailer-like vehicle. This thing is equipped with an LG Styler, some of their kitchen tech, plenty of smart screens, and what have you. 

It’s just a concept for now but the idea of going on a road-trip using a LG Smart home tech-infused vehicle is certainly appealing.

LG DUOBO

Another one from LG Labs, the LG DUOBO is for coffee lovers. Put simply, it’s the first capsule coffee machine that extracts and blends two coffee capsules simultaneously. With it, you can mix and match coffee flavors to your liking.

Samsung 3D Monitor

Remember ASUS’ 3D laptop? Well, Samsung now has a 3D monitor. And no, you don’t need glasses. 

Instead of just a generalized way to turn 2D images into 3D, the monitor has two cameras that automatically detect the best settings to make the effect pop.

Samsung does not have any concrete plans to release the device yet. The company only held a limited demonstration of the technology featuring last year’s iconic Souls-like game, Lies of P.

Samsung Music Frame

Experience the beauty of music like never before with the newly launched Music Frame 🖼️🎶 Unveiled at #CES2024, this customizable speaker is designed to look and sound just like a masterpiece. #MusicFrame #Speaker #NewProduct #Samsung pic.twitter.com/fwsVO7g2SB

— Samsung TV (@SamsungTV) January 11, 2024

Samsung is expanding The Frame. From a TV-room-art-centerpiece, to one that’s smaller and music-focused. The Samsung Music Frame is everything you know about The Frame but strictly for sound. 

It camouflages as an art piece and can be hung wherever you please, but it uses Samsung’s Q-Symphony technology which means you can pair it with any Samsung device you have so you can play sound on it.

It works via Wi-Fi and/or Bluetooth and has built-in tweeters, woofers, and midrange drivers. 

realme 12 Pro

As the company’s first flagship level under the new “Make it real” slogan, it feels like the realme 12 Pro has a lot riding on it. Thankfully, it has the specs and features to back it up.

The realme 12 Pro series will have a periscope telephoto camera with a one-half inch OV64B sensor. It is twice as large as the sensor on the iPhone 15 Pro.

The realme 12 Pro’s exterior will also stand out from the rest of the competition. The company has tapped luxury watch design master Ollivier Savéo to create the design for the phones.

Afeela, PS5 DualSense

This was just a straight-up CES stage gimmick but it was pretty cool, nevertheless. Afeela president and COO Izumi Kawanishi showcased a prototype of their smart car, driving it to the stage using a PS5 DualSense controller.

The Sony Afeela won’t be rolling out anytime soon. There have been no details discussed yet, including pricing and reservation. But you can control it with a DualSense yourself on Gran Turismo 7.

XGIMI Horizon Max

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Want IMAX at home? The XGIMI Horizon Max makes it possible. It’s a long-throw projector touting incredible numbers: 3,100 lumens of brightness and a 2000:1 contrast ratio.

It uses Dual Light 2.0. This means it’s using two light sources for the projection. More importantly is that it’s using ISA 5.0. ISA stands for Intelligent Screen Adaptation which lets the projector interact with your projection surface and automatically adjust itself to produce the best image quality. 

XGIMI Aladdin

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Fancy a whole new world? What about one where your ceiling light is also a projector? That’s what the XGIMI Aladdin is. 

It lights up the room but can also operate dimly while you use its Android TV-powered projection prowess to enjoy your favorite shows and movies. 

Unbelievable sight. Indescribable feeling.

TCL mini LED TV

How big is big enough? TCL said at CES 2024 that size matters flexing a 115-inch mini LED TV. The massive size comes with massive numbers too. That’s 5,000 nits peak brightness and 20,000 local dimming zones. It’s big. It’s bright. And it’s more than just alright.

UGREEN NAS

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What’s better than a regular NAS (Network Attached Storage)? Well, one that’s infused with what will likely be the tech buzzword of 2024 – A.I. 

Their flagship product is the NASync DX480T Plus. Its SSD storage spaces allow for up to 16TB of fast, all-flash storage space. An expandable RAM drive provides up to 32GB of memory for high-speed processing, and powering the homemade Ugreen OS Pro(UGOS Pro) is Intel’s very own 12th gen Core i5 10 Core processor. 

Most importantly, it features capabilities like picture recognition and classification as well as searching pictures by text. This should make organizing your files and footage an easier task.