Back-to-School Tech: Because Surviving Dorm Life Needs AirPods
With college just weeks away, students are gearing up to trade freedom for dorm fees and questionable cafeteria food. The Verge staff helpfully compiled 'dorm-friendly recs' to tackle 'life both inside and outside the classroom.' Highlights include Apple's AirPods 4 and Roku's latest smart TV — because obviously, the number one back-to-school essential is drowning out your roommate's existential cry for help. After all, prepping for college means balancing the art of 'dow...' wait, the story got cut off, but hey, student life is already one big cliffhanger.
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(1 of 3)Nothing says "adulting" like buying $200 AirPods so you can pretend studying isn’t just YouTube and noise-cancelling your 3AM roommate’s existential crisis.
Forget textbooks, just bring Apple AirPods and a Roku. Because if you're hitting campus without these, are you even schooling or just voluntarily attending chaos?
Back-to-school shopping now includes AirPods and smart TVs — might as well just move into a tech showroom and skip classes entirely.
Source: Theverge | Published: 7/27/2025 | Author: Brandt Ranj
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