T3's Christmas Gadget Gifts: retro life

Looking like a shrunk-down head unit of a classic Marshall tube amp, the Middleton carries all the charm of the company’s 60-year history into a portable speaker that yearns to be turned up to 11. Two tweeters, two woofers and twin radiators combine to make more than your average Bluetooth banger – this is made to sound heavy, whatever volume it’s at.
£270/$299, marshall.com

Pull out those old C90 mixtapes and cassingles, and prove to yourself that tapes weren’t quite as bad as you remember them. There’s something special about old-school analogue listening, but this doesn’t take away all mod cons: you can use Bluetooth ’phones, listen for 12 hours on its lithium battery and even make new mixes thanks to a line input.
£136/$160, wearerewind.com

If anyone tells you this isn’t retro, they’ve clearly not been paying attention: the modern flip phone only exists because of what went before, and there’s nothing more ’90s than theatrically snapping your handset shut at the end of a call. Flashy it may be but this is Razr in both name and spirit, and it might even make you feel young again. It also happens to be a superb phone
£800/$999, motorola.co.uk

An instant camera which doesn’t leave everything to chance, Leica’s hybrid design mixes basic digital photography with an internal printer that spits out pin-up memories which can be previewed on your phone before you commit them to paper. Simple to operate for that perfect retro feel, but decidedly skilled underneath, it’s what point-and-shoot is all about.
£360/$299, leica-camera.com