Where did Samsung go wrong with the Note 7 and was it too late to pull the plug on the device's production?

Indian festive season is just beginning and consumers will have a growing itchto spend that Diwali bonus on a slick smartphone.

Apple's stock hit a 2016 high on Wednesday, with its market value peaking above $600 billion for the first time since April as Wall Street bet the technology company's newest iPhone would help shore up falling sales.

South Korean smartphone giant Samsung sold the most number of smartphones worldwide in the first quarter of the year and is expected to sell 320 million smartphones by the end of the year, a new report said on Wednesday.

The iPhone 6 had set the previous record of 10 million unit sales in its first weekend, but the figures did not include China, where regulatory problems delayed the gadget's debut last year.

Sales of Apple's new iPhones were on pace to beat the 10 million unit sales it logged during the first weekend of sales last year, the company said.

While the new iPhones will be launched closer to the festive season in India, Samsung too will roll out its Galaxy Note 5 in India on September 20.

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OnePlus has introduced its 10,000mAh power bank in the Indian market at a competitive price of Rs 1,399.

Divided into four categories, we tell you which are the best smartphones that will fit within your budget.

While most of the action happened in the smartphone space, there is a lot coming up as far as wearables, tablets and cameras go.

The US tech giant has received a licence for the device to be used on China's wireless networks.

Apple iPhone 6 Plus buyers discovered their phones can bend when placed in back pockets and the problem has already been dubbed on social media sites as 'bendgate'.

Samsung said the Galaxy Note Edge, which has a curved side screen that serves as a second screen to display information, will start going on sale in late October.

Players such as Xiaomi, Gionee and Motorola are winning against Indian and global competitors with better specs and quality hardware.

Gadgets & Gizmos lists the best smartphones in the market you can buy under each budget range. The list includes Apple iPhone 5S, Google Nexus 5, Motorola Moto X, Nokia 1320 and Samsung Galaxy Grand among others.

Samsung has tossed in a 10-inch bright display with 2600x1600 pixel resolution. The colours are rich and the text is sharp.

Gadgets & Gizmos lists the best smartphones in the market you can buy under each budget range. The list includes Apple iPhone 5s, Google Nexus 5, Samsung Galaxy S4, LG Nexus 4, BlackBerry Q10, Samsung Galaxy Note III, Nokia Lumia 1020, Sony Xperia Z1and Galaxy S4 Zoom among others.

The relentless efforts of device makers to beat the competition through innovation or plain filching (often leading to patent issues) have only helped consumers. Some great devices have hit the stands in the last one year. Gadgets and Gizmos recommends the best of them.

Gadgets & Gizmos lists the best smartphones in the market you can buy under each budget range. The list includes Samsung Galaxy S4, BlackBerry Z10, Samsung Galaxy Note III, Sony Xperia Z1, Samsung Galaxy Grand and Sony Xperia U among others.