Year’s bestselling gadgets that made it to everyone’s wishlist

Overall, this has been great year for the tech industry, as well as for the gadget fanatics. We have seen an amazing range of gadget launches, including flagship releases by giants like Apple, Microsoft and Google. But this only means that the stage is set for an even more exciting year ahead, and we are expecting 2017 to surpass, in terms of innovation and sales, its predecessor by leaps and bounds. In 2016, the emphasis for the most part was on performance with affordability. But this is not to say that top-of-the-range products, like Apple’s MacBook Air, did not generate ample sales. To the contrary, it became one of the bestselling gadgets of the year, along with these others that are listed below.

Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 is a powered device which comes with 16GB version. Redmi Note 3 is powered by a 1.4 GHz Hexa core Qualcomm Snapdragon 650 processor. The phone features 5.5 inch Full HD laminated Sunlight Multi touch display with 1080 x 1920 pixels resolution, 403 ppi pixel density and Corning Gorilla Glass 3 for protection and fingerprint sensor. The phone also includes inbuilt sensors such as accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass and Light. It also comes with VoLTE support, which not only makes calls connect faster but also improves the voice quality of those calls significantly. Xiomi Redmi Note 3 is priced at Rs 11,999.

The new version of Mi Band 2 is a 2-in 1 device — Fitness Tracker and Watch. Band 2 features an OLED-display and a touch panel, which will make more information available to the users. Users can keep track of their daily fitness activity through detailed information about the covered distance, time, heart rate, body temperature with just one touch of a finger. The band comes with unique innovative technologies, which are ergonomically placed in the panel, created using the ultra-precise injection molding and UV treatment. Mi Band 2 is priced at Rs 2,499.

LG OLED 4k Ultra Smart HD LED TV comes with Infinite Contrast enabled by self-lighting pixel, which can turn off light completely, provides clearer image without the light leakage. LG OLED 4K TVs contain nearly 8.3 million pixels, so their resolution is four times that of Full HD. LG OLED TV comes powered with luxurious harman/kardon audio system. 4K TV is of 55 inches with LED Ultra HD 3840 x 2160 pixels. The TV also comes with the HDMI and USB port. LG comes with WebOS 3.0 operating system. WebOS 3.0 also offers features that keep apps open in the background for instant access and quick switching apps to and from the TV channels. LG OLED 4k Ultra Smart HD LED TV is priced at Rs 2,12,000.

Canon EOS 1200D is a 18 Mega pixel DSLR camera which host multiple user-friendly features and creative filters through which it would be easier for DSLR users to click attractive images with sharper details and gorgeous background blur. Canon 1200D comes with 18 MP sensor and have the capability to import Digic 4 image processor. The camera shoots 3fps in continuous mode, for a total of 69 Jpegs or six raw files at a time. The video shooting mode is capable of shooting 30, 25 or 24fps footage at 1080p resolution and can produce video snapshots. The camera is compatible with Eye-fi memory cards which allow to wirelessly transferring files to mobile devices with ease. The 1200D comes with 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS III lens. Canon EOS 1200D is priced at Rs 36,995.

Micromax Canvas Tab P290 Tab HAS 7 inches display screen with WSVGA TFT IPS capacitive touch screen with 1024 x 600 pixels resolution which runs on Android Lollipop 5.0 Android operating system with 1.3GHz quad core processor, 1GB RAM and 8GB internal memory expandable up to 32GB. Canvas P290 features 2MP primary camera with and 0.3MP front facing camera. Micromax also features 2820mAH lithium-ion battery providing HD video playback time of 3 hours, internet browsing time of 4 hours and standby time of 150 hours. Micromax Canvas Tab P290 is priced at Rs 4,299.