Apple, which earned the No. 2 spot, sold 43 million smartphones in the quarter. Apple released its iPhone 7 this year, but the company still experienced a 6.6 percent decline in the quarter with its biggest loss of sales occurring in China, according to Gartner. Overall, shipments of smartphones increased by 5.4 percent to 373 million units in the third quarter of 2016, up from 354 million in the same quarter last year. Only Chinese manufacturers Huawei, Oppo and BBK Communication Equipment experienced growth.

Huawei is now the third most popular smartphone manufacturer in the world, though 80 percent of its sales octopus ii iphone case are confined to China, Gartner also noted that Google's Android software is the most prominent smartphone operating system with nearly 88 percent of the total market, ​Samsung continues to be the most popular smartphone manufacturer in the world, according to Gartner, but is losing ground to Chinese manufacturers, Samsung is still No, 1 in smartphones, but Chinese manufacturers are gaining ground..

Both Best Buy and Target are offering a free Samsung Gear VR when buying a Galaxy S7 or S7 Edge phone. But they're also offering even more: Target is giving away a $250 gift card and a $50 Oculus software pack, while Best Buy is giving away a $250 gift card too, but no extra Oculus software. Either way, a really solid deal. The most intensive and setup-challenging virtual-reality hardware is also the best right now, and the entire kit of a headset, controllers and two light boxes for full-room sensing will cost $699, instead of $799. The Vive discount is available across retail stores, or online. Keep in mind, you still need a gaming PC that could cost even more.

HTC is offering lots of apps on sale, in case you do have a Vive, bundling three popular Vive apps octopus ii iphone case for $5 (Soundstage, Arcade Artist, Lumen), and offering $10 off a $30 purchase or more in the HTC Viveport app store, And 20 apps are on sale for 50 percent off, Click for the whole list, but definitely get Cloudlands: VR Minigolf, The deals go from Black Friday through Cyber Monday, Here's the bad news: there aren't any big deals anywhere on the PlayStation VR, or PSVR accessories, or even PSVR games specifically, But Sony's Black Friday sale on the PlayStation Store does include a one-time 10% off coupon for anything you might want to buy..so stock up on a few apps and use that code (click through to learn more), If it's any consolation, the PS4 is on sale (and its controllers)..

The Avegant Glyph is a wild pair of headphones with their own dual displays inside. They play movies or anything paired with your phone, PC or anything with HDMI, and can work with some 3D content. Avegant.com is offering them for $439, instead of their normal $549. Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, Gear VR and more: the best deals we've seen so far. If you're VR-curious, there are a few ways to dive into gifts for yourself and others over Black Friday. Most things on this list are virtual-reality headsets, but one (the Avegant Glyph) is really a head-worn display -- in other words, a tiny TV inside a pair of headphones..in a sense.