The year 2016 is at the end and many smartphones boomed into the tech market from the biggest and smallest tech giants applying their best innovative features to compete with each other's devices. The five best smartphones ever made in the year 2016 depends on the owners who have experienced the best makes in the tech market irrespective of the order mentioned below.

Here we go!!

Google Pixel and Pixel XL - Google, the tech giant recently launched its best make Pixel and Pixel XL into the tech market with amazing specs and features making it to be one of the best smartphones of 2016 - a 5 inch display in the Pixel and a 5.5 inch display in the Pixel XL, powered by a Qualcomm 821 processor with 4GB of RAM, 32GB or 128GB of internal storage,a12.3 megapixel camera and 8 megapixel front facing camera, and running on Android 7.1 Nougat - with pixel Launcher, Google Assistant and other Google add-on features.

Apple iPhone 7 and 7 Plus - Apple's iPhone 7 and 7 Plus were launched in September 2016 with iconic features and specifications as expected by the Apple enthusiasts and improvements on iPhone 6 - LED backlit, IPS LCD, 3D touch screen display, powered by A10 Fusion Quad Core processor with iOS 10.0.1 OS incorporated with 2 GB of RAM and with 32GB or 128GBor 256GB of internal storage, 12MP dual camera for wide area coverage, the front camera is made up of 7MP lens and water & dust resistance.

Samsung Galaxy S7 and S7 edge - Samsung's S7 and S7 edge are the ultimate flagship from the company and the smartphones are found with the best specifications in the Android market with well versed appeal - a 5.50-inch touchscreen display, powered by a 1.6GHz Octa-core processor with 4GB of RAM, 32GB of internal storage that can be expanded up to 256GB via a microSD card, a 12MP primary camera on the rear and a 5MP front camera.

Moto Z and Z Force Droid - These are one of the best smartphone designs in the 2016 which gives amazing looks and feel to the user along with the best performance - a 5.5 inch AMOLED touchscreen, powered by 2x2.15 GHz Quad-Core Qualcomm MSM8996 Snapdragon 820 processor with 4GB RAM along with 32GB or 64GB of internal storage expandable upto 256GB via microSD card, running on Android OS v6.0.1 Marshmallow, 21 MP laser & phase detection autofocus rear camera and a 5MP front camera as a selfie shooter.

LG V20 - LG V20 was the most awaited flagship phone of LG which was revealed on September 6, 2016 in IFA Berlin with best specifications and features in the tech market - a 5.7 inch Quad-HD IPS Quantum Display, powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 processor with a 4GB of LPDDR4 RAM along with 64GB of internal memory.

It also has expandable to 256GB via a microSD card, dual camera at the rear with 16 megapixels and an 8 megapixel lens with 135 degree coverage, front camera made up of 5 megapixels with 120 degree lens and LG V20 is the is the first device announced with Android 7.0 Nougat OS, earlier than the Google's Pixel devices.

There are many more smartphone available in the tech market in 2016 which might move the above listed smartphones down to gain their position in the terms of highest selling smartphones or the most innovative smartphones. Better yet, the most stylish smartphones and many more categories.