New Delhi, Feb. 19 -- It's six pm in the evening and just as your day is looking up, your phone has plans of its own, sliding into the dreaded, anxiety-inducing 'red zone'. As we tax our smart devices with an increasing cocktail of AI tasks, pro-grade cameras and brighter always on screens, there's a Murphy-esque propensity to run out at the least convenient moment-on the plane, on a day out and about or right as you're getting into an important meeting.

Power banks and chargers, once commoditized (and quite frankly boring black), ABS-clad pieces of equipment, are having a bit of a comeback, thanks to a renewed emphasis on design and upgraded tech, both of which are making consumers take a second look. Here are some that caught our eye.a...