Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Samsung Galaxy Fold or HUAWEI Mate X? (Poll of the Week) August 25, 2025 Last week’s poll summary:Last week, we asked you what youressential smartphone featureis when buying a new handset. Out ofjust over 18,000 votes, 13 percent stated that they want long battery life. 10 percent of the votes went to camera quality and quick software updates and fair price tied for third with nine percent of the votes....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Samsung’s extra-thin Galaxy Book Pro laptops leak ahead of Unpacked June 11, 2025 There might not be much mystery left to Samsung’s April 28Galaxy Unpacked event. Well-known leaker Evan Blass hassharedwhat he says are images of the Galaxy Book Pro and Galaxy Book Pro 360, both of which could make their debut in Samsung’s virtual presentation. If the leak is accurate, both Windows systems will be thin-and-light portables with full-size keyboards....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Snapdragon 865 benchmark leaks: How much of a leap is it? July 20, 2025 TheSnapdragon 865was made official this week, and we’ve got a ton of information about the flagship processor. But what kind of real-world performance improvements should we expect though? Fortunately, frequent tipster Ice Universe has posted apparent GeekBench 4.4 benchmark scores on Twitter. The alleged Snapdragon 865 benchmark reveals a single-core score of 4,303 points and a multi-core score of 13,344....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Sony releases “Welcome to the New World” teaser video - Xperia Z4? July 17, 2025 https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=6gC_NIVpXf4 We are quickly closing in onCES 2015, which will take place from January 6thto 9th, andSonyappears to have just released a little teaser video (above) for its big announcement at the electronics show. As you would expect, there are plenty of clues to decipher, so let’s dive right on in to see what is hidden away in the 43 second teaser....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. TCL 10 5G UW review: Bringing affordable 5G to Verizon customers July 15, 2025 TCL 10 5G UW What we like What we don’t like Our scores Most of the5G phonesreleased over the course of the last year suffer from what some have termed the “5G tax.” In other words, they cost an absurd amount of money and at least some of that absurdity is being blamed on the presence of 5G....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. The VOID: a VR theme park coming to Pleasant Grove, Utah July 28, 2025 Virtual Reality is becoming highly accessible, but you can only do so much when using your consumer-optimized VR headsets. The real dream is to have complete immersion, and for that you need a dedicated area (a large one) and more advanced systems. Call it a VR arcade, if you will....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. This could be our first look at a Samsung Infinity-O display August 09, 2025 At its recentdeveloper conference,Samsungteased several new notch styles that it is working on for future devices. A slide presented during the keynote showed silhouettes offour phones with the new screens, labeled Infinity-U, Infinity-V, Infinity-O, and New Infinity. Thanks to a new leak, we may now have our first real look at an Infinite-O display cover glass....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Trump support brings ZTE a step closer to resuming normal operations August 19, 2025 ZTE may return to normal operations within the coming weeks following theseven-year export banit received last month. ZTE, which is based in Shenzhen, announced last week that it had been forced tosuspend major operationsas a result of the ban, but President Trump has since said he issupporting the company’s recovery....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. US will only receive 32GB Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 edge July 02, 2025 Although the Samsung Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 edge come in 32GB and 64GB variants, rumors began circulating prior to the Unpacked event that only the 32GB version would be available in some European markets. Now Samsung has confirmed that not only is this true, but moreover, the 64GB version won’t be available in the US either....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. What Brexit means for consumer electronics in the UK and Europe August 04, 2025 Following the result of the Brexit referendum in which the UK voted to leave the European Union, a slowdown in the consumer electronics market is imminent. It may still be very early days yet, but bothSamsungandLGhave already spoken out about “heightened uncertainty” damaging consumer spending in the region and negatively affecting South Korean exports....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. What is 4G? — HSPA+, LTE, WiMax, and more explained! June 02, 2025 Our smartphones are more capable than ever, and the evolution of smartphone technology has been absolutely wonderful to witness. It’s not just the phones themselves that have gotten better, faster, and stronger — the mobile networks they run on are improving too. Everything from watching videos online, to video calls with friends and family, to instant uploads to social media, to online gaming is now possible on the go because of what current mobile networks have to offer....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. What is a Nexus device? June 30, 2025 “What is a Nexus device?” seems like a very strange question to ask on a site dedicated to all things Android. But that’s not entirely so, because there are plenty of mobile consumers that don’t happen to own a smart device yet, whether we’re talking smartphones or a tablets. Despite being an integral part of Android, the Nexus brand may not be as well known to new smart device buyers as the iPhone and/or the iPad, or Apple’s mobile devices....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. What’s that in your shoe? It’s a phone charger! July 14, 2025 Our bodies create and use a ton of energy, and it could be going to better places, like, uh, your Android phone! If Cinderella were to live in the 21stcentury, she probably wouldn’t be very happy to hear what we are going to tell you today. 24-year-old Anthony Mutua from Kenya has developed an ultra-thin chip of crystals that can charge mobile phones when placed in shoe soles and the technology is set to go into mass production soon enough....