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Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Report: OEMs selling phones in US under $700 see massive growth, because duh July 06, 2025 A new report fromCounterpoint Researchshows how different smartphone OEMs are faring in the United States as well as the smartphone market share of those companies. The overall industry saw a 1.5 percent decline year over year when comparing Q2 2019 to Q2 2018....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Samsung stationary in Indian market, Xiaomi, vivo and others catching up July 12, 2025 Samsung’s performance in India appeared to be at a standstill in Q1, 2017, despite the fact that the Indian market itself grew by 12% year-on-year. Samsung held its number one position with 22% of the market, shipping around 6 million units (as in Q1, 2016), according to a recent report from mobile and IT industry analyst canalys....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Samsung’s Android 6.0 upgrade includes updated browser and new ‘Cross’ app July 30, 2025 Samsung has slowly started trickling out Marshmallow updates for select deviceslike the Samsung Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge,bringing all the expected Google additions like Doze, Google Now on Tap, and improved app permission controls. Of course, there’s also a number of Samsung specific tweaks heading to the new Marshmallow-based version of TouchWiz....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. The best upcoming PS5 games: Final Fantasy XVI, God of War: Ragnarok, and more August 13, 2025 The long-awaited next-generation PlayStation is here. ThePS5launched with some great titles like the Demon’s Souls remake and Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales, but many of thebest gamesare yet to come. We’ve selected some of the most intriguing PS5 exclusives and non-exclusive titles headed to the platform in the near future....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. The OnePlus 5’s official model number has reportedly been revealed June 05, 2025 Speculation has already started on what will be included in the next flagship device from OnePlus. Today, a new leak has reportedly revealed the official model number of the phone, which is rumored to be called the OnePlus 5. The leak comes from the Krispitech Twitter page, which shows what looks the wireless specs for the phone....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. The Xiaomi Mi Note 10 may have solved a big issue with long-range zoom June 28, 2025 Zoom has been a major challenge for smartphones over the years, but 2016’siPhone 7 Pluswent a long way to improving matters thanks to its 2xtelephoto camera. The telephoto camera meant that you didn’t need to rely on cropping or bulky lenses (e.g.Samsung Galaxy K Zoom) in order to get native zoom....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. This foldable phone patent includes a pop-up selfie camera for a notch-free screen July 22, 2025 It seems like most of the big-name manufacturers have all shown off foldable phone designs in recent months, and OPPO is no exception. The company revealed aMate X-style foldable phone designearlier this year, but a new patent suggests it might add another trendy feature to its device....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. This is how Google will ask European Android users to choose default search, browser apps July 25, 2025 The European Commission fined Google over$4 billionlast year for practices related to the bundling of its apps on other manufacturers’ phones. Google has since confirmed that it would inform Android phone owners in Europe of their browser and search engine choices....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. This Samsung 4K display was made specifically for VR June 13, 2025 VRis all the hype in 2016. We have plenty of players on board, andGooglehas announcedDaydream, which is amuch improved successor to Cardboard. It seems the true VR wars are nearing and you may bet mobile giantSamsungwill be a huge part of this battle. The Korean manufacturer is already a big player in VR, thanks to itsSamsung Gear VRheadset, but this week they were at Display Week in San Francisco showing us what’s coming next....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. This Was Google I/O 2017 June 28, 2025 After three intense days of activity,Google I/Ohas wrapped for the year. Unlikelast year, there wasn’t a slew of new announcements we couldn’t demo, but therewerelots of updates to last year’s announcements. In some ways it felt a little like I/O 2016 revisited: Assistant hit iOS, Daydream standalone headsets are on the way, Google Home got new features, Android Instant Apps are now available for everyone, and so on....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. This week in Android: HUAWEI P40, LG V60, and the global shift in streaming July 19, 2025 HUAWEI has been in the news far too often for political reasons, let’s bring it back to phones:Announcing the HUAWEI P40 series. It all started a day early with afull specs leak, then the official announcement was on March 26th with theP40, P40 Pro and P40 Pro Plus....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Two more painfully forced and awkward Samsung ‘Ingenius’ ads are here August 02, 2025 Of course, the skeptical customers all seem to think the Apple store employee is wrong and/or crazy becauseSamsungproducts are clearly superior in every way, forever and ever, amen. Now that the Samsung Galaxy Note 9 is launched andup for pre-order, we are blessed (or cursed) with two more ads in the “Ingenius” series which center directly on the capabilities of the latest Samsung flagship....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Verizon rolls out Marshmallow OTA and April Security patch to Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge June 16, 2025 AllVerizonbrandedGalaxy S6andS6 Edgedevices should begin to see the anticipatedAndroid Marshmallowupdate hit their devices over the next few days, in the USA. But that’s not all – included in this build ofAndroid 6.0.1is also the security patch dated July 26, 2025. Monthly security updates were promised as part of aregular security patching policyadopted byGoogleever since theStagefrightvulnerability went public....