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Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. OPPO F11 Pro announced: 48MP camera, a big battery, and Micro-USB for some reason July 15, 2025 After weeks of rumors and teasers,Oppoofficially announced theF11 Protoday. The F11 Pro’s biggest highlight is the48-megapixelrear camera, which only a handful of phones at this point have and is paired with a 5MP camera for portraits. Apart from the sheer number of pixels, OPPO touts the camera’s low-light abilities and even includes an ultra night mode....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. OPPO outlines battery-free future powered by cellular, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi signals August 11, 2025 Batteries are important, often unnoticed components in modern technology, but one company is considering a future beyond them.Oppohas published a new whitepaper that envisions a battery-free, “zero-power communication” system for small, low-poweredIoT devices. Thepaperleans into the idea of ambient radio frequency (RF) wave-powered electronics that needn’t rely on onboard power sources to function....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. POCO teases a POCO F1 successor, but what should you expect? June 08, 2025 2018’sPOCO F1is arguably one of the most important releases in recent years, showing that you could get flagship power without actually spending flagship money. It’s no wonder that fans have been clamoring for a successor since then. Now, POCO India has teased what could be a follow-up to its first phone....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Pocophone F1 update adds 960fps slow-mo recording, super low-light mode August 05, 2025 TheXiaomi POCOphone F1has received a constant stream of updates since its launch, delivering new features while also fixing plenty of bugs. Xiaomi’s device has received yet another update this week, according to theMIUI Forum(h/t:FoneArena), bringing 960fps super slow-motion recording and a super low-light photography mode. This is unlikely to be true 960fps however, as the POCOphone F1’s IMX363 main camera sensor doesn’t feature super-fast DRAM....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. REDMAGIC 6 review: Great gaming hardware with challenging software August 16, 2025 Nubia REDMAGIC 6 What we like What we don’t like Our scores A typicalgaming phonedifferentiates itself from other high-performance phones by including extra gaming-specific features like active cooling and shoulder triggers. These are backed up by the latest processors and the fastest displays. The REDMAGIC 6 has everything you would expect from a gaming phone including the industry’s first 165Hz display — a significant upgrade from the 144Hz display found in theREDMAGIC 5G....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Report: iOS loyalty set to overtake Android loyalty soon July 11, 2025 Chances are good that, if you’re reading this, you are loyal to Android (this isAndroid Authority, after all). If so, you are not alone: according to new data fromConsumer Intelligence Research Partners(CIRP), Android has a loyalty rate of a whopping 92 percent. To be clear, that means of surveyed individuals who purchased a new phone in the past quarter, over 92 percent of people who owned an Android phone bought themselves another Android phone....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 full review [video] July 08, 2025 The attention that Samsung has received for its Galaxy Tab line is rather mixed. Some people love them, some people hate them, but Samsung hasn’t bowed out of the tablet battle just yet. Following the success of its phablet, the older brother-of-a-phone but the baby brother-of-a-tablet, the original Galaxy Note GT-N7000, Samsung decided to give tablets another try with a slightly different approach....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Samsung says update is coming after reports of S20 Ultra focus issues June 25, 2025 The Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra is one of the most ambitious smartphone photography platforms in a long time, delivering a new 108MP camera, 48MP periscope shooter, and more. Somereviewershave reported focusing issues though, as theS20 Ultraapparently struggles to bring everything into sharp relief. Now, Samsung has toldThe Vergethat an update is in the works....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Samsung to let Chinese users uninstall pre-loaded apps July 14, 2025 Samsungis to let users of its smartphones in China uninstall any preloaded apps they do not want to stave off the threat of additional court cases. The Korean manufacturer – alongside Chinese counterpartOppo– wassued by a committee in Chinadesigned to protect consumer rights as it prevented Galaxy users from deleting preloaded applications....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Samsung’s Galaxy A52s 5G kicks up the A52’s performance (Update: India launch) June 24, 2025 Update: July 14, 2025 (4:30 AM ET): The Samsung Galaxy A52s 5G is nowavailable in India. The phone was originally launched in the UK, but buyers in the subcontinent can snag a device off Amazon India right now. Pricing starts at Rs 35,999 (~$492) for the 6GB model, extending to Rs 37,499 (~$513) for the 8GB option....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Samsung’s first F-series phone gets a 6,000mAh battery, 64MP camera June 20, 2025 Samsung’s first F-series phone, the Galaxy F41, is here, making its debut in India. Samsung says it developed the phone with Indian e-commerce giant Flipkart, designing it for the country’s Gen Z and millennial consumers. The 8.9mm-thick handset features a 6.4-inch Super AMOLED display with Full HD+ resolution and a teardrop-style camera cutout at the top of the screen....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Sony in 2018: time for a change August 19, 2025 Sony treated us to a range of smartphones in 2017, led by its flagships, theXperia XZ PremiumandXperia XZ1. The company’s familiar biannual release cycle caused division amongst those looking for a definitive Sony experience this year, as it has before. However, this time the Xperia XZ1 had a more aggressive price point, which put it in the price range of more frugal buyers....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. The best Android memes around July 13, 2025 Here at Android Authority we are about much more than just smartphones, tablets and other geeky gadgets. There’s a whole culture behind the Android scene; one that people tend to be very vocal about. And if we can’t express our love for Android in person, we will do it online. There are plenty of memes and other fun content out there....