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Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. OnePlus 5T wallpaper download (Update: Sandstone White, Lava Red editions) August 08, 2025 Update (25-08-2025):Designer Hampus Olsson has made the official wallpapers for the OnePlus 5T Sandstone White and Lava Red edition available for download. As with the original wallpapers, these are available in 4K and standard resolution. For the latter, click the images below, or head over to Hampus Olsson’swebsitefor the higher resolution variants....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. OnePlus 8 and OnePlus 8 Pro get Android 11 beta 2 (Update) July 14, 2025 Update, August 13, 2025 (01:30 PM ET):The OnePlus 8 Android 11 beta program now hasa new updatein the form of Android 11 Developer Preview 2. Don’t be fooled by the name, though: this software is based onthe second Android 11 betareleased last week. The reason OnePlus is calling it a DP rather than a beta is explained below in the original article....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. OnePlus opens new R&D center in India: Here’s everything you need to know August 05, 2025 It’s been a roller-coaster ride forOnePlus. Five years since the launch of the OnePlus One in India, the market represents the largest growth opportunity for the brand. OnePlus is now thelargest premium-segmentsmartphone player in India and has been instrumental in creating the entireaffordable flagshipcategory....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. OnePlus will bring Nightscape mode to other OnePlus 7 Pro cameras July 30, 2025 Night modeshave become one of the most important camera features today, combining multiple images and other processing techniques to deliver better low-light shots. The triple camera-totingOnePlus 7 Prohas its own night mode, dubbed Nightscape, andOnePlusis indeed working to improve it. The OnePlus 7 Pro’s Nightscape mode is only available via the48MPprimary rear camera right now....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Pocophone brings us the post-OnePlus era: Speed, value, and not much more July 09, 2025 Pocophone feels like it’s the OnePlus 2.0. TwoPlus. NextPlus. OnePlusOne — whatever. Xiaomi’s new subsidiary is its attempt to upend the current established order of smartphones by copycatting OnePlus’s original approach. Until now, just about all phones with the latest flagship Snapdragon processor onboard have been high-end, beefy models trying to compete at the top end of the market....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Qualcomm bolsters mid-range with four (kinda) new chipsets August 01, 2025 Qualcommhas launched Plus variants of its flagship chipsets for a few years now, starting with the Snapdragon 855 Plus and continuing on through to the Snapdragon 888 Plus a few months ago. Now, the company has announced four new mid-range processors, and two of them are Plus variants....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Qualcomm brings the Snapdragon 865 to the robotics world July 18, 2025 Qualcomm has announced a new robotics platform based around a variant of itsSnapdragon 865 processor. The Robotics RB5 uses the QRB5165 processor with the same CPU, GPU, ISP, and DSP as the Snapdragon 865, but this time with support for industrial-grade temperate ranges from -40°C to 105°C, plus some nice enhancements around computer vision....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Refurbished Galaxy Note 7 coming soon, but should you buy one? July 14, 2025 We’re quickly approaching July 7 – the expected launch date of the refurbishedSamsung Galaxy Note 7, or theGalaxy FEas the handset is reportedly called. Industry sources have again reaffirmed the date and have suggested that the price tag might be a little lower than previous rumors, falling somewhere just under the 700,000 KRW ($616 USD) mark....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Report: Possible Galaxy Note 7 European pricing (and it’s a very pretty penny, indeed) July 10, 2025 The summer is gradually passing by, and so to with it the days that countdown untilthe rumored August 2nd unveilingof Samsung’s next Note. The device – which is looking likely to belabeled as the Galaxy Note 7in an effort to synchronize with the S-series – has been leaked in several different forms, save for perhaps a genuine hands-on with the finished product....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Samsung Galaxy Note 2 review June 18, 2025 When the world first saw the Galaxy Note, people had mixed reactions. Some said that the device was just too big to be a phone but too small to be a tablet. Other people, however, fell head over heels with the device. The screen was large enough to make media viewing an absolute joy and the S Pen, the Galaxy Note’s stylus, brought a whole new level of fun to gaming....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Samsung Galaxy Note 5 vs LG V10 July 27, 2025 Last year, LG announced its brand new V series of smartphones in their latest attempt to capture the premium smartphone market. The first of the series was dubbed theLG V10, and the new flagship gave LG fans a great alternative to the LGG4, complete with a more durable design and it also introduced special features like a fingerprint scanner....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Samsung unveils affordable 14nm Exynos 7570 processor June 02, 2025 Samsung’ssemiconductor division has been working overtime on new processors this year, after releasing itsfirst custom CPU coreinside its high-end Exynos 8890. The company isn’t ignoring the entry-level market though, having just begun mass production of a new Exynos 7570 chip. The Exynos 7570 is a quad-core processor, featuring four energy efficient Cortex-A53 cores....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Snapdragon-branded phones and earbuds exist now (Update: Pre-orders open) August 20, 2025 Update: August 07, 2025 (1:05 AM ET): you may now pre-order the ASUS-made Qualcomm Smartphone for Snapdragon Insiders. It’s good news for eager buyers but the estimated shipping date is listed as August 27. There’s still a pretty long wait ahead. Nevertheless, you can preorder the devicefor $1,499 from ASUS’ official storeright now....