Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. You can get $125 off the Galaxy Z Flip 5G if you trade in your old flip phone June 10, 2025 Flip phones were among the most popular phone form factors just over a decade ago, but interest waned as smartphones with large touchscreens became the dominant form factor. But the form factor has made a comeback thanks toSamsungand Motorola offering flipping Android phones with foldable screens....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. ZTE patent shows clamshell foldable phone that doesn’t quite fold in half June 17, 2025 2019 is truly the year of thefoldable phone, asHuawei,Samsungand others bring the product category to market. It looks likeZTEcould be considering a rather different take on the foldable phone though. A patent filed by the World Intellectual Property Office, and spotted byLet’s Go Digital, shows a ZTE foldable phone with a clamshell design....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. (Update: “Blue Coral”) More Galaxy Note 7 details leak: 64GB and color variants July 01, 2025 Update (June 26th): It looks like the logo thatwas leaked over the weekendis actually indicative of more than what one might have initially expected: The above was discoveredby GalaxyClub.nlwho has posted the above image, which appears to come from an application filing. The name “Blue Coral” can clearly be seen, which would definitely seek to explain just why the logo (seen below) has a blue “Note7” portion....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. A little history of the smartphone camera June 13, 2025 The introduction of the smartphone will certainly be looked back upon as perhaps the biggest shift in the way that we all use technology, and not just due to the fact that we’re all walking around with access to the entire web in our pockets. Photography has been an equally key part of the smartphone’s success, resulting in today’s hugely popular selfie, Instagram, and other related phenomena....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. About 32 million Android devices soon won’t be able to run the latest versions of Chrome (Updated) June 13, 2025 Update:A previous version of this article claimed Android devices running Jelly Bean would no longer be able to use Google’s Chrome browser, which is false. We regret the error and have updated this article. Original article:The team over atXDA Developersdid some digging through the most recent version ofthe Chrome Android appand found an interesting new commit....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Android 11 DP2 finally gives us a notification history panel August 09, 2025 We’ve known for a while now that Google has been working on a way toeasily show users all the notifications they’ve recently received. Now, finally, in the second developer preview of Android 11, we get to see what Google has in mind. InAndroid 11 DP2, when you swipe down the notification drawer, there’s a link at the bottom that says History or Manage (it spontaneously changed for us)....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Android Q: Google to shame developers for not updating their apps? July 24, 2025 Android Phas been out for several weeks now, but that doesn’t meanGoogleis taking it easy. In fact, it looks like Android Q will aggressively push developers to update their apps. A new commit on the Android Open Source Project (spotted byXDA-Developers) showsAndroid Qcould display a warning message if users attempt to run an app made for Lollipop and older....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Anker PowerPort Atom III Slim review: Quantity over quality July 21, 2025 Anker PowerPort Atom III Slim What we like What we don’t like Anker is a big brand in the charging and power game. One of the company’s more unique products is the PowerPort Atom III Slim. This slimline desktop charging hub offers not one, not two, but four USB ports....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Another leak points to cheaper price for Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 3 July 19, 2025 Samsung is expected to launch the Galaxy Z Flip 3 and Galaxy Z Fold 3 in the next few weeks or so, and we’ve already heard one report of cheaper pricing for both models. Now, a regular leaker has revealed an apparent price for the clamshell foldable....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Apparently the HUAWEI P9 camera isn’t as “Leica-engineered” as we were told (Update: HUAWEI clarifies) June 24, 2025 Update, April 20:HUAWEI has since dismissed all rumors suggesting this camera was only “certified” by Leica, reasserting that it was in fact co-engineered and that “Leica has absolutely been involved in the development of the camera-module of the P9 and P9 Plus....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Apple demanding $180M extra cash in settlement from Samsung August 11, 2025 In America, trials are rarely cut-and-dry events: even after a decision is reached the losing party can often demand a retrial, and the escalation process then begins,possibly even reaching the U.S. Supreme Court. InApple v. Samsung, a rather unusual turn of events has just taken place. DespiteSamsunghaving finally agreed to paythe (reduced) damages it owed Apple, the latter companyis now demandingevenmoremoney....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. ASUS ZenFone AR confirmed with Tango camera, 8GB of RAM and Daydream VR support June 30, 2025 ASUS has finally confirmed one of the worst-kept secrets ofCES 2017. The company has officially announced the ASUS ZenFone AR smartphone, which is only the second such phone that will support Google’s Tango augmented reality-themed 3D camera. The phone also supports Google’s Daydream smartphone VR platform, which means it can be used with theDaydream Viewheadset....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Backup your SMS, MMS and call log automatically - Android customization June 13, 2025 We can back up nearly anything to the cloud, but text messages usually go bye bye when you switch handsets or factory reset a phone. We want to make sure that everyone is looking after their data. Specifically, we want to make sure you are backing up your SMS messages....