Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. One of the cheapest mmWave phones just launched in the US June 17, 2025 TCL has slowly been making a name for itself in the US, first offering Alcatel and BlackBerry-branded phones but then offering phones under its own name. The companyannouncedthe TCL 30V at CES as one of its latest phones in the US, but didn’t dish out pricing or release details....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. OnePlus confirms much faster Warp Charge coming to the 8T August 03, 2025 OnePlus hasconfirmedthe OnePlus 8T will ship with a new 65W Warp Charge adapter. The company says the charger can fill the 8T’s 4,500mAh battery to full in 39 minutes and 58% in about 15 minutes. The reason the Warp Charge 65 can charge the 8T so quickly is thanks to a new battery design....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. OnePlus is finally rolling out Marshmallow to the OnePlus X June 07, 2025 OnePlus is done with small phones. The company’s Carl Pei confirmed it during arecent AMA on Reddit, saying that it’s simply not possible to fit a big enough battery into a 5-inch device. While there won’t be a sequel to the 5-inchOnePlus X, OnePlus is still working on keeping it up to date....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Pokémon Go expands to 15 more countries in Asia and Oceania June 14, 2025 My fellow Pokémon trainers in parts of Asia and Oceania, Niantic’s immensely popular game is now live in15 more regions, and your country could be one of them! If you are currently in Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, Taiwan, Papua New Guinea, Fiji, Solomon Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, or Palau, Pokémon Go is now officially available in your country....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. PSA: Phones that aren’t built for Google Fi will have these limitations June 03, 2025 With the rebrand toGoogle Fi, the search giant’s MVNO opened up support for phones not built for Fi. While almost every modern smartphone is now compatible, there are a good number of limitations introduced by bringing your handset to the network. One of Google Fi’s flagship features is its ability to switch between T-Mobile, Sprint, UScellular, and free Wi-Fi hotspots automatically based on the quality and strength of the network....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Redmi’s new TWS earbuds are just $23 (and they aren’t AirPod clones) August 05, 2025 Xiaomi’s sub-brand Redmi has launched a pair of super cheap true wireless earbuds in India. Called the Redmi Earbuds S, the cord-free earphones are essentially the Redmi AirDots S that launched in China back in April. They come in a familiar pill-shaped charging case and are more compact in size compared to other cheapTWS earphoneslike the recently launchedrealme Buds Air Neo....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Report: All iPhones will ditch LCDs for OLEDs by 2020 June 25, 2025 According to a report fromThe Wall Street Journal, Apple plans to completely eliminate LCD displays from its entire iPhone lineup by 2020. Reportedly, the 2019 successor to theiPhone XRwill be the last LCD iPhone, with the future being all about iPhone OLEDs. While this is good news for Apple fans asOLED displays are superior to LCD displaysin multiple ways, this is also good news for Android fans....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Report: Samsung could start selling refurbished phones from next year August 13, 2025 Samsung’s high-end Galaxies are really good phones, but they are also eye-watering expensive. Take the Note 7, whichjust became available in stores last Friday. If you want to buy it through a US carrier, you may end up paying close to $900. It’s an increasingly hard sell forSamsung, when some “affordable flagships” out there offer similar specs at less than half that price....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Rooting your phone? A few things to think about - Android customization August 08, 2025 OurAndroid customizationseries has, sometimes painstakingly, dedicated itself to non-root tools, tips and tricks to get the most out of your Android device. Today that changes. Last week we showed you how toreplace a worn out USB port or headphone jack on a Nexus 7tablet. That same tablet has now been rooted and we are ready to explore with you this new world of customization....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Samsung exec officially confirms the Galaxy Gear is coming on September 4 August 20, 2025 Samsung usually prefers to keep quiet in the days ahead of a big product launch, leaving it to tech blogs and forum commenters to drum up the excitement for its products. With theGalaxy Gear, it’s a little different – the company’s mobile division vice president Lee Young-hee confirmed to theKorea Timesthat the smartwatch will be unveiled on September 4 alongside the Note 3 and even shared a couple of details about the device....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Samsung Galaxy Note 3 vs. Galaxy Mega 5.8 July 29, 2025 The red carpet has just been rolled out for one of Samsung’s biggest devices of the year — the Galaxy Note 3. It’s one heck of a powerhouse, and with the display coming in at 5.7-inches with a Full HD Super AMOLED panel, it features one of the best screens out there....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Samsung Galaxy Note 5: how important are microSD and removable battery for the device’s success? June 01, 2025 Disclaimer:This piece is based largely on speculation as to what the Galaxy Note 5 is, and isn’t. We are approaching this from a purely hardware perspective for the sake of argument, as nothing is yet known about the TouchWiz alterations that will inevitably be made from the Note 4 to this new flagship....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Samsung Galaxy Tab S5e Review July 13, 2025 you’re able to buy the tablet outright for $479.99, on a two-year contract for $379.99, or with 24 monthly payments of $19.99. Verizon’s data plan for tablets includes 1GB of data for $10 a month. The Galaxy Tab S5e is available at the link below. Original article, August 10, 2025 (7:23AM EST):As smartphones get bigger andGoogle gives up on its dreamof taking the tablet world by storm, the market has been dominated by iPads and little else....