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Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Samsung is clearly done with the Galaxy Note line, and I’m OK with it July 31, 2025 Earlier this year,Samsungconfirmed some bad news for fans of its ultra-premium flagships: there would not be a Samsung Galaxy Note phone in 2021. Of course, the company didn’t make any commitments beyond that, which left hope that the Note line could make a return in 2022....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Samsung’s wearable market share explodes, Wear OS still a drop in the bucket June 03, 2025 According to a new report fromCanalys, the North American wearables market just hit a new milestone: a $2 billion total valuation. In the second quarter of this year, wearables sold exceptionally well, setting the stage for smartwatches and fitness trackers to continue being a big market for many companies....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Single-core vs multi-core processors: Which are better for smartphones? June 10, 2025 The first smartphones with dual-coreprocessorsreached the market in 2010. Before that smartphones used single-core processors maxing out at around 1.4GHz. Since then the number of cores has grown and the norm today is eight cores, however, six-core and four-core processors are still used. Ignoring (for a moment) the Heterogeneous Multi-Processing (HMP) aspects of these processors via tech likebig....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Sony Xperia Z4 Tablet leaks out ahead of MWC 2015 July 05, 2025 It’s been awhile since we’ve seen a full-sized tablet fromSony, but perhaps the company has plans to unveil a new one sometime soon. In a new leak from the officialXperia Loungeapplication, Sony outed their new Xperia Z4 Tablet, but only for a brief moment. We don’t know much about the tablet from the screenshots taken of the page, but we do know it will come with a 2K screen, and will feature “the latest ultra fast processor” and “industry leading battery performance”....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Sony Xperia Z5 hands-on and first look August 05, 2025 After weeks of leaks and speculation, a lot of which turned out to be true, Sony took the wraps off their latest flagships offerings. While the plus iteration, or “Premium” in the case of Sony’s smartphone, seems to be more enticing, the more standard flagship has to lot to offer as well....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. SPB Shell 3D Launcher - Android App Review June 16, 2025 One of the best features about Android is having total control over how you customize your device. More specifically, Launchers and Skins give Android users access to tons of new user interfaces and features. In addition, a bunch of Android devices are subject to bloatware. When this happens, the average user probably is not interested in playing around with custom ROM’s or even rooting....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Sunrise Gold Galaxy S9 Plus set to shine in India from June 20 — pre-book now July 25, 2025 Samsung has launched the Sunrise GoldGalaxy S9 Plusin India. The phone will be available from June 20, withpre-orders starting today at the Samsung store and Flipkart. The Sunrise Gold S9 Plus comes with 128GB of ROM and a satin gloss finish, but it’s otherwise identical to the regular Galaxy S9 Plus variants....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Swappa now offers protection plans for used smartphones June 28, 2025 Buying a used smartphone online is always a risky business. It’s quite hard to know in what condition the device really is, so all you can really do is just hope that it won’t break down in the first week. Swappa, the popular user-to-user marketplace for used mobile devices, understands these concerns....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. The 8C’s of the HTC10: Why the price is more logical than you might think June 12, 2025 When HTCannounced its10on Tuesday, the leaks and hype that had been seeping through the cracks for months now became official. The device is very much an HTCflagship, and very much the product that fans arguably expected the company to deliver last year....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. The bendy LG G Flex 2 is coming to AT&T, Sprint and UScellular (Update: and Vodafone UK) June 18, 2025 Update: Vodofone UK has locked in a six week exclusive for sales of the G Flex 2, when it launches later this spring. When LG announced the originalG Flexin October 2013, some speculated when/if it would hit the US, especially given that its rival the Samsung Galaxy Round didn’t leave its native country....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Udacity Blitz will help to quickly connect companies with app and software creators June 15, 2025 Udacity Blitz is a new program fromUdacity, which offers online education courses in software and app creation, among other lessons. This new division is designed to quickly connect businesses with software and app makers for the creation of new products. Here’s how this program will work....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Update: Massive Bluetooth vulnerability patched in September security update July 06, 2025 Update #2 (9/14):Google has taken the first step to plug the massive Bluetooth vulnerability that is said to affect around two billion Android devices. A fix for BlueBorne has been included in theSeptember security update, which is currently going out to devices from Google and other manufacturers. The update patches four of the vulnerabilities reported by Armis Labs, including two that were deemed critical by Google (via9to5Google)....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Virtual Reality: The Ice Cave August 12, 2025 This blog was written by Kapileshwar Syamasundar during his summer placement at ARM in the ARM Mali Graphics demo team. Kapil did some great work at ARM porting the Ice Cave demo to VR using Unity, we hope you can benefit from this too. Ice Cave, the latest demo from ARM Mali Ecosystem, has been shown with great success this year in such major events as GDC, Unite Europe, and Unite Boston....