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Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Samsung shutters its London flagship store amid poor earnings August 19, 2025 By now, tales of Samsung’sQ3 sales performanceare the stuff of legends, if only for the fact that the Korean conglomerate has been taking some evasive action in recent weeks to try and shake off the dead weight ofunsold Galaxy S5 units(among other problems). First it was a pledge toreduce product pipelinesfollowed by astaff shake-up, then a plan to more-or-less terminate some of itsoriginal services, and now it seems prime real estate is another expense to cross off the balance sheet....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Samsung strikes out in Japan… again August 14, 2025 By all accounts,especially financial ones, the two Samsung flagships released last month are certified hits. TheGalaxy S6, and its colleague theGalaxy S6 Edge, saw the Korean OEM reach a new level of build quality when it announced the pair of products, complete with a metal frame and glass back panel. They are, arguably, the best smartphones Samsung has produced to date, and by farthe most costly....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Samsung tries patch to make Galaxy S10 fingerprint sensor better August 13, 2025 One of the major pain points ofour reviewof theSamsung Galaxy S10 Pluswas the in-display fingerprint sensor. We found it slow and inefficient enough of the time to be noticeable. Now that the device has been out for a while, many users are complaining of the same thing....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Snapdragon 821 is official: the chip that will power this fall’s flagships June 13, 2025 We’ve heard several rumors mentioning it, but now Qualcomm has made the Snapdragon 821 system-on-a-chip official. Details are scarce for now, but one thing’s clear – this isn’t a major leap compared to the Snapdragon 820. As the small change of the product number implies, the Snapdragon 821 is a slightly faster and more efficient version of the 820 that keeps all the characteristics that have made Snapdragon 820 such a successful chip....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. T-Mobile-Sprint merger finally gets the green light from the Justice Department July 15, 2025 Today, the United States Department of Justice finally issued a decision related to the proposed T-Mobile-Sprint merger.In a statement, the department approved of the merger, giving the green light for the two companies to join together tocreate a new, larger carrier. Although waiting for this decision was the biggest roadblock of the deal, there are two other hurdlesT-MobileandSprintneed to jump through before they are totally in the clear....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. The best phones launched at CES 2022 August 02, 2025 CES is the world’s largest technology event. Although we don’t see too manysmartphonesat CES, there are still a handful of launches. With that in mind, we’ve rounded up the best phones atCES 2022. Without further delay, here are the best phones at CES 2022. Samsung Galaxy S21 FE With such a small slate to choose from, theSamsung Galaxy S21 FEis a shoo-in for the best phone at CES 2022....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. The LG G5’s modular design is now open to developers, but with a catch July 14, 2025 TheLG G5is not your average smartphone. It might be comparable on the spec sheet to most other flagships out there, but it has a big trick up its sleeve —a modular design. The problem is, when the G5 was first launched there were only a few modules available, and they were all made by LG....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. The Nokia 7 and its “Bothies” might make its way to India next week June 29, 2025 HMD Global, which manufactures all theAndroid-basedNokiasmartphones we’ve seen as of late, recently took to China to announce theNokia 7, but the company is not resting on its laurels. Case in point:HMD Globalsent out invites for another launch event, this time in India on October 31....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. This is Google’s vision for augmented reality content on the web August 13, 2025 Google isbringing augmented realityto your web browser. The company has been pushing AR for a few years now throughTangoand more recentlyARCore. Back at Google I/O 2017, it announced thatAR would be available through the Chrome browser. Now it’s now moving forward on a project that will encourage people to develop AR elements for both desktop and mobile browsers....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Turning off Digital Wellbeing might help resolve Pixel 3 performance issues (Update) July 13, 2025 Update, June 25, 2025:SomeGoogle Pixel 3owners have complained about performance problems, with one mooted solution being to disable the Digital Wellbeing feature. Now, Google has explained why its flagship devices have been sluggish, and it’s not because of this functionality. “We conducted a thorough analysis based on the bug reports and internal testing, and have found no performance issues associated with the Digital Wellbeing app on Pixel,” read an excerpt of aresponseposted by the official PixelCommunity reddit account....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Video: How to use Magisk to play Pokémon Go on rooted devices July 16, 2025 Since the latest update, Pokémon Go is no longer compatible with rooted Android devices, but do not fret, there’s a way around this rather harsh restriction. First, a little recap: last week, Niantic Labsbegan rolling out a new updateto the wildly popular Pokémon Go for Android....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. What Deep Fusion? iPhone 11 Pro Max can’t beat HUAWEI Mate 30 Pro, says DxOMark July 02, 2025 While we will be the first to admit that DxOMark’s reviews arenot the be-all-end-allfor which handset is the best, the scores are still an interesting way of comparing phones. Today,the iPhone 11 Pro Max DxOMark reviewwent live and its score is quite interesting....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Xiaomi is climbing the price ladder with the Mi 10 in India — here’s why July 06, 2025 It’s been a while sinceXiaomiintroduced a truly high-end phone in India. In fact, the company’s last flagship phone in the country before the recently releasedMi 10was theMi Mix 2. Launched in 2017, just three years into its entry into India, the phone did nothing to bolster the company’s market share in the then Samsung dominated premium segment....