Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Samsung has a perception problem, and it’s bigger than the Note 7 July 01, 2025 Samsung’s Note 7 recall is a giant, expensive mess. The cost of the recall will reachover $1 billion, and a further$5 billion in revenuecould be lost. But Samsung has$23 billion in cash reserves. It can deal with any losses generated by the Note 7 fiasco....
Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Samsung rumored to have Gear Sport smartwatch successor in the pipeline July 25, 2025 According toSamMobile, Samsung is reportedly working on a follow-up to 2017’sSamsung Gear Sportsmartwatch. Allegedly, the smartwatch’s internal codename is “Pulse” and it features the model number SM-R500. The Samsung Gear Sport is a fitness-centric smartwatch, acting as kind of a hybrid of theSamsung Gear S3 Classicand Gear S3 Frontier....
Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Samsung will boost production to ease Note 7 supply shortage July 10, 2025 Samsung’shaving a great yearand with phones like theGalaxy S7 Edgeand the new Note 7 it’s easy to see why – despite their high price tags, customers love Samsung’s Galaxies. High demand can create problems however. Samsunghas already adjustedits Note 7 launch plans and now the company revealed that it can’t manufacture new units as fast as existing ones fly off the shelves....
Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Samsung’s new foldables already have 800,000 pre-orders in just one market June 01, 2025 Samsung is coming in hot with theGalaxy Z Fold 3andGalaxy Z Flip 3, offering lower price tags, water resistance, and improved durability. Now, it seems like the phones are seeing a much better commercial reception in their home market than previous models. Yonhap Newsreports that 800,000 Galaxy Z series foldables were pre-ordered in Korea during the week-long pre-order period that ended yesterday (August 23), citing its own sources....
Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Smartphone sales plunged 20% in spring 2020 due to the pandemic June 15, 2025 If you suspected that the globalsmartphone market would tumblefurther as theCOVID-19 pandemic hitin earnest, you guessed correctly. Gartner analysts haveestimatedthat worldwide smartphone sales dropped a sharp 20.4% year-over-year in the second quarter of 2020, right when many countries were in full lockdown or had only slightly eased restrictions....
Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Sony sends invites for MWC event, likely launching new flagship (Update) August 16, 2025 Update, June 25, 2025 (4:05AM ET): Sony has announced that it has withdrawn from Mobile World Congress, citing the coronavirus threat. It will however be hosting an online launch at the same time as it’s originally planned MWC press conference. you’re able to read the full story behind Sony’s withdrawal overhere....
Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Specs leak for Google-powered HONOR 50 Pro, HONOR 50, and HONOR 50 SE August 06, 2025 Former HUAWEI subsidiary HONOR has had a rough time over the past two years. Although it ostensibly operated mostly independently from HUAWEI, it still fell under that company’s umbrella. That meantthe still-ongoing HUAWEI bantrickled down to HONOR. Thankfully, HUAWEIsold its ownership of HONORto a different company, which allows HONOR to get back into the smartphone game — which includes the support of Google apps....
Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Spotify Plus is a cheaper ad-supported tier with added Premium benefits June 07, 2025 Spotifyis trialing a new ad-supported tier that lumps in select Premium benefits at a much lower price. First spotted byThe Verge, Spotify Plus costs $0.99 per month, a fraction of the cost of the Premium plan. With that lower price, users also get the core features of Premium like unlimited track skips per hour (as opposed to six on the free tier) and the ability to play any track they so desire....
Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Synaptics combines fingerprint and facial recognition for smartphone security July 06, 2025 Everyone who owns a smartphone, tablet, or notebook is looking for better security measures that are also more convenient to use. Today, as part of the2017 Consumer Electronic Show, Synaptics announced what it is calling its “new multi-factor biometric fusion engine” that is supposed to combine both fingerprint and facial recognition technologies....
Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Telegram 4.0 adds video messages and much more August 22, 2025 In April, we reported that a beta version of the popularTelegrammessaging app had added a way for users tosend short video messages to others. Now that feature is coming out of beta with the newly launched Telegram 4.0 update, along with a bunch of other new additions. The new video message mode is enabled by going to any Telegram chat....
Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. The Age of Graphene and how it will transform our mobile experiences June 24, 2025 You may have heard about graphene. Ever since its discovery, scientists have been touting its potential to transform our world. From space elevators to medical nanodevices, the list of potential applications of graphene is huge. But what exactly is graphene? What are its properties and its most interesting applications?...
Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. The biggest Android stories of 2021: Here’s what you were most interested in June 16, 2025 The close of 2021 is only a few days away. Looking back on the year, we saw a lot of substantial stories surrounding Android,smartphones, and the other tech products we cover here atAndroid Authority. But what Android 2021 articles and topics mattered the most?...
Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. The nexpaq modular smartphone case will help you turn your phone into a Project Ara device August 23, 2025 https://d2pq0u4uni88oo.cloudfront.net/projects/1804828/video-531428-h264_high.mp4 The idea of a modular smartphone has been around for years, and we’re finally getting to see these ideas come to fruition thanks to Google’sProject Ara. But when those smartphonescome to select markets later this year, they may be tough to get your hands on, at least at the start....
