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Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Samsung Galaxy Fold: Price, release date, availability (Update: India launch!) June 03, 2025 Update, June 05, 2025 (04:30 AM ET):Samsung has confirmed that the Galaxy Fold will launch in India for Rs. 164,999 (~$2,326). Pre-booking is set to start from October 4 with deliveries starting from October 20. TheSamsung Galaxy Foldis the firstfoldable phone with a flexible screenfrom the world’s largest smartphone maker....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 3, Z Fold 3 pass through FCC, revealing a ton of details July 20, 2025 Samsung is expected to launch theGalaxy Z Fold 3and Galaxy Z Flip 3 in the coming months, being the latest additions to its foldable phone line. We’ve already seen plenty of leaks and heard loads of rumors, and now we’ve got more information to go on....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Samsung Pay (beta) now rolling out to the Gear S2 June 12, 2025 Samsung’s Gear S2andGear S2 Classicwere promisedSamsung Paysupport way back when they first launched, but the mobile payment platform has only really been available on the smartwatch in a closed beta until now. Today, though, Samsung has finally issued an update to both Bluetooth versions of the watches bringing Samsung Pay (beta) support....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Smart OPPO patent shows punch-hole camera disguised by camera app August 06, 2025 Oppohas patented some display features that would integrate with the punch hole camera. Thetwopatentswere published January 18 and 22 (viaLetsGoDigital) on the World Intellectual Property Office (WIPO) showing how the in-display camera could become an element of the app. One of the patents (above) depicts rows of Android apps positioned across the top of the display, with the camera app covering the front-facing camera at the top left....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Smartphones with 16MP cameras? Do you need it? June 18, 2025 Eight megapixels seems to be the norm at the top end of the smartphone market (for example in the Samsung Galaxy S3 and iPhone 4S) with the occasional phone using 12MP (Sony Xperia S) and one or two with 16MP (HTC Titan II). But now that could all change as a company called OmniVision Technologies, who make camera sensors for phones, tablets (like the ASUS Transformer Prime) and video equipment, has released a new 16MP chip....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Sony WH-1000XM4 headphones could look familiar but pack awesome new features June 12, 2025 Sometimes, it makes sense to stick with the look and feel that people are familiar with, which is what Sony seems to be doing with the release of the WH-1000XM4 headphones. According to newly leaked rumors, not a lot has changed visually from theWH-1000XM3(nor has the extremely clunky naming convention), but things have taken a significant step forward under the hood....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Survey: You wouldn’t settle for anything less with under-display cameras June 27, 2025 Last year saw the first phone launching with an under-display selfie camera, asZTEbecame the first company to offer this tech commercially. The biggest issue with this first-generation release was that image quality was far below traditional selfie cameras. More phones with this tech are on the horizon, and we’re not quite sure what to expect in terms of image quality from these devices....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Taking T-Mobile’s brand new 5G network for a spin August 07, 2025 T-Mobile is the last of the four major U.S. carriers to launch its 5G network.AT&T,Sprint, andVerizonhave each already gotten their respective 5G networks off the ground. All four carriers now offer 5G service, albeit in limited footprints and with uneven experiences. One of T-Mobile’s 5G launch cities is New York, and the company invited us to take the network for a spin using theSamsung Galaxy S10 5G....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. The Archos 101 Saphir tablet should be both cheap and rugged August 17, 2025 Usually, smartphones and tablets that are made to be more rugged than normal also have a higher than normal price tag.Archosseems to be going against the grain with its upcoming budget Android tablet, the 101 Saphir, that can also take a lot of abuse. The 101 Saphir includes a case that’s made for shock-proofing, with the company claiming it can handle drops of over three feet....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. The pop-out camera is the best solution for the bezel-less display conundrum July 12, 2025 A couple of years ago, we all got excited by the impending possibility of a true bezel-less display on a smartphone. Who wouldn’t like an edge-to-edge immersive experience, right? As the old maxim goes, careful what you wish for. Bezel-less displays are immersive and striking....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. The top 12 best James Bond movies you can watch right now June 13, 2025 In April 2020, we were supposed to be watching the 25th official James Bond movie, No Time To Die, in theaters. Instead, thanks to thecoronavirus outbreak, the latest adventure of British superspy 007, played for the fifth time by Daniel Craig, has been delayed until October 2021....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. The top three smartphone innovations of 2017 June 30, 2025 2017 wasn’t exactly a banner year for smartphone innovation. It felt like the industry took a break from bringing out new features, as most companies simply brought consumers more of what was already out there. However, three interesting trends either started in or became more pronounced this year, and we hope we will see more of them in 2018....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. This primitive-looking mobile phone doesn’t require a battery! July 08, 2025 A team of computer scientists and electrical engineers at theUniversity of Washingtonhave created what sounds almost impossible: a phone that works without a battery. The device can make as well as receive calls by using only a few microwatts of power, which it gets from light or ambient radio signals....