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Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. LG G4 breaks Guinness world record for most consecutive selfies taken June 08, 2025 The LG G4 is one of the best smartphones around, but did you know it’s good enough to break Guinness world records? They did so on June 13th, when they beat the world record for the “world’s longest selfie relay chain”, smoking past a record that was previously set in the USA....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. LG G5 vs Samsung Galaxy Note 5 July 26, 2025 TheSamsung Galaxy Note 5served as a significant design departure for the Galaxy line, with the “phablet” embracing less than flagship specs in favor of increased stylus functionality and camera quality. This year atMWC, LG has released the polarizingG5, which boasts amodular capabilitythat allows users to swap out not only batteries but also take advantage of unique hardware features like an advanced camera module or improved speakers....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. LG G7 problems and how to fix them July 11, 2025 Despite offering somefantastic smartphones, LG failed to make a noticeable impact last year. The company is hoping for a better 2018 with theLG G7 ThinQ, yet another excellent smartphone, with a super-bright display, a great look, and unique camera and audio experiences. LG certainly got a lot right here....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Meet the Archos 101 XS: a mid-range Android tablet just 7.8 mm thick June 26, 2025 I don’t know how you guys feel about Archos as a tablet manufacturer, but I have to say that while the French manufacturer might not be the first company that pops in mind when talking about top-end tablets, the fact is that they’ve been making decent low budget devices for a few years now....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Moto Z3’s Mod reveals the problem with 5G June 18, 2025 Wow, would you look at the antenna hump on thatMoto Z3 5G Mod? I’ve not seen anything like it since my Dad’sNokia 6110. But credit to Motorola, the company has form when it comes to impressive antennas. Who remembers the world’s first mobile phone —Motorola DynaTAC? Smartphones aren’t such a fan of this look these days and the fact that the industry’s first piece of consumer5Gequipment is so bulky is a telling and worrying sign....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Motorola Edge will go on sale this month for $200 off (Updated) July 06, 2025 Update: August 18, 2025 (9 AM ET):Motorola announced that the unlocked Motorola Edge will go on sale July 31. In a bit of a surprise, the company has lowered the price of the phone from $699.99 down to $499.99 for a limited time. You can pre-order the phone at the link below....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. New AI chip could bring artificial intelligence to your smartphone July 22, 2025 Researchers at MIT haveunveileda major breakthrough in artificial intelligence: a low-power neural-network chip that consumes ten times less power than a mobile GPU. This means that smartphone-based AI tasks are much closer than you might think. Skynet has a new name, kids, and it’s Eyeriss. The research around Eyeriss was presented at the recent International Solid State Circuits Conference in San Francisco, where the researchers noted: “In recent years, some of the most exciting advances in artificial intelligence have come courtesy of convolutional neural networks, large virtual networks of simple information-processing units, which are loosely modeled on the anatomy of the human brain....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. New Swiftkey update delivers Pinyin, typing enhancements, and an Emoji makeover July 06, 2025 Everyone’s favorite third-party mobile keyboard just got a little bit better – especially for Mandarin speakers. Today on theirblog,SwiftKeyannounced that Android users just received a pretty substantial update that adds Pinyin support, changes the way the keyboard anticipates your keypresses, and remodeled their Emoji panel to give users a cleaner, more aesthetic experience....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Nextbit is Kickstarting its Robin “cloud-first” smartphone. (Update: passes goal in 10 hours) June 23, 2025 Update:Well that was fast. The Nextbit Robin has alreadypassed its Kickstarter goal. In fact, it took just 10 hours to reach he campaign’s $500,000 target. As a result, Nextbit has announced the first of presumably a few stretch goals. If the Kickstarter reaches the $1million mark, the company will throw in a free quick charger with every order....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. No more walking in the wrong direction with the upcoming AR experience on Google Maps August 01, 2025 At theGoogle I/O 2018, the company teased how Google Maps can leverage the camera to overlay walking directions and business listings for an Augmented Reality (AR) experience via its newVisual Positioning System (VPS). Essentially, when your GPS is not enough, VPS will use your phone’s camera and Google’s extensive back-end data to analyze your surroundings to estimate your precise position and orientation to identify where you are with greater accuracy....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Nokia 8.1 is official: HMD Global’s new mid-ranger August 11, 2025 HMD Global has just unveiled the Nokia 8.1 in Dubai. The new Nokia 8.1 is not a step up from theNokia 8orNokia 8 Siroccoin terms of specifications and also isn’t in the same segment as those flagship smartphones. The nomenclature can confuse you, but essentially, the Nokia 8.1 is the successor to theNokia 7 plus– a segment the company likes to call as ‘affordable premium’....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. OPPO is thinking about a smartphone with upwards-facing cameras (but why?) July 22, 2025 OPPO is no stranger to quirky designs, having revealed theFind Xwith its periscope pop-up camera design back in 2018 and the shark-finnedRenoseries in 2019. The manufacturer has also showed off a rollable concept design more recently. Now,LetsGoDigitalhas uncovered an OPPO patent for a smartphone with a rather unique pop-up camera design....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Project Ara killing electropermanent magnets that hold device together (Update: Google clarifies) July 19, 2025 Update:Google has since clarified that the “Failed the droptest” hashtag was a joke. Google really is reworking the magnets, but not because they were necessarily falling apart. Apparently they just felt the process (along with other components like the camera) weren’t quite ready for primetime and wanted to improve them before a commercial launch....