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Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Red delays a phone, gives customers free $1200 phone as apology June 18, 2025 Red has delayed the titanium model of itsHydrogen Onesmartphone, and is apparently going to lengths to make up for it. The camera maker, originally set to release the model “shortly after” October 9, will give a free, aluminum Hydrogen One to those who pre-ordered the titanium (Ti) version while they wait for the more expensive unit....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Report: Xiaomi has incredibly lofty smartphone shipment goals for 2021 July 23, 2025 Xiaomi has enjoyed a stellar 2020 thus far, owing to the combination of the COVID-19 pandemic, HUAWEI’s US-induced slide, and a focus on new markets. The company has passed Apple for third place in Q3 2020, and it seems to be closing in on HUAWEI too....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Royole, company with first foldable phone, looking for $1bn in fundraising July 12, 2025 Despite all the hype surrounding theSamsung Galaxy Foldand theHUAWEI Mate Xfoldable phones, neither one is going to be the first to market. That claim is already assigned to Chinese company Royole with itsRoyole FlexPaifoldable phone, shown above. Now, according toBloomberg, Royole is pursuing $1 billion in a new fundraising campaign which could preclude an IPO....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Samsung Galaxy S21 ad says there’s ‘plenty’ of space for 8K video August 07, 2025 With theGalaxy S21andS21 Ultraout today, Samsung has released a new ad called “The Trip” to sell consumers on its new flagships. Normally we don’t cover ads (unless they also happen to be aWeezer videoas well), but we decided to flag this one because it caused some raised eyebrows among theAndroid Authorityteam....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Samsung Galaxy S7 vs iPhone 6s hands on comparison June 05, 2025 Samsung and Apple are undeniably the two dominant forces in the smartphone world, and every time one of them launches their latest and greatest, there’s naturally a lot of curiosity with regards to how it stacks up against its biggest competition. Well, Samsung just took the wraps off their latest Galaxy S series flagship atMWC 2016, and so we pit it against the current best from Apple, in this quick look at theSamsung Galaxy S7vsiPhone 6s!...

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Samsung refreshing LTE-only Galaxy S20 FE with Snapdragon 865 (Updated: Launch) July 21, 2025 Update: June 28, 2025 (4:46 AM ET): Samsung has launched the 4G-only Samsung Galaxy S20 FE with the Snapdragon 865 chipset. It currently available in Malaysia and listed in Germany and Sweden. You can read more about the new modelhere. Original article: June 23, 2025 (10:20 AM ET):When it launched, there were two versions ofthe “Fan Edition” of the Galaxy S20: a 4G-only version and a version with 5G capabilities....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Samsung shipments dropped in Q2, “mounting challenges” expected for the rest of the year August 07, 2025 Samsungannounced its financial results for Q2 2015, and the news is worrying when it comes to the mobile segment. Samsung Electronics accrued total revenues of 48.54 trillion won ($41.5 billion) in the quarter that ended on June 30, a slight increase over the previous quarter, but more than 7 percent lower than Q2 2014....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Samsung to discontinue the Galaxy Alpha? July 06, 2025 TheGalaxy Alphamay only be a few months old, butSamsungcould already be poised to axe the handset in order to focus on itsGalaxy A series. According to industry insiders, Samsung will begin winding down production of its Galaxy Alpha line-up as it bows to price pressure in the Korean market. The source states that Samsung will cease production of the Alpha in early February and will replace the handset with the Galaxy A5 in Korea sometime between January and February 2015....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Should you wait for the Google Pixel 4a if you need a phone today? July 06, 2025 Timing a new technological purchase is perpetually tricky. There’s always something better right around the corner. This is particularly the case with the upcoming Pixel 4a, Google’s second-generation affordable phone that looks set to cost under $400. This puts it up against Apple’s newiPhone SE, making it a particularly important launch for Android fans....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Smart lock on a door? Psh, now you can have them on cabinets, safes, and more August 12, 2025 Most people who are serious about theirsmart homelikely have a smart lock on their front door. This not only makes your home more secure but also allows you to do cool things such as unlock your door from anywhere in the world....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Snapception: Snapchat is redesigning its redesign August 10, 2025 Snapchatis still trying to recover from the backlash againstits controversial redesignit announced last year. Now it appears, viaRecode, that the company is slowly starting to reintroduce aspects of the previous design, as it has begun testing user-generated Stories appearing on the Discover page, which is where they used to be....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Soon all Android users will be able to see the latest emoji, sort of July 21, 2025 Now, there are plenty of differences between various Android versions. You might think that the most important ones are the core features or the number of security fixes, but you would be wrong. Obviously, the most notable difference between Android versions is the emoji catalog....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Verizon, T-Mobile, AT&T and Sprint are building a unified user authentication system July 06, 2025 In the past couple of years we’ve seen security in devices get better and better. With the introduction of fingerprint readers, iris scanning, and other biometric authentication systems, our phones are more secure than ever. Still, there are some that think these devices are still not as secure as they could be....