Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. 5 smartphone features and design trends I don’t miss at all July 20, 2025 Phone makers from Apple to ZTE have conjured up all sorts of hardware ideas over the years. Some devices and their features have beenbreathtaking in design and functionalitywhile others left many people scratching their heads. At the same time, technology has moved forward negating the need for some aspects of phone design that were once vital....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. 5G Moto Mod pre-orders start March 14, Verizon 5G launches April 11 July 16, 2025 As the battle for “first to 5G” heats up among the Big Four wireless carriers in the United States, it appearsVerizonis taking the lead.Big Red just announcedthat it will launch 5G service in Chicago and Minneapolis on April 11, and also offer the5G Moto Modwhich will allowMotorola Moto Z3owners to connect to that network....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. AA Photo Contest: Show us your best Spring shots! June 04, 2025 It’s a wrap! The May 2018 AA Photo Contest is now over, and we have a clear winner based on readers’ votes. Congratulations to Abe L., who will take home a DJI Osmo Mobile 2 smartphone gimbal. We’ve got hundreds of great submissions and we would like to thank everyone for participating....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Acer announces its first two 12-inch Chromebooks July 24, 2025 Acer has just announced its first two 12-inchChromebooks: the Chromebook 512 and Chromebook Spin 512. Starting with the Chromebook 512, the device features a 12-inch IPS display with 1,366 x 912 resolution. The 180-degree hinge lets you lay the Chromebook 512 flat on a surface, while the display can either be touch or non-touch....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Android developer news and features round-up: June 2019 June 20, 2025 It might seem like June was a somewhat quiet month following all theexcitement of May, but there have certainly been a few interesting developments that might have flown under your radar. For one,Android Q Beta 4 is now availableand will allow developers to fully test their apps in anticipation of the OS update....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. BlackBerry execs: “Mission accomplished” with less-than-a-million phone sold in 2017 June 29, 2025 Back in 2016, the budget phone makerTCLbought the rights tocreate BlackBerry phones. Its first flagship device under this arrangement, theBlackBerry KeyOne, launched last year duringMobile World Congress 2017. Now atMWC 2018, BlackBerry execs are all smiles about how well they perceive BlackBerry to be doing. Francois Mahieu is in charge of marketing at BlackBerry/TCL, and Alain Lejeune is the global general manager for BlackBerry Mobile....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Crowdfunding project of the week: the Blade4000 is a portable charger that also expands storage August 09, 2025 We are back with yet another ‘Crowdfunding project of the week’, an article series in which we highlight the coolest funding campaigns from sites likeKickstarterandIndiegogo. Shall we jump right in? Other featured projects: Today we are taking a look at the Blade4000 battery pack....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Deal: buy a OnePlus 2, get a StyleSwap Cover free July 08, 2025 OnePlus is getting into the Valentine’s spirit by offering a free StyleSwap Cover of your choice whenever you purchase aOnePlus 2. The promo code is LOVE, and thisofferis only valid for a limited time or while supplies lasts. The OnePlus 2 is a gorgeous and affordable device that brings a lot to love to the table....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Do US tech companies create tools for terrorists? August 05, 2025 Yesterday, Robert Hannigan, head of the United Kingdom’s Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ),wrotein the Financial Times that terrorists are using tools created by U.S. technology firms as their “command-and-control networks of choice.” According to Hannigan, the only way to fix this issue to allow more investigations by security and law-enforcement agencies....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Facebook’s new Memories section is a cheap shot of nostalgia June 08, 2025 Facebook has launched a new Memories section on its app and website. This section will include the important moments and memories you have shared on Facebook over the years. It will bring together the existing On This Day feature along with special videos to celebrate your friendship, memory recaps, and a section called Memories You May Have Missed....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. First objective 5G results for the US are here, and they are quite frustrating August 19, 2025 We’ve heard it pretty much ad nauseam over the past few years:5G is the future. But when is that future actually going to become the present? That’s what venerable speed test and carrier reliability sourceRootMetricsset out to discover. In a new report, RootMetrics gives us an idea of our status here in the United States when it comes to the two most important things related to 5G networks: how fast is it and how easy is it to connect?...

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. First official real-life OnePlus 9 Pro shown off in new teaser ad June 21, 2025 Earlier this week, OnePlus showed off a render of its upcoming Pro-level flagship phone. Today, the company is taking things one step further by showing off a real-life version of that phone withina new teaser ad. Related:OnePlus 9 series: Everything we know so far...

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. First OnePlus 6T camera sample appears via CEO: Is it a low-light champ? June 16, 2025 TheOneplus 6Tlaunch event is around the corner, and we already have a good idea of what to expect from the phone. How its camera will handle is less certain, but OnePlus CEO Pete Lau has dished out a tantalizing glimpse of its capabilities on social media....