Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. OnePlus 6: Four years on from the OnePlus One, what will we get? August 07, 2025 Four years ago today, OnePlus unveiled the disruptiveOnePlus One. Now, the Shenzen-based company’s seventh major device, theOnePlus 6, is on the horizon. It’s a key moment, as enthusiasts come to grips with the pioneering brand moving into the mainstream market with mainstream prices....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. OnePlus 8 Pro launch event: Watch the livestream here (Update: Official!) August 21, 2025 Update:OnePlus has officially taken the wraps off the OnePlus 8 and OnePlus 8 Pro. Check out all of our coverage below: The OnePlus 8 series is almost here. We’re just a few hours away from the launch of the new flagships and this year, the top-of-the-line OnePlus phone, the OnePlus 8 Pro, isexpectedto reach the $1,000 price mark as the company moves towardsmore premium offerings....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. OnePlus aims to ship phones much faster in 2017 August 15, 2025 OnePlushas never had an amazing track record when it comes to shipping out smartphones, but that might change in 2017. In a recent forum post, OnePlus admitted that, due to some supply difficulties, the company was slow at shipping out devices for much of 2016. Its smartphones were listed as “out of stock” for much of the year, and sold out pretty fast once devices became available again....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. OnePlus finally confirms no Nougat update for the OnePlus 2 July 13, 2025 After much speculation and wishful thinking from owners, OnePlus has officially confirmed toAndroid Authoritythat theNougat updatewill not be delivered for theOnePlus 2. The refusal to update comes after promises of 24 months of update support in the past and anoutright assertionfrom the company last year that the OnePlus 2wouldget Android N....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Qualcomm debuts new golden ear audio codecs on Xiaomi Redmi K20 July 11, 2025 The meteoric rise of wireless earbuds has audio enthusiasts frantically searching for the best wireless headphones. Fortunately, some manufacturers are returning the headphone jack and are being rewarded with Qualcomm’s latest Aqstic smartphone audio codecs, theWCD9375 and WCD9370. These promise to further improve mobile audio. One of the first smartphones to support them is theXiaomi Redmi K20....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. realme GT review: Leading design, specs to match July 30, 2025 Realme GT 5G What we like What we don’t like Our scores After staving off Xiaomi’s stranglehold on themid-range smartphonesegment, realme has been consistently aiming upwards. The realme GT is the company’s attempt at the value flagship market, a market erstwhile dominated by OnePlus that has been seeing increasing competition from Xiaomi, Iqoo, and vivo....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. realme X7 Max 5G launched: MediaTek-powered flagship hits India June 03, 2025 Flagships powered byMediaTekhave been a rarity, despite the firm taking the chipset crown in 2020. Fortunately, Indian consumers can soon get their hands on one as realme launches the X7 Max 5G in the market. The new phone is powered by a brand-newDimensity 1200chipset, featuring a tri-cluster octa-core CPU (1x Cortex-A78 at 3GHz, 3x Cortex-A78 at 2....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Samsung Galaxy Note 20 series could get a massive chipset upgrade August 20, 2025 Samsung traditionally offers a brand-new chipset with the Galaxy S series flagships, with that year’s Galaxy Note then adopting the processor or a tweaked version of it. But it seems like theGalaxy Note 20could get a major chip upgrade this year. ZDNet Koreareports that Samsung has completed mass production preparations for a 5nm Exynos processor that’s expected to be theExynos 992....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Samsung Galaxy Note 7 vs Galaxy Note 5 August 23, 2025 With the latest addition to the popular Galaxy Note series, Samsung decided to make the leap from 5 to 7. As is the case whenever a new generation of a device comes out, the question on everyone’s mind is whether it is a worthy upgrade. [related_videos title=”Samsung Galaxy Note 7 videos” align=”center” type=”custom” videos=”714781,712423,710252,706889,706890,706790″]...

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Samsung has a new compact phone with a removable battery (Updated: Launch) July 19, 2025 Update: August 20, 2025 (5:15 AM ET):Samsung hasquietly launchedthe Galaxy XCover 5. Unsurprisingly, the leaked specs we wrote about in the original article turned out to be correct. Apart from the durability features mentioned below, Samsung says it has improved shock resistance on the phone....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Samsung’s leaked Galaxy S21 ‘custom’ colors are polarizing August 19, 2025 Samsung is fond of releasing Galaxy phones in awider variety of colorsthan you normally find in regions like North America, but whether or not you’ll enjoy its next palette is up for debate.WinFuture‘s Roland Quandt hassharedleaked images of what he says are Samsung’s “custom colors” for theGalaxy S21, and there’s a good chance you’ll balk at one or two of them....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Sony Xperia X Compact hands on review July 27, 2025 AtIFA 2016, Sony announced two new additions to its Xperia X series: the Xperia XZ and the latest compact model, the Xperia X Compact. The Xperia X Compact is essentially a smaller version of the Xperia XZ, although it hasn’t exactly followed the same flagship-specs-in-a-compact-body recipe Sony employed with previous compacts....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Sony Xperia XZ1 and XZ1 Compact announced with Oreo on board June 24, 2025 Sony hasn’t had the best of runs over the past few years, but after a lot of restructuring, the company is rebuilding from the bottom up. Since the switch to Xperia X branding, Sony has arguably released as many phones as it ever did, but with the launch of the Xperia XZ1 and Xperia XZ1 Compact at IFA today, the company is hoping its new camera can help rekindle consumer interest....