Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. OnePlus 6 update brings portrait mode selfies, more improvements June 24, 2025 TheOnePlus 6is off to a solid start with largely positive reviews, and now it’s getting some new features with its latest update. Portrait mode for the front camera arrives via the OxygenOS 5.1.6 update, as spotted by the OnePlus forums and on our review unit (seen below). The update means OnePlus joins the likes ofLenovo,Huawei,Google, andXiaomiin offering a selfie portrait mode....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. OnePlus 7T Pro review: Very good, but too similar? July 13, 2025 OnePlus 7T Pro What we like What we don’t like Our scores If you’re looking for a no-compromise flagship without spending big bucks, a OnePlus phone is probably on your mind. TheOnePlus 7 Pro, released earlier this year. signaled the company’s intent to more directly take on full-featured devices such as theSamsung Galaxy S10and theHUAWEI P30 Pro....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. OnePlus 8T Concept announced: A phone with a color-shifting back panel August 14, 2025 Late last year, OnePlus surprised us with the announcement of a new smartphone it called theOnePlus Concept One. It featured an electrochromic glass panel covering the rear camera. This allowed the glass to obscure the camera lenses when not in use and then reveal them when needed....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Polaroid Selfie is a rebranded OPPO N1 clone, and OPPO doesn’t like it August 12, 2025 It’s hard to believe, but less than a decade ago, Chinese electronic products were often likened to KIRF status, an “affectionate” term coined by the staff at Engadget to describe products from the country that were literal copies of other devices. These days however, big name companies from China such as Xiaomi, HUAWEI, and OPPO are seeking to change things up and make original, highly competitive products....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Review of the ThL 5000, the octa-core smartphone with a 5000mAh battery July 18, 2025 A quick skim through the comments left on Android Authority will show any interested reader that longer battery life is one of the key features that smartphone users want. Although smartphones have been progressing rapidly, it is true to say that battery capacity has not kept pace....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Samsung promises Nougat for the Note 7 in 2-3 months July 03, 2025 The upcoming and highly anticipated Galaxy Note 7 packs a ton a goodies, but one aspect about it that didn’t make headlines was its Android version – 6.0 Marshmallow. We all know that the new hotness this Fall will be Android 7.0 Nougat. Unfortunately, the timing of the Note 7’s launch didn’t line up with Google’s debut of the finalized software....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Samsung SM-R150 fitness tracker revealed in photos July 20, 2025 Rumors of a new fitness tracker coming from Samsung started emerginglast November. We didn’t know much about the product then, and we still don’t really know much about it now. But if the latest leaked images prove to be real, the upcoming device (internally known as Triathlon) will not look like your traditional fitness-focused wearable....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Samsung’s latest camera sensor is designed with punch hole displays in mind June 06, 2025 Samsunghas announced the ISOCELL Slim 3T2, a 20MP camera sensor that’s made for punch-hole displays. Punch hole displays represent the next phase in the move to proper full-screen smartphones, as a smaller display cutout makes for a less intrusive experience. But a smaller cutout also means the camera sensor has to be small and slim to actually fit into the hole....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Samsung’s new budget phone brings 6,000mAh battery, quad cameras for ~$200 August 20, 2025 There’s no shortage ofbudget Samsung smartphonesin India, but the country is about to welcome yet another model. This time, Samsung is launching the Galaxy M32 (h/tXDA-Developers), the latest device in the company’s affordable series. The Galaxy M32 takes a few styling cues from theGalaxy F62. It packs a pinstripe design on its back and will be available in Black and Light Blue colorways....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Samsung’s latest camera sensor is thinner, without compromising quality June 27, 2025 The camera on theGalaxy Note 5, coming August 13, might protrude a tiny bit less thanks to the use ofSamsung’snew 1-micron sensor. Samsungannounced todaythe availability of a new 16MP camera sensor for smartphones, featuring 1-micron pixels. Dubbed S5K3P3, the new sensor uses ISOCELL technology, which physically separates neighboring pixels, reducing unwanted crosstalk by 30 percent and increasing the chief ray angle by 20 percent....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. SecureVault app from Micromax helps you hide your apps and private content June 13, 2025 Micromaxhas introduced a SecureVault app with Dual 5 and Evok Note, their latest smartphones. SecureVault is the first ever built-in security app that helps you hide installed apps and encrypt and hide photos, videos, and documents preventing unauthorized access with a unique fingerprint lock....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Sony Xperia V Review! [video] July 15, 2025 It’s been a while since I handled a Sony phone. Back in the mid 2000s, I was a big fan of the Sony Ericsson line of Walkman phones and had plenty of fun taking quite high quality photos with the Cybershot versions. As the smartphone market grew, function specific devices like those Sony used to put out became less and less common – unfortunately, it seems that the same goes for Sony phones in general....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Sony’s REAL flagship could land next month August 02, 2025 Poor old Sony – afterunveiling the Xperia Z4 earlier today, the company has faced a backlash across social media –and from myself– about how the Xperia Z4 isn’t really an upgrade, it’s just the same device with a couple of tweaks to the specifications. Except, all might not be as it seems with a new report suggesting that we’ll see Sony announce a real global flagship towards the end of next month....