Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. OnePlus Band review: Stick with the Xiaomi Mi Band 5 July 06, 2025 OnePlus OnePlus Band What we like What we don’t like Anyone followingOnePlusknows that the company has bold ambitions to be a full-ecosystem player. Over the last year, it has expanded into mid-range smartphones with theOnePlus Nord. It aimed lower still with the cheaper Nord N10 and N100 months later....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. OnePlus brings back its development seeding program (Update: Statement) June 04, 2025 Update, June 09, 2025 (02:03 PM ET):OnePlus issuedAndroid Authoritya statement on the reintroduction of its development seeding program. The statement is here: Original Article, August 20, 2025 (10:40 AM ET):At the end of November 2018, word spread that OnePlus wasshuttering its development seeding program, which gives freeOnePlusdevices to Android developers so they can test apps,custom ROMs, and other software....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Porsche Design Mate 9 pre-orders finally begin for €1395 June 20, 2025 If you have been waiting patiently to order thePorsche Design Mate 9since it was first announced in late 2016, your wait is now over. The limited edition version of the HUAWEI Mate 9 is now available to pre-order from the Porsche Design site, and it will set you back a whopping €1395....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Qualcomm releases Snapdragon Wear 2100 to enhance the wearable experience July 28, 2025 The two key features of the Snapdragon 2100 are its reduction in size and an increase in power efficiency. According to Qualcomm the Snapdragon Wear 2100 is 30 percent smaller than the Snapdragon 400, which should help OEMs build thinner and sleeker devices. It also uses less power, 25% less according to Qualcomm....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Rear 3D ToF cameras are here, but front-facing 3D cameras are just as important July 25, 2025 We already saw3D Time of Flight(ToF) cameras land on smartphones in 2018, but it looks like 2019 is the year way more companies will adopt the technology. Between existing solutions fromOppoandHuawei, and rumored implementations fromSamsungandApple, it’s clear the industry sees this as the way of the future....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Redmi Note 9T review: Cheap battery champ with 5G June 24, 2025 Xiaomi Redmi Note 9T What we like What we don’t like Our scores The Redmi Note 9T is the latest low-costXiaomiphone to reach the market and it packs a double 5G punch. It may be a simple phone, but it covers the right bases in just the right ways....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Removing the Galaxy Note 9’s physical buttons is easier than you might think June 07, 2025 TheJerryRigEverythingYouTube Channel has subjected theSamsung Galaxy Note 9to its typical set of durability tests and made a surprising discovery. Presenter Zack put the Note 9 under the knife in a video published yesterday and found he could easily pull off the phone’s physical buttons....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Report: Global 4G LTE speeds stuck at a stand still August 15, 2025 OpenSignal is back with another biannual look at thestate of the world’s 4G LTE networks, gathered using its crowdsourced data from close to 4 million test devices out in the wild, contributing over 50 billion measurements. As always, there’s a mixed bag of results for various countries but on the whole the picture remains mostly unchanged....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Royole could add a pop-up selfie camera to its next foldable phone August 03, 2025 Royole launched the firstfoldable phoneback in 2018, which now seems an awfully long time ago. The original FlexPai lacked refinement, but it did open up the niche forSamsungand HUAWEI to stake their claim. Now, it seems Royole is working on the third iteration of its foldable phone....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Samsung Galaxy S8 Active accidentally confirmed by AT&T? June 22, 2025 It was already looking pretty likely that Samsung would introduce another Galaxy Active device. Between thereal-life photos and videosand theEvan Blass-leaked renders, there was little doubt that the S8 variant would be coming soon. According to recent information, it appears that the Galaxy S8 Active has now been confirmed byAT&T— although the reveal might not have been planned....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Samsung Group president and vice chairman offer to resign amidst bribery scandal July 02, 2025 In case you’ve missed it, Samsung has been having quite a few problems lately. Just to be clear, I’m not talking about theGalaxy Note 7fiasco, which is one of the reasons why the company’s reputation among US consumershas taken a beating. I’m talking about the fact that Lee Jae-yong, who is Samsung’s vice chairman and current acting leader,has been arrestedon charges that he attempted to bribe the president of South Korea....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Shocker: It looks like no one wanted to buy the $16,000 Solarin phone July 27, 2025 In late May 2016, an Israel-based company called SIRIN LABS Labs, which raised $72 million in seed funding, got a bit of media attentionwhen it announced the Solarin. The Android-based smartphone was promoted for its highly secure software, but it made the most headlines because of its cost: $14,000, or about $16,666 after you factor in taxes....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Skrillex-branded “Live Cases” now available from the Google Store for the low price of $40 August 11, 2025 Are you a fan of famed dubstep artist Skrillex? Do you own an Android device? If so, head on over to theGoogle Storeand check out the new Skrillex-branded “Live Cases” now available for theNexus 5and6,Samsung Galaxy S5andS6, andGalaxy Note 4. They’re now available for $40 a piece and come in three different designs: Space Shield, Circuit Bae and Lil Planet....