Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. REDMAGIC 3 is a real gaming phone for real gamers June 06, 2025 The gaming smartphone market is still a niche demographic, but it’s become an increasingly powerful one. The 2019 arrival of theREDMAGIC 3sets the bar highfor all contenders with its reasonable price point, impressive specs, and a bevy of extra features. We were excited about the arrival of theQualcomm Snapdragon 855chipset, but we weren’t prepared to see it arrive on a sub-$500 device so soon....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Samsung Galaxy Note 7 whistles while working in new ad campaign June 17, 2025 TheSamsung Galaxy Note 7has been officially unveiled, and naturally Samsung has prepared a handful of ad spots for this flashy new phablet. A trio of commercials is now hitting the airwaves, showcasing the Note 7’s gorgeous 5.7 inch QHD Super AMOLED display, Snapdragon 820 processor powered by 4GB of RAM, iris scanner, and fingerprint scanner....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Samsung Galaxy S3 vs Sony Xperia V June 06, 2025 We’ve seen a lot of new letters in the Xperia alphabet lately. We previously reviewed some of them, such as the Sony Xperia J, Xperia T, and the Xperia TX. Recently, the Sony Xperia V LT25i came along to join the group. The Xperia V does more than improve Sony’s alphabet letter count....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Samsung patents a movable camera system with adaptive aperture June 24, 2025 Samsungis apparently working on a new movable camera design for smartphones that may enable variable aperture. The design came to light in a recently publishedpatent(h/tLetsGoDigital). The camera array, in its standard setup, sits horizontally across a smartphone’s back. However, the cameras in this array can also move, forming a triangle....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Samsung sold over 100,000 Tizen Z1 smartphones so far July 05, 2025 Despite earlyreports of a frosty reception, Samsung has remained confident that itsTizenpoweredZ1 smartphoneisselling well in Indiaand recently launched the handset in Bangladesh. Now, industry sources are suggesting that Samsung has sold more than 100,000 Z1’s in India since its launch on January 14thand has already shifted 20,000 handset in Bangladesh in the last two weeks....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Sony Xperia 5 announced: A smaller Xperia 1, but what else? June 18, 2025 TheSony Xperia 1was a rather interesting flagship release for the company earlier this year, butSonyisn’t stopping there though. Now, the firm has announced the Sony Xperia 5, skipping a few numbers in the process. Sony’s latest flagship smartphone differs from theXperia 1by being a little smaller, offering a 6....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Tasker’s latest update brings a revamped UI, icons, themes, and more June 06, 2025 Out of all the apps that let you customize your Android device, Tasker is one of the more powerful and granular ones available. It also happens to be one of the more popular, which is why its revamped look and feel, along with an exhaustive changelog, will excite a lot of users....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. The Google Pixel 3 and 3 XL will get one final software update next year July 14, 2025 Earlier this week, Google released theNovember 2021 security updatesfor its currently supported Pixel smartphones. It was also the first such release that didn’t have updates for the three-year-oldPixel 3 and Pixel 3 XLsmartphones. However, it’s now confirmed that the Pixel 3 series will receive one final software update....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. These will be the Xbox Series X/S optimized games available on November 10 July 21, 2025 Gamers who are lucky enough to snap up Microsoft’s newXbox Series XorXbox Series Sconsoles on November 10 will not have a lack of games to play. Today, the company revealed the list of Xbox Series X/S optimized games that will be available for purchase....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. These would’ve been Essential’s next phones if Andy Rubin didn’t screw things up June 11, 2025 Andy Rubin’s company Essentialclosed its doors for goodrecently after having released only one smartphone: theEssential Phone. We’ve only been able to speculate what the Essential Phone 2 would have looked like were it to be released, but now we have a pretty good idea, thanks to former company designer Kevin Hoffman....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Virgin Mobile will no longer sell Android phones in favor of the iPhone [Update] June 30, 2025 Update – July 14: A Virgin Mobile PR rep sent over a statement to Android Authority, stating that the carrier will still support their current Android smartphone owners until mid-2018, including offering those customers updates to their devices. In addition, while Virgin Mobile is still only selling iPhones in its own stores and on its site to new customers, the carrier will continue to sell new Android devices via other retail outlets, such as Walmart, Best Buy and Target, until the end of 2017....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Xiaomi launches Redmi Note 7 in India but the Redmi Note 7 Pro steals its thunder July 15, 2025 In a press conference in New Delhi, Xiaomi launched theRedmi Note 7in India – just a couple of months after it launched theRedmi Note 6 Proin the market. The company also launched theRedmi Note 7 Proat the event. Xiaomi has been the number one smartphone brand in India, the company’s biggest market outside of China, since over a year now and much of its success and positive mindshare has been piggybacking on its bestselling Note series....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Xperia Z3 AOSP Lollipop ROM with working calls appears, although not quite ready for daily use June 06, 2025 EarlyAOSP Lollipop source codewas made available for Xperia smartphones last week and has already been put to some use. A work in process Lollipop build for theXperia Z3has been published by developerkrabappel2548, although there are still some big issues left to sort out....