Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Most expensive Galaxy Note 8 variant could cost $1200 June 01, 2025 The Galaxy Note 8 was always going to be an expensive little devil; the latest device in Samsung’s most premium range will reportedly sporta lot of high-end techwhen it launches in just two days. Official Note 8 price and release date information isn’t yet known, and these details may still arrive after the New York launch event on Wednesday....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. PornTime is Popcorn Time’s naughty cousin, and it’s coming to Android August 10, 2025 Last year we sawPopcorn Time hit the scene, offering a Netflix-like solution to pirating movies with support for PCs, Macs, Linux, and even Android. The service basically made it easy to stream movies using technology that utilized BitTorrents to get the job done. Now it looks like the same platform and technology are being utilized to bring easy streaming of high-quality porno movies via the aptly named Porn Time....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Report: Samsung could offer an Exynos S21 FE to make up for Snapdragon shortfall July 13, 2025 Samsung’sGalaxy S21 FEis expected to arrive later this year, but it seems like the phone’s release plans are being affected by the global chip shortage. Now, a new report suggests that Samsung might actually change a key S21 FE spec in order to bring the phone to market....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Report: Samsung Galaxy S30 Ultra won’t get a battery capacity buff August 16, 2025 TheSamsungGalaxy S30 Ultra could be just as jacked as its predecessor but might not make any gains in the battery capacity department, a new report suggests. According to information garnered byGalaxy Club, the next oversized phone in the Samsung Galaxy S lineup will feature the same battery capacity as the Galaxy S20 Ultra....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Samsung Galaxy S8 Plus vs Apple iPhone 7 Plus quick look July 17, 2025 Unfortunately for Samsung, they didn’t really have anything over the holiday season to compete against the Apple iPhone 7 Plus. Instead, they were dealing with one wicked migraine of a problem with theGalaxy Note 7. Now that’s all in the past, they’re looking ahead to the future with its upcoming phablet of a phone in theGalaxy S8 Plus....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Samsung seems to be exploring a phone with a pop-out display August 03, 2025 From Samsung’sfoldable phonesand clamshells to extreme design anomalies like thenubia Alpha, flexible displays have made for some pretty interesting and unique smartphone form factors of late. It seems we’re in for more design innovation in the future thanks to these bendy screens. A recently filed Samsung patent apparently imagines a smartphone with a flexible display that pops out of its chassis....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. August 03, 2025 The offer works on a sliding scale: the more you use Samsung Pay the greater the value of gift cards you’ll receive. When you register and make three Samsung Pay payments during the promotion period you’ll get a $20 gift card. Make a total of five payments for an additional $30 gift card and make 10 altogether for a $50 gift card on top of the other two you’ve already earned....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Strangely, the OnePlus 9 might offer a subjectively better display than 9 Pro May 30, 2025 Today, smartphone leaker Max Jambor took to Twitter to shareanother one of his enigmatic leaks. According to Jambor, the upcoming OnePlus 9 Pro could feature a low-temperature polycrystalline oxide (LTPO) display. This would mean the 9 Pro could have a very similar display to the one we saw onthis year’s Galaxy S21 Ultra....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. T-Mobile says recent data hack exposed over 47 million people’s info (Updated) July 10, 2025 Update: July 29, 2025 (02:00 PM ET): T-Mobile’s latest update onits websiteabout the massive data breach brings more bad news. In addition to the personal info leak of the 7.8 million current postpaid customers (see update below), T-Mobile has identified that “the phone numbers, as well as IMEI and IMSI information, the typical identifier numbers associated with a mobile phone, were also compromised....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. The Galaxy S8 is evidence of Samsung’s changing attitude to bloatware June 10, 2025 Remember back when we all used to have a field day bashing Samsung bloatware? There was sooo much of it, you couldn’t disable or uninstall it, and most things duplicated stuff that Google already did perfectly well (and also pre-installed on Galaxy phones). But starting with theGalaxy S6, Samsung started to change its attitude toward bloatware, and theGalaxy S8benefits greatly from the continuation of that tendency....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. The Google Pixel 3 camera is great, it just doesn’t save pictures sometimes (Update: Fix incoming) July 27, 2025 Update July 17, 2025 (12:40pm ET):After being pressed for comment, Google confirmed that it has identified the bug causing the camera issues. The problem should be fixed “in the coming weeks” via a software update. As Google plans to roll out the fix to all three Pixel generations, there’s a good chance that it might be included in theNovember security patch....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. The successor to Vine is called Byte, launching in 2019 August 06, 2025 Aftersomeback-and-forthover whether aVine successorwould materialize, Vine co-founder Dom Hofmann finally announced a proper successor on Twitter. CalledByte, the app is available as a private beta starting today foriPhoneusers and later this year forAndroidusers. According toThe Verge, Byte is similar to Vine and Instagram in that the new app features a feed that lets you see other people’s creations....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. The wait is over: The Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8 Plus now support Daydream VR July 06, 2025 When Samsung launched the Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8 Plus, one of the more glaring omissions was the lack of Daydream VR support. We assumed it was not for a lack of specs – the Snapdragon 835, 4 GB of RAM, and Quad HD Super AMOLED display ensure compatibility – so it was only a matter of time until that would change....