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Anker issues recall and refund for perilous USB-C cable

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Anker issues recall and refund for perilous USB-C cable June 01, 2025 USB Type-C hasn’t had the smoothest start. But then again, it’s an overhauled standard from the many proven years with microUSB. The woes begun as OnePlus jumped in head first last year with theOnePlus 2, to find that its own bundled USB-C cablewasn’t up to snuffwith the official specifications....

ASUS ZenFone 2 Deluxe Special Edition with 256 GB of storage launching in Brazil

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. ASUS ZenFone 2 Deluxe Special Edition with 256 GB of storage launching in Brazil July 12, 2025 True data warriors may not be happy with those 128 GB of internal storage the ASUS ZenFone 2 currently caps out at. If you are struggling to keep all those movies, documents and music, the Taiwanese manufacturer may have something for you!...

Bandai Namco's free-to-play Tekken Mobile is available from the Play Store

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Bandai Namco’s free-to-play Tekken Mobile is available from the Play Store August 19, 2025 Afterlaunchingin several territories around the world, Bandai Namco finally launched Tekken Mobile in the U.S. — two days ahead of schedule. Whether you should actually download the free-to-play title is another matter. If you have played mobile fighting games like Injustice 2 and Transformers: Forged to Fight, you mostly know how to play Tekken Mobile....

Beyerdynamic's Byrd series and the small change that makes a big difference

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Beyerdynamic’s Byrd series and the small change that makes a big difference June 22, 2025 beyerdynamic reinvented itself as this year’sIFAconference with a new logo, new company symbol, new branding, and a slew of new products. There’s much that could be written about the company’s latest vision and lineup (Icoveredthe new headphones from the event for our sister-siteSound Guys), but one of the seemingly smaller details from the announcement is for me the most significant....

Carrier leak suggests iPhone 12 release in late October with 5G

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Carrier leak suggests iPhone 12 release in late October with 5G June 04, 2025 Apple said its next iPhones would be weeks late due to the pandemic, and rumors have swirled of 5G support. Now, however, a leak appears to have both narrowed down the release date for theiPhone 12(or whatever it may be called) and supported rumors the new handsets would be 5G ready....

Deal (US only): Nexus 9 for as little as $239 for Valentine's Day

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Deal (US only): Nexus 9 for as little as $239 for Valentine’s Day June 09, 2025 It’s no secret that the Nexus 9 has failed to gain the same type of attention as its predecessor, the Nexus 7, largely due to a high price tag and some pretty big bugs upon initial release. Thankfully, patches have fixed the performance issues, and pricing has gone down a little too over time....

Deal: Get Amazon's refurbished Fire tablets for as low as $35

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Deal: Get Amazon’s refurbished Fire tablets for as low as $35 July 27, 2025 As far as affordableAndroidtablets go,Amazon’sFire tablets have been safe bets for over five years. That continues to be the case with the Fire 7 and Fire HD 8, Amazon’s most affordable tablets that currently go for even lower prices if you opt for their refurbished versions....

Demand for AR and VR headsets nearly tripled in one year

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Demand for AR and VR headsets nearly tripled in one year June 27, 2025 Virtual realitymight have had its watershed moment. Counterpoint Research hasdeterminedthat VR and AR headset shipments nearly tripled year-on-year in the first quarter of 2021. It won’t surprise you to hear who led the pack. TheOculus Quest 2drove that spike in demand, giving Facebook’s VR headset brand a whopping 75% share....

Designer envisions a detachable camera module for phones, and it's pretty cool

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Designer envisions a detachable camera module for phones, and it’s pretty cool August 22, 2025 It’s no secret that smartphone camera bumps are getting enormous — just look at theSamsung Galaxy S20 Ultraif you need proof. While the ginormous camera module is inconvenient when trying to lay your phone flat on a table, what if you could actually make its size a positive feature?...

Disney saves you from wasting cash by shuttering Star Wars: Rivals

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Disney saves you from wasting cash by shuttering Star Wars: Rivals June 06, 2025 Thefree-to-play video gamesbusiness model gets a lot of criticism from both the gaming press as well as tech presslike here atAndroid Authority. However, the system clearly works as games likeFortniteandClash of Clanscontinue to rake in millions of dollars from their huge pools of players. But it seems that one game didn’t quite make the cut, and that’sDisney’s Star Wars: Rivals— a free-to-play action shooter game that didn’t even make it to a stable release before getting the axe (or, in this case, lightsaber)....

Do bezels still have a place on our smartphones?

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Do bezels still have a place on our smartphones? June 07, 2025 Editorializing on the state of mobile technology can be a slippery slope. Not every issue is cut and dried. It’s up to us to hash it out. Sometimes it’s a friendly twitter conversation. Other times it’s in a chat. But sometimes, we need to pull out the stops and figure things out in front of everyone....

Five new phones added to Amazon's Prime Exclusive list: Nokia 6, Moto E4, and three new Alcatel phones

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Five new phones added to Amazon’s Prime Exclusive list: Nokia 6, Moto E4, and three new Alcatel phones June 28, 2025 While the Fire phone may not have sparked consumer attention to the degree that Amazon had hoped, the company’s smartphone ambitions certainly haven’t fizzled and, in fact, have begun to flourish thanks to a big change of direction that kicked off back in June of 2016 with the Moto G4 and BLU R1....

Galaxy Note 10.1 – 2014 Edition release date set for October 10 in the USA, priced at $549.99

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Galaxy Note 10.1 – 2014 Edition release date set for October 10 in the USA, priced at $549.99 August 05, 2025 Samsung on Thursday announced U.S. availability details for its most recent tablet, the Galaxy Note 10.1 – 2014 Editionthat was unveiled only a few weeks ago at IFA 2013. The new Note tabletwill be launched on October 10 in the USA, with pricing starting at $549....