Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Redmi Note 7S review: The budget photography champ July 30, 2025 Redmi Note 7S What we like What we don’t like Our scores While theRedmi Noteseries has always packed a one-two punch in the form of an entry-level device and a more powerful “pro” model, Xiaomi offshoot Redmi is taking a slightly different approach this year. Enter the Redmi Note 7S, following up on the very popular Redmi Note 7 and Note 7 Pro....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Report: HUAWEI working on a Tizen OS smartwatch July 02, 2025 It’s been a long time sinceHuaweilaunched its first smartwatch, theWatchwas announced all the way back at MWC 2015. Since then, the company has been very quiet about its R&D in the wearables market, but a report from China suggests that HUAWEI is planning to launch a new smartwatch powered not byAndroid Wearbut byTizen....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Researchers charge a fitness tracker using Wi-Fi June 25, 2025 Wireless charginghas been around for a while now, but current implementations are rather limited by their range. Longer distance charging is being talked up as a future technology and researchers from the University of Washington have managed to harvest power from regular Wi-Fi signals. The technology, known as PoWi-Fi, can be used to charge low-power gadgets and IoT devices....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Samsung Galaxy Note 8 rumored to launch in September, for over $1000 June 18, 2025 It’s nearing the end of June and that means that Fall device rumors are in full swing. While much of the world is wondering what Apple will be unveiling in their next iPhone device, us Android nerds are gushing over the possibilities present in Samsung’s latest Galaxy Note 8 flagship....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Samsung officially launches 6.3mm thin, 5.5 inch, octa-core Galaxy A7 July 19, 2025 The Samsung Galaxy A series of phones has been slowly growing. Samsung launched theGalaxy A3 and the Galaxy A5at the end of October, and the A5 went on sale in China at the end of November. The A3 and A5 becameavailable in the USAat the end of December....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Samsung’s cheapest 5G phone is now available unlocked (Updated) August 14, 2025 Update: August 24, 2025 (5:16 AM ET): The Samsung Galaxy A51 5G is now available carrier-unlocked atBest Buy US for $349. The device on offer includes 128GB of storage with the Prism Cube Black colorway. Original article: Those looking for an affordable 5G option in the US now have another choice from Samsung....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Snapdragon 732G announced: More like a Snapdragon 730G Plus August 15, 2025 Qualcomm announced its first gaming-focused chipset last year in theSnapdragon 730G, offering good graphics performance and gaming-specific enhancements for mid-range phones like theGoogle Pixel 4a. Now, the company has announced a “follow-on” in the form of the Snapdragon 732G. The new chipset is an incremental upgrade that takes the “Plus” route established by the Snapdragon 855 Plus andSnapdragon 865 Plus, albeit without the additional moniker....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Sony Japan crowdfunds stylish Wena smartwatch August 04, 2025 A couple of months ago,Sonylaunched its own crowdfunding platform, named First Flight, in Japan to help fund some of its new product ideas and the company has just posted a nice looking new smartwatch up on the website. Known as the “Wena Wrist”, the smartwatch shares a lot more in common with your typical wrist watch than the gadgets that we’ve become familiar with....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Sony makes great phones but that’s not all it takes to succeed in this industry June 28, 2025 Every now and then I talk about smartphone stuff with my girlfriend. She is half-listening most of the time as the subject only marginally interests her, but she perked right up the other day when I mentioned the launch of theSony Xperia 1 II....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Sony sees sales boost as mobile advancements renew the CMOS image sensor market July 05, 2025 Hardly a smartphone generation goes by without us seeing at least one new camera idea hit the market, and this ongoing battle to find a competitive edge is giving CMOS image sensor supplies a major boost in sales. According toYole Development, the industry is set for another boom over the next five years, with the market expected to be worth some $18....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. The POCO M2 Pro hits an all-new price point for the brand August 05, 2025 The POCO M2 Pro is the company’s latest affordable smartphone following the launch of thePOCO X2earlier in the year. Once again, POCO has cribbed Xiaomi’s design, this time theRedmi Note 9 Pro, but has made a few changes that should help it stand out from its stablemates....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. The T-Mobile HTCU11 Life is getting Android 8.0 Oreo (updated) June 09, 2025 Update (12/18/17):Just about three weeks ago, the unlockedHTC U11 Lifewas upgraded toAndroid 8.0 Oreo. Now, theT-Mobilevariant is receiving the update as well. T-Mobile is the only carrier in the United States to carry the HTCU11 Life so between it and the unlocked versions, pretty much everyone should be updated to Oreo at this point....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. This could be the foldable Samsung Galaxy X’s design July 10, 2025 We’re getting a look at what could be the upcoming foldable phone from Samsung. The leak comes fromLetsGoDigital,a Netherlands-based site that has previously leaked information on the device. The renders appear to come from a patent filing with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). The device allegedly goes by the Galaxy X moniker and will launch later this year or early next year....