Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. State of Mobile Networks: USA March 2016 July 03, 2025 The US was one of the first countries to adopt the fasterLTEnetworking standard back in 2010 and national carriers have continued to expand coverage over the vast country since then. However, over the past few years the US has fallen behind a number of other countries which adopted LTE later on, particularly when it comes to speeds....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Study shows smartphone notifications create symptoms similar to ADHD July 10, 2025 Amid myriad complaints that millennials possess shorter attention spans and experience greater difficulty focusing than previous generations unexposed to the internet and modern technology, anew study from the University of British Columbiahas emerged that is almost certain to be mis-cited and misused to support this sentiment. Research has demonstrated that smartphone notifications can create symptoms in adults similar to ADHD....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. The colorful Meizu M1 Note prepares to take on Xiaomi July 12, 2025 Chinese smartphone developerMeizuis no stranger to being called a copycat, but having praised Jony Ive at the unveiling of itsMX4 Proand sent out iPhone 5c chassis as invitations to its latest M1 Note launch, Meizu seems to be taking this all in stride. The company’s new low-cost M1 Note may look a little familiar, but this budget handset offers some serious value for money....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. The Galaxy S line isn’t selling well anymore, and that could be a good thing July 04, 2025 In March of 2013, Samsung unveiled its newest smartphone: theSamsung Galaxy S4. After the runaway success of theGalaxy S3from the prior year, Samsung had high hopes for the new flagship. Little did it know that the Galaxy S4 would go on to be not only its best-selling smartphone of all time, but the best-selling phone ofAndroid’s entire history, with sales in excess of 80 million units....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. The Galaxy S7 Active leaks in all its rugged, rubberized glory June 16, 2025 The existence of aSamsung Galaxy S7 Activeis hardly a secret, what withSamsung itself leaking the namea while back, but this is the first time we’ve caught multiple photos of its in the wild. The latest batch of photos shows theAT&TGalaxy S7 Active in all its rugged, rubberized glory, and boy oh boy, is this thing built like a tank....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. The Mi Band 3i is Xiaomi’s affordable new fitness tracker for India August 12, 2025 Following a series of teasers on Twitter, Xiaomi has finally announced the Mi Band 3i. Designed specifically for India, the wearable makes a few omissions over theMi Band 4to hit a much more affordable price point. Positioned as an upgrade over the Mi Band HRX, the 3i features a larger 0....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. The YI 4K Action Camera will launch in the U.S. on July 12 for $249 July 12, 2025 As you may recall,Xiaomi-affiliated YI Technology unveiled the successor to the original YI camera – the YI 4K Action Camera – a couple of months ago in China. The impressive action camera that hopes tocompete with the GoPro Hero seriesand other similarly spec’d action cams is now looking at a U....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. This new bill targets the use of stingrays, which is great news July 04, 2025 Law enforcement may soon have to obtain a warrant before using cell-site simulators, often referred to as stingrays. Senator Ron Wyden of Oregon and Representative Ted Lieu of California introduceda new billthis week to end warrantless use of stingray phone trackers in a bid to protect citizens’ privacy....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. This week in Apple: The best-selling iPhone this year isn’t from this year August 01, 2025 This week in Apple news we found out about the best-selling iPhone of 2019. Interestingly, the iPhone that outsold all others each and every quarter of 2019 isn’t actually from 2019. In other Apple news, we found out about how many AirPods Apple is expected to sell in 2020, the first supposed case design for the 2020 iPhones, a rumor that future iPhones could feature OIS on the ultra-wide cameras, and a first look at the 2020 iPad....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Unboxing… the Nextbit Robin July 17, 2025 While many crowd-funded projects fail to hit the mainstream, some do, occasionally, prove to be solid projects worth backing.Kickstarterhas previously been the birthplace of the Pebble Time range of smartwatches, the 3Doodler 3D printing pen and, last year, theNextbit Robin. A problem facing many smartphone users is the lack of microSD expansion on the current range of flagships, and the Nextbit Robin aims to use cloud-storage in a unique way to solve this problem....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Update: Nova Launcher gets dynamic notification badges with stable update June 08, 2025 Update, May 5:After a brief beta stint, dynamic badges are now coming to the stable version of Nova Launcher. This is a Prime feature, so you will need to be signed up for the premium tier in order to enjoy. Along the new badges, the update to version 5....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Verizon: ‘People don’t need unlimited plans’ July 08, 2025 WhileT-Mobilehas made some astonishing leaps in the last few years by employing an innovative new strategy that could be summed up as ‘giving the people what they want,’Verizonhas decided to continue with their tried and true strategy of ‘Big Red knows best.’ At an investor conference Thursday, Verizon CFO Fran Shammo announced that he essentially knew what customers wanted better than they know themselves....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. We have good news and bad news about the Samsung Galaxy Buds Plus July 08, 2025 Since renders of Samsung’sGalaxy Buds Plusleaked only a couple of weeks ago, more information has surfaced regarding the company’s latest addition to its true wireless earbud line. This information comes viaSamMobile, citing “reliable sources,” and it features both good and news. The good news is it looks like the latest Galaxy Buds will earn its Plus suffix partially thanks to its increased battery size....