Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. OnePlus Nord 2 vs older OnePlus phones: Should you upgrade? July 03, 2025 With OnePlus’ flagships getting more expensive, the company introduced its Nord series in 2020 to provide a mid-range, and more importantly, more affordable alternative to its high-end devices. The original Nord was a success, but just a year later, its successor — theOnePlus Nord 2— is facing an extremely saturated mid-range market with phones offering a lot of bang for your buck....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. PSA: T-Mobile OnePlus 6T software is already behind unlocked variant August 13, 2025 For the first time ever in the United States, there is a specific carrier variant of a OnePlus device: the T-MobileOnePlus 6T. Although the unlocked variant and theT-Mobilevariant look the same on the outside, inside is a different story. When one removes the T-Mobile OnePlus 6T from the box and turns it on, the version ofOxygenOSpresent on the device is already outdated (version 9....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Samsung and Apple might be at it again in the courts July 10, 2025 Back in 2012,Applewas awarded over one billion dollars in damages becauseSamsungwas found guilty of using patented Apple technologies including using a grid organization system to display apps and creating smartphones with a rectangular shape sporting rounded corners. Samsung spent the next few years contesting this ruling, and eventually got the courts down to a ruling of $548 million in damages....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Samsung Android 11 update: When will your phone get One UI 3.0 or 3.1? July 06, 2025 Samsung has never been at the front of the line to roll out the latest Android updates. That said, the OEM has made strides in the last few years to push new versions quicker. Now, the big question is which Samsung Galaxy devices will get their Android 11 updates first....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Samsung Galaxy Note 10 S Pen: Everything you need to know July 01, 2025 The newSamsung Galaxy Note 10line is finally here and so is the new S Pen! An inseparable part of the Note series, it is back with new and exciting features. Here is everything you need to know about the Samsung Galaxy Note 10 S Pen....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Samsung’s Galaxy Chromebook 2 debuts March 1 starting at $549.99 July 12, 2025 You won’t have to wait long for a more affordable Galaxy Chromebook. Samsung has announced that it will release theGalaxy Chromebook 2on March 1 at a starting price of $549.99. Pre-orders are available today at bothSamsung.comandBest Buy, and will last through February 28. As is often the case with Samsung launches, you’ll have an incentive to put down money ahead of the Galaxy Chromebook 2 release....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Samsung+ app receives major overhaul, gains Assist and Community features August 18, 2025 If you happen to own a newer Samsung Galaxy flagship, odds are you’ve stumbled across the Samsung+ application that came pre-installed on your phone. It’s basically a help and assist application that will make sure you’re getting the most out of your Samsung smartphone. Today the app is getting a major update to version 3....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Sony’s new Google Assistant-powered speaker will take on Google Home and Amazon Echo June 02, 2025 Yesterday, Google announced atIFA in Berlinthat its Assistant will soon expand to more third-party speakers. Only a day later, one of them has already been revealed by Sony. The company took the wraps off the LF-S50G, which offers a lot of the same functionalities found on theGoogle Homeand other similar devices....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Sprint doing away with 2-year contracts by year’s end August 25, 2025 The USA mobile industry is changing. Is this happening for the good? We are not quite sure yet, but we do know we are seeing alterations many of us were asking for for a long time. One of the biggest problems with America’s cellular companies was the bureaucratic way in which they handled businesses, tying us to long-term contracts or forcing us to pay very high amounts of cash for smartphones....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Sweet Girl on Netflix: A messy but effective Jason Momoa actioner June 24, 2025 With Sweet Girl,Netflixcontinues its streak of producing the kinds of mid-budget thrillers popular in previous decades but rare on movie theater marquees these days. Like Triple Frontier, Wasp Network, Beckett, Earthquake Bird, The Last Thing He Wanted, and more, Sweet Girl has the kind of appeal that Netflix knows how to handle....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. T-Mobile’s Thankiversary is a birthday party you probably don’t want to miss June 21, 2025 T-Mobile is celebrating T-Mobile Tuesdays’ one-year anniversary: the Un-carrier is giving out free ice-cream and discounted movie tickets to a year’s worth of gas. It’s been almost a year sinceT-Mobile launched what they call “T-Mobile Tuesdays”: a part of T-Mobile’s 11thUn-carrier move, it essentially revolutionized how we define loyalty programs....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. The sound of your phone might soon replace paper tickets June 15, 2025 https://player.vimeo.com/video/214748834 IfTicketmaster’s partnership withLisnris any indication, soon enough, you might be admitted into event venues using an ultrasonic sound technology. One of the world’s largest ticket sales and distribution companies has announced a new deal with Lisnr, a data-over-audio company. Ticketmaster will use Lisnr’s ultrasonic sound technology to eventually replace paper tickets....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. These are the goodies you’ll get with Galaxy Note 9 pre-orders on Sprint July 08, 2025 We’re still several hours away from the official announcement of theSamsung Galaxy Note 9, but information about potential pre-order deals is already leaking out. According to a poster that was sent our way from a reader, Sprint will offer those who pre-order the Note 9 a free pair of AKG noise-canceling headphones valued at $300 or a “Samsung Gaming Bundle” which is estimated to cost $150....