Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. This is why 100MP smartphones seem like a terrible idea August 24, 2025 Last year saw the return of the 40MP smartphone to the table, five years after theNokia Lumia 1020delivered a 41MP camera. The ante has been upped considerably since then, as the likes ofHuawei,Xiaomi, and others offer 48MP cameras. But in an interview withMySmartPricelast month, aQualcommexecutive claimed that phones with 64MP and 100MP sensors are coming....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. UK’s Dixons Carphone enters USA with Sprint July 24, 2025 UKretailer Dixons Carphone has struck a deal withSprintto expand into theUSAand will open and manage 20 Sprint-branded stores as part of a pilot programme that could see up to 500 US stores opened. If the pilot is successful, Dixons Carphone will invest up to $32m (£20m) for a 50% stake in the joint venture during the second stage of the programme....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Unlocked Motorola Moto G (2015) receiving Android 6.0 Marshmallow in the US August 20, 2025 Following the rollout ofAndroid 6.0 Marshmallowfor theMoto X Style,Moto X Pure Edition (2015)andMoto X Pure Edition (2014), it looks likeMotorolahas begun pushing out the big update to the unlockedMoto G (2015)in the United States. If you own this variant of the budget-friendly device, the update should be waiting for you....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. WhatsApp takes Indian government to court over new social media laws June 02, 2025 WhatsAppand the Indian government’s recent tug-of-war has taken another turn. The Facebook-owned company has now filed a legal complaint against the Indian government in a bid to declare its new social media laws unconstitutional. According toReuters, the new laws would require WhatsApp to break end-to-end encryption on its platform to find receivers and original message authors when authorities request....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. WSJ: Xiaomi worth more than $45 billion after most recent funding campaign June 20, 2025 These days, seemingly everyoneoutsideNorth America is all-aflutter with Xiaomi, the relatively new Chinese OEM startup that has taken (part of) the world by storm. Last year it even managed to acquire former Googler, Hugo Barra, which came as a surprise to many and arguably put the name Xiaomi in a much more revered spotlight in the West....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. You can now sweat it out with HUAWEI’s Band 2 Pro in the US Jul 04, 2025 Smartwatches might be grabbing more headlines, but do not discount the allure that fitness trackers still have. Not only are fitness trackers generally cheaper than smartwatches, but the former tend to get out of the way more when exercising. That is whatHuaweihopes to be true with its Band 2 Pro, which the company just released in the US....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. “Bottom navigation” officially added to Material Design guidelines July 02, 2025 Bottom navigation has now officially been added toGoogle’s Material Design guidelines, meaning you’ll likely start seeing more and more navigation bars being added to the bottom of your favorite apps rather than having different sections separated out into tabs at the top or in sections in the navigation drawer....