Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. OPPO kicks off World Tour with Indonesia launch of the R7, R7 Plus, and R7 Lite July 24, 2025 Oppojustunveiled the sleek R7 and R7 Plus, and now the Chinese company is kicking off their global rollout starting in Indonesia.OPPO is taking a page from the book of larger players likeSamsungandLG, by hosting a series of launch events in a “dozen countries and regions worldwide....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Parler app removed from Google Play Store (Update: Parler website now offline) August 06, 2025 Update: June 25, 2025 at 11:02 a.m. ET:ZDNetreportsthat Amazon Web Services (AWS) has now shut down Parler’s web servers, effectively shutting it down completely. Parler’s CEO John Matze says the service may be down for up to a week while the company finds a new web provider....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. PUBG Mobile partners with Samsung for global tournament with $600,000 prize pool Jul 14, 2025 Just over a month after the streamer-filledPlayer Well Known tournament, PUBG Mobile has just announced yet another global competition aimed at expanding its reach into the world of live streaming. The PUBG Mobile Star Challenge features players from six regions: North America, South America, Europe, Korea/Japan, China, and the rest of Asia....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Qualcomm prepares 5G mid-rangers with 600 and 700 series, expect tons of them June 02, 2025 Qualcomm made some exciting announcements regarding 5G compatible chipsets atMobile World Congress 2019earlier this year. Now atIFA 2019, Qualcomm has built on those announcements, revealing it will include 5G connectivity in the 6, 7, and 8 series chipsets in the near future. As previously announced, Qualcomm has planned for 5G functionality to be built into more integrated chipsets without the need of a separate built-in 5G modem....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. realme 2 Pro review: A step in the right direction July 08, 2025 Realme 2 Pro What we like What we don’t like Therealme 2 Procomes hot on the heels of therealme 2, which itself came just a few months after therealme 1. However, the realme 2 was a bit of strange iteration. It added a fingerprint scanner and a dual lens camera — both missing from the first — but actually shrunk the resolution and downgraded the SoC....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Report: Here’s when the OnePlus Z will be officially revealed August 04, 2025 Last month, OnePlus CEO Pete Lau revealed in an interview that the company is looking at more affordable phones. Now, it appears we might have a firm launch date for theOnePlus Zin India A fresh leak (h/tAndroid Central) reveals that the mid-range smartphone might finally launch in India on July 10....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Samsung Galaxy S22 Plus renders leak: Evolution rather than revolution? August 23, 2025 We got our first supposed look at theSamsung Galaxy S22 Ultrayesterday, as serial leaker Steve Hemmerstoffer andDigit.inshared renders purportedly showing the 2022 flagship. Now, it looks like we’ve got a first peek at the Galaxy S22 Plus as well. Hemmerstofferand91mobilesposted renders (seen below) that apparently show the middle child of theGalaxy S22 seriesin a green colorway....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Samsung Galaxy S8 and S8 Plus to launch in India on April 19 July 20, 2025 TheGalaxy S8 and S8 Plus, which were officially announced on March 29, will soon be available in India. Samsung has announced that it will launch the smartphones in the country on April 19. For now, details regarding the price and retail availability remain unknown....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Samsung is working on a 5x optical zoom camera, might debut in the Galaxy Note 10 July 31, 2025 Samsung subsidiary Samsung Electro-Mechanics announced today that it developed a 5x optical zoom camera module (viaETNews). The company also announced it has begun mass production of the camera module. On paper, a 5x zoom module takes up more space than the 2x zoom module in theGalaxy S10andGalaxy S10 Plus....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Samsung’s Galaxy S20 Ultra sequel may keep the 108MP camera July 31, 2025 The 108MP camera in theGalaxy S20 Ultraand (to a lesser extent)Note 20 Ultrahas drawn flak for slow focusing and sometimes-soft pictures, but Samsung might not be giving up on the concept quite so quickly. Well-known leaker Ice Universe hasclaimedthe S20 Ultra sequel will also include an 108MP rear sensor....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. SoC showdown 2016: Snapdragon 821 vs Exynos 8890 vs MediaTek Helio X25 vs Kirin 960 July 27, 2025 Which is the best Android smartphone SoC for 2016? We test theSnapdragon 821, theExynos 8890, theMediaTek Helio X25, and theKirin 960to see which one is best. But before looking at these chips, let’s start with a high level look at mobile processor technology....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Sony PlayStation 5 reveal event now officially rescheduled (Update) June 23, 2025 Update, June 04, 2025 (03:16 PM ET):Sony previously scheduled a PlayStation 5 reveal event for earlier this month. However, that event was canceled when the protests here in the United States started to really ramp up. Now, though, the company hasannounced a new date for the event....

Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission.Learn more. Spec-sheet skirmish: LG G4 vs the competition July 16, 2025 The LG G4 has just joined the ranks of this year’s flagship smartphones, so let’s delve right on in and see how its hardware stacks up with the very best on offer this year. Much like Samsung, LG prides itself on its industry-leading mobile display technology. Last year’s LG G3 was one of the first to offer a QHD resolution display, a specification that is now rivaled by Samsung but few others....