Starting tomorrow, Thursday, August 6, T-Mobile customers will be able to spread the cost of a new phone, including taxes and activation fees, across 36 months instead of the previously available ...

A viral claim swept through social media this year: starting in February 2027, EU law will force Apple, Samsung, and every other smartphone maker to bring back pop-off battery covers. It's not true, ...

Flagship launches often foregrounded the processor: bigger cores, faster benchmarks, a new chip name printed across the marketing slide. In 2026, the component actually straining a flagship's budget ...

Battery damage from heat doesn't announce itself. It builds quietly through July and August, and by the time September's heat waves roll in, a phone that used to coast to bedtime can barely make it ...

Phones with 8,000mAh to 10,000mAh batteries used to be a trade-show curiosity. Not anymore. The vivo T5 Pro shipped with a 9,020mAh cell, and the Redmi Note 17 Pro Max has already been confirmed at 10 ...

Why readers favor buying now Ask Android Authority readers to choose between the OnePlus 13R and a phone that doesn't exist ...

The Google Pixel 11 Pro Fold and Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8 both start at roughly $1,900, putting them in unusually direct competition. At that price, the more useful question isn't which is cheaper, but ...

Talk to enough app developers about platform strategy and someone will eventually repeat a version of the same claim: ...

What Teen Survey Data Shows Scroll through enough short-form video and it starts to look like a documented cultural ...

The cheapest phones in the US just got a lot harder to find. Sub-$100 smartphone sales fell roughly 64% year-over-year in the second quarter of 2026, while the overall US smartphone market slipped ...

The four options came from a broader Android Authority roundup on how people use phone sensors as tools: tape measure, metal detector, spirit level, and sound/light meter (Android Authority).