Smartphones

C. Scott Brown / Android Authority One of the star features of the new Nothing Phone 3a and 3a Pro is the Essential Key. It’s a new hardware button that controls an app called Essential Space. Using AI, Essential Space ...

Lanh Nguyen / Android Authority These offers are available from Amazon. The discounts apply to all available color versions, and they are all for the base models. Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra The best of the best Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra ...

One of the biggest challenges when developing foldable phones is battery capacity. Because of their unique form factor, companies need to decide on how to best integrate the batteries. These types of products typically have notably smaller batteries than traditional ...

Hadlee Simons / Android Authority TL;DR Nubia has announced the Neo 3 series of budget phones at MWC 2025. These are the cheapest phones with shoulder triggers, starting at just ~$260. The best gaming phones often have shoulder buttons, giving ...

Joe Maring / Android Authority We’re barely into the third month of 2025, but already, one of the year’s biggest smartphone trends is taking shape: ultra-thin phones. Samsung teased the Galaxy S25 Edge in January ahead of its release later ...

Mishaal Rahman / Android Authority TL;DR Xiaomi has unveiled a new concept modular phone. The concept features an attachable lens module. The company currently has no plans to bring the concept to retail, but it wants feedback from customers. Mobile ...

Ultra-thin smartphones like the Galaxy S25 Edge and the iPhone 17 Air have that initial wow factor for some, but if we’re all going to be honest with ourselves and everyone else, these are phone designs that no one asked ...

The S Pen is becoming a sensitive topic for fans of flagship Galaxy phones following Samsung’s latest moves. The company first completely removed support for the accessory on last year’s Galaxy Z Fold SE. Then, it downgraded the Galaxy S25 ...

Hadlee Simons / Android Authority TL;DR A leaker has claimed that the upcoming vivo X200 Ultra will be the first Android phone to beat Apple in terms of video capabilities. Recent vivo phones already offer impressive video features like 4K/120fps ...

Apple announced the new iPhone 16e as its affordable entry into the iOS-verse. It comes with some bells and whistles, but it’s ultimately a trimmed-down iPhone 16. Though it’s cheaper than the iPhone 16 proper, it’s not by much. Its ...