Pankil Shah / Android Authority After years of using Android, I decided to spend a full day with an iPhone to see if I was missing out on anything. We’ve all likely had that itch before, and I finally decided to act on it. I was already familiar with iPhones and the major differences between … Read More “A day with iPhone made me realize why Android users don’t switch” »
Ryan Haines / Android Authority The RAM crisis gripping tech markets shows no signs of easing — and in some cases, it may get worse. Demand from AI datacenters isn’t slowing down, and Samsung Electronics has just taken its last orders for budget smartphone memory: LPDDR4 and 4X RAM chips that, despite their age, still … Read More “How Samsung’s latest RAM decision will hurt budget Android phones” »
Joe Maring / Android Authority The list of major Google Pixel 10a upgrades is short, and the list of minor ones isn’t much longer. Without the best parts of the mainline Pixel 10 series, like the Tensor G5 chipset or built-in Qi2 magnets, the budget Pixel 10a was easy to write off. However, as one … Read More “I used the Pixel 10a, and it’s better than the Pixel 10 in 4 ways” »
Joe Maring / Android Authority In the year since then, I’ve had a great experience with my new service provider. Visible has been fast, reliable, affordable, and generally given me nothing to complain about. Yet I’m moving on to something else — and saving $660 in the process. How would you rate Visible? 39 votes … Read More “Why I switched (and how I saved $660)” »
Andy Walker / Android Authority If you’re not sure what that is, open your phone’s dialer right now. See those 10 numbers and accompanying letters? These were originally printed on devices with physical buttons. You’ll still find this layout used on modern dumb phones, as it’s hugely efficient in terms of space utilization and typing … Read More “I thought I’d hate this Android launcher inspired by dumb phones, but I was so wrong” »
Outside of Samsung, it’s not often that two similar flagship phones launch with entirely different silicon inside, but with the Find X9 Pro and X9 Ultra, we have a rare opportunity for an interesting benchmark comparison. With the Ultra powered by Qualcomm’s latest Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 and the other by MediaTek’s Dimensity 9500, … Read More “Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 vs Dimensity 9500: The performance gap shrinks” »
Brady Snyder / Android Authority For a while, color options for flagship phones felt stale. The top iPhones and Android phones always seemed to be limited to neutral colors and muted pastels. If you wanted something bright or bold, you were out of luck. Now, the tide seems to be turning. We have a bright … Read More “I thought I wanted colorful Android phones until I dropped mine” »
Hadlee Simons / Android Authority Vivo made a splash in the smartphone photography space last year with the vivo X200 Ultra, as it offered an optional telephoto extender. This external lens, attached to the 200MP periscope camera, enabled native 200mm or ~8.7x zoom. The company has since brought this same lens to the globally available … Read More “Taking photos my Pixel could never” »
Andy Walker / Android Authority If you’re struggling with connection issues on Android Auto, you’ll already know how difficult it is to keep one phone connected, let alone two. I share my car with my fiancée, and we both use Android Auto on our respective devices: her Galaxy S10 Plus and my Galaxy S24 FE. … Read More “I use two phones with Android Auto — here’s how I easily switch between them” »
Megan Ellis / Android Authority While I’ve long wanted to organize my Gemini chats and files into projects, when the feature arrived as Gemini Notebooks, I initially felt disappointed. However, after playing around with the feature using both Gemini and NotebookLM, it’s more useful than I expected. Have you tried Gemini’s new Notebooks feature? 0 … Read More “I almost gave up on Gemini Notebooks, but then I found this feature” »
