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As good as Samsung's software currently is, there's still room for improvement later in 2021. Here's what we're hoping to see in One UI 4 when it hits Galaxy phones along with Android 12.
If you weren't paying attention to Oppo before, now's the time to start. Its Find X2 Pro delivers everything you'd want out of an Android flagship.
We know there likely won't be a Galaxy Note 21 this year. And when Samsung brings the Note back in 2022, it probably won't look like what we've come to expect.
First, there was Holo, and then there was Material Design. This fall, the new 'Material NEXT' design language will set the tone for the next generation of Android phones.
Right as HTC was peaking in popularity, so was one of the oddities of 2011 tech: 3D. I picked up the phone that combined the two to see why it ultimately failed.
OnePlus and Oppo's latest flagship phones are nearly identical on paper and pretty similar in person. So which one is actually worth your cash? We've got our recommendation on deck.
OnePlus has made great strides since its early days, but even as it continues to shift from a "flagship killer" to "full flagship with flagship prices", OnePlus there is still ground it needs to make up.
All three of Google's 2020 smartphones are available for their cheapest prices ever, with discounts of up to 20% in Amazon's spring sale.
Huawei may defy market challenges in 2021 with ludicrously huge image sensors in its upcoming P50 smartpthones.
HTC hasn't released a true flagship phone since 2018, but its existing lineup is still worth considering for the right buyer.
LG's swivel-display phone is a fun science experiment that falls short of being a compelling overall product.
The Pixel 5a is a few months out and we all have plenty of questions about what type of phone it will be. A "Pixel 4a 5G Lite" type phone would make sense, and it could reveal some of what Google's planning for its late 2021 premium Pixel refresh.
Oppo and OnePlus might basically be the same company (sorta), but they have very different phones launching in the coming weeks.
After years of losses, there's talk of LG potentially getting out of the mobile business. But a look through its back catalog reveals plenty of important "firsts" for the troubled brand.
MediaTek's latest premium SoCs come with integrated 5G and advanced AI capabilities, likely for less than the competition. Here's your first look at the Dimensity 1100 and 1200 5G!
Google has confirmed a widespread outage affecting its Android Exposure Notifications System worldwide, and says it has deployed a fix.
The first month of the year, during a pandemic, isn't a great time to be launching some of the year's most expensive handsets. So what can Samsung do?
The price of flagship phones keeps increasing, and their components and features need to keep up. Key among these are superzoom camera sensors.
After an initial, Ill-advised auction listed the unreleased phone for $3,000, a second OnePlus 9 5G auction appeared on eBay at double the price — and someone has supposedly bought it. Here's what we spotted based on the leaked pictures.