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Welcome to Wallpaper Wednesday! In this weekly roundup, we’ll give you a handful of Android wallpapers you can download and use on your phone, tablet, or even your laptop/PC. The images will come from folks here at Android Authority as well as our readers. All are free to use and come without watermarks. File formats are JPG and PNG, and we’ll provide images in both landscape and portrait modes, so they’ll be optimized for various screens.
The Samsung Galaxy Note 5 is going to be one of the most sought after handsets of 2015. It reached the market with high anticipation and made every fanboy go nuts. We spent some good time playing with it and even compared it to its main competitors. The dust has now settled, so it’s time to take a look back at the phone and see if it’s really what you want.
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Some would argue Adobe Lightroom is the very best photo editing app for smartphones, and there are plenty of reasons to agree. If you are like me, you will need more than the previous sentence to be convinced, so let’s give you 10 reasons why Lightroom is the best mobile photo editor around. Of course, the app isn’t without flaws, so we will also talk about its shortcomings.
Instagram is one of the most popular social media platforms around, whether you use it to follow loved ones or simply want to be amazed by jaw-dropping snaps.
There’s plenty to like about the platform, but one of the biggest disappointments is just how tough it is to upload photos to Instagram on PC. Fortunately, there are a number of ways to accomplish this without relying on questionable third-party apps.
A couple of weeks ago Trend Micro spotted a fake version of Skype for offer. Now Microsoft, who own Skype, has published some more details about this malware dressed up as a legitimate app.
How the malware works is like this: once an unsuspecting user installs the app, it sends SMS messages to premium rate numbers without the users’ consent. This costs the user money which goes straight into the malware author’s pockets.
Despite building the image sensors used by several high-profile smartphone cameras, Sony handsets have never perfected their mobile photography game. The Sony Xperia 1 II comes sporting Alpha-branded features and Zeiss lenses to convince us this time things are different.
Today we’re taking the phone’s camera out for a spin with the Samsung Galaxy S20 Plus. Samsung’s 2020 flagship is a capable shooter and found itself on every high-end customer’s radar said year.
The Nexus 7 (2013) features the ideal combination of high-end specifications and a budget-friendly price point. While not without its flaws, the very attractive price, along with a stock Android experience and the promise of timely OS updates, made the Google tablet, manufactured by Asus, one of the best of 2013. There are some great accessories for the Nexus 7 (2013), and today, we’ll be focusing on one type of accessory in particular – cases.
Huawei has officially unveiled the Ascend P6, its latest flagship that arrives in a very thin body and with impressive specifications. To be sold in black, white, and pink variants, the handset is set to be released this summer in markets around the world, for a price that is believed to be quite affordable.
As several leaks previously indicated, the Huawei Ascend P6 is going to be the slimmest smartphone on the market, with a profile that is only 6.
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Samsung has unveiled a special flavor of the Galaxy S21 5G. The Olympic Games Edition commemorates the Tokyo Olympics taking place later this year. It packs a new dark purple colorway with gold trimmings. Update: June 2, 2021 (8:25 AM ET): The Samsung Galaxy S21 Olympic Games Edition is now available to purchase in Japan. The phone will be sold by NTT Docomo in the games’ host country for 112,464 yen (~$1,026).
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With Samsung finally lifting the lid on the Exynos 2200, we now have a complete picture of how next-gen mobile processors stack up against one another. Samsung’s flagship chipset joins Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 and Mediatek’s Dimensity 9000 as the premium-tier chipsets that will power high-profile smartphone releases throughout 2022.
Unfortunately, Samsung has only released partial specifications for the Exynos 2200 for now. More information will no doubt become available as we approach the launch of its Galaxy S22 flagship series and we’ll be updating this article as we learn more.