Verizon Wireless has a new Android tablet on sale today online and in its retail stores. The Ellipsis 8 HD is an 8-inch device, running on Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow, and is available to buy for $249.99 without a contract. Verizon is also selling the Ellipsis 8 HD with a payment plan of $10.41 a month for 24 months, or you can get it for $99.99 with a standard two-year contract. It has an a 1920×1200 resolution display, and inside it has a Qualcomm Snapdragon 617 octa-core processor, along with 3GB of RAM and 16GB of internal storage, with a microSD card that can add up to 128GB of storage.

Samsung brought the first curved AMOLED TVs to market in 2013, but they never quite took off as expected. While they offer an immersive viewing experience flat displays can’t match, they come with some significant downsides. These televisions can’t be mounted flush on flat walls, and due to their curved nature, they usually take more space. Furthermore, perspective can get distorted when viewing them from an angle, and you need to sit at the proper distance to get the total immersion you’re looking for.

From the Vault: As the streaming space keeps growing, massive studio catalogues are becoming more and more available. These include lost and forgotten gems, so-bad-it’s-good duds, and just plain weird pieces of film history. And you probably won’t find them by waiting for streamers to put them in front of you. In From the Vault, Android Authority aims to rescue these titles from the algorithm graveyard and help you get more out of your streaming subscriptions.

Just a few months ago, it was announced that the Titanfall console and PC sci-fi shooter series would be joined by a mobile game for Android and iOS called Titanfall Frontline. Now, the developers behind that game, Particle City, have revealed that it has been cancelled before its full launch. In a post on the game’s official Facebook page, Particle City said they conducted a closed beta test of Titanfall Frontline. While it said that it had learned a great deal from that beta, it added that “in the end felt the experience wasn’t ready to deliver the intense action-packed gameplay synonymous with Titanfall.

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority Update: September 15, 2020: Walmart’s new subscription service, Walmart Plus, is now available in the US. This article has been updated with the new details. TL;DR Walmart has launched a new subscription service called Walmart Plus. The service will compete with Amazon Prime. Perks will include unlimited same-day grocery delivery and more. Walmart is finally ready to offer its answer to Amazon’s highly popular Prime subscription service.

TL;DR The latest MIUI China builds may have revealed the new Xiaomi foldable phone. Images show the folding design and the camera placement of the phone. The device is reportedly codenamed zizhan and may have the same display as the Mi 10. Xiaomi announced its first foldable phone in March last year, and since then, rumors have been flying around about a successor. However, today, we have gotten our first glimpse at what the Chinese phone maker has in store.

The tech sphere gave $1,000 smartphones a bad rap in 2018. Despite being only about $100-$150 more expensive than most of their competitors, the price tag reaching four digits dominated the conversation every time a device launched with it, including the Huawei P20 Pro, Samsung Galaxy Note 9, and the iPhone X. Samsung struck again with a $1,200 Galaxy Note last year, but now we’re staring down the barrel of $1,400 for a smartphone not only from Samsung, but also from Huawei and Oppo as well.

Christmas movies on Amazon Prime Video are something of a mixed bag. On the one hand, subscribers have a lot of standard Hallmark-style films to muddle through. On the other hand, they also can stream It’s A Wonderful Life, which may be the best Christmas movie ever made. So what’s worth watching as you get ready for the big day? Here are our picks for the best Christmas movies on Amazon Prime Video.

Humans are obsessed with miniaturization. We like to make everything smaller. And there’s a reason for that. It makes things lighter, easier to carry, and perhaps most importantly, it makes things marketable. If computers were still the size of large rooms, how many people would be buying them? While miniaturization works for a lot of products, be it computers, clocks, or even phones, miniaturized cameras are restrained by one particularly frustrating factor: physics.

Robert Triggs / Android Authority Google’s Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro turn a new page for the company’s smartphone hardware ambitions. The Big G isn’t completely leaving behind its affordable flagship experiment — the Pixel 6 is one of the best value for money options available — but with the slightly more expensive Pixel 6 Pro, Google is returning to the premium tier and catering to the enthusiast market as well.