Phone screens are getting more curved, and on one superficial hand, I admit I kind of like it. “Waterfall” displays look beautiful and futuristic. My reptilian brain loves how they feel against the palm of my hand. They do make bezels even less visible, and you could argue that they let make manufacturers fit more screen in the same body size. As much as I enjoy looking at and holding the Mate 30 Pro and the Vivo Nex 3, I’m ready to go back to a phone with straight edges, or at least less-curved ones.

TL;DR T-Mobile will terminate the T-Mobile One Plus International plan tomorrow, August 10. The International plan is the carrier’s most expensive offering at $95 per month. To compensate for its removal, T-Mobile might offer a hotspot data bump to One Plus subscribers. Earlier this week, T-Mobile announced a new, lower-tier service plan: T-Mobile Essentials. While the new plan isn’t the best deal for one line, users who need two or more lines could save quite a bit of money with Essentials.

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.

If you have bought a wallet that claims to have RFID blocking features, you may be concerned about the security of your debit or credit cards that have RFID chips. But what is RFID, anyway? How does it work and what does this term even stand for anyway? If you have these questions, we can supply you with the answers. What does RFID stand for? Let’s get the easy question out of the way first.

HTC hasn’t been a big name in phones for a while. The company’s last mainstream flagship was the mid-2018 HTC U12 Plus. Since then, most of its phones have been budget affairs with releases few and far between. For those that cling on to the notion of HTC’s return to glory, we have some (sort of) good news. On Monday we learned HTC wants to go back to making premium handsets.

After unboxing your brand new Samsung Galaxy S10 and setting up all the basics, it’s time to let loose and start playing with the plethora of features the device offers. One of them is Bixby, Samsung’s digital assistant that lets you interact with the device through voice commands. Bixby understands thousands of commands and lets you do things like play music and check the weather without even touching the device.

Joe Hindy / Android Authority Chinese is a difficult, but rewarding language to learn. In fact, it’s the most popular language in the world. However, most vacations and business trips don’t need that level of learning. Most use phrasebooks and simple translation dictionaries for short trips. You can get all of those on your smartphone now. There aren’t a ton of apps available for this, but there are some really good ones.

Supercell’s new mobile MOBA/arena fighter has already amassed over five million downloads on the Google Play Store. That means there are plenty of players competing in Brawl Stars 3v3 online match ups and its unique take on a Fortnite/PUBG Mobile-style battle royale mode. Should you join the fight? Read our Brawl Stars review In this guide, you’ll find some essential tips and tricks that will help you choose the best Brawlers for any game mode, unlock new rare and legendary characters, farm tokens and gems, and much more!

Kris Carlon / Android Authority TL;DR Huawei has launched the Mate XS 2 foldable. It uses an out-folding design rather than the Galaxy Z Fold 3’s in-folding design. The company has since launched the device in global markets as well. Update: May 18, 2022 (8:23 AM ET): It’s taken a few weeks, but Huawei has announced the global launch of the Mate XS 2 today. The new foldable goes on sale in Europe from June, so what should you expect in terms of pricing?

Today, Xiaomi unveiled a slew of new products, including the Xiaomi 12 series of smartphones and the Watch S1. The company also took the wraps off MIUI 13, the latest version of its Android skin. Now, we have the MIUI 13 wallpapers here for you to download (via XDA-Developers). There are a ton of wallpapers on offer. There will eventually also be some live wallpapers available, although we haven’t gotten our hands on them quite yet.