TL;DR The first mobile call was made on this date 46 years ago: April 3, 1973. Martin Cooper, a Motorola employee, made the call on Sixth Avenue in NYC. He called a friend who worked for AT&T at the time. Much has changed since that first mobile call, but the excitement for the technology hasn’t died down yet! On April 3, 1973, Motorola employee Martin Cooper stood on Sixth Avenue in New York City, and did something no one had ever done before — he made a mobile phone call.

HMD Global Nokia 8.1 The cohesive Android One experience and stylish design of the Nokia 8.1 makes it the best Nokia phone since HMD Global brought the brand home. Table of contents Last month, HMD Global unveiled the Nokia 8.1, the company’s new value flagship smartphone. The new Nokia 8.1 is not a successor to the Nokia 8 or Nokia 8 Sirocco in specifications, nor is it in the same market segment as those flagship smartphones.

Hadlee Simons / Android Authority TL;DR A new Samsung Korea FAQ has offered a comprehensive response regarding GOS. The company also clarified the reason for having a list of 10,000 apps. It also offered a disappointing explanation for benchmark apps being excluded from GOS. Samsung made tech headlines for the wrong reasons last week when it emerged that the company was throttling games via its Game Optimizing Service (GOS) but not slowing down benchmark apps.

Quick, how many variations of the record-breaking Samsung Galaxy S4 can you name off the top of your head? At least one, I hope. Today, Samsung announced the latest variant of this particular handset meant for use in the great outdoors. Called the Galaxy S4 Active, it’s a rugged phone in every sense of the word. And yet it’s also every bit the high-end model that the original Galaxy S4 is.

Eric Zeman / Android Authority The Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 3 is the culmination of all the lessons the company learned from the first Galaxy Fold and the Galaxy Z Fold 2. Not only does it come with the latest hardware, but it also sports a refined design, a far more robust build, and a cheaper price point. However, if you already have its predecessor, is it worth the upgrade? Let’s compare the two to figure out which one comes out on top in the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 3 vs Galaxy Z Fold 2 battle.

Jimmy Westenberg / Android Authority Samsung Galaxy Watch 4 TL;DR Samsung has rolled out its WalkieTalkie app to the Galaxy Watch 4 series. The app allows owners of the wearables to communicate via a push-to-talk system. The Samsung Galaxy Watch 4 and Watch 4 Classic went official just a few weeks ago. Both devices run Wear OS 3 giving them access to a host of apps on the Google Play Store.

Ever wonder what adventures your pets get up to while you’re away from home? Well, working from home during the pandemic may have given you a good idea. You can get a permanent glimpse into their secret world, however, with a pet camera. These smart home gadgets are great for checking in on your fluffy friends during long office days and making sure they’re alright. Picking the right pet camera can be a daunting task.

David Imel / Android Authority Carrier-specific device redesigns are something we haven’t come across for a long time. Unfortunately, that seems to have happened with the Verizon OnePlus 8, aka the OnePlus 8 5G UW. It’s a difference that is barely noticeable — the volume rocker has moved slightly. However, that is enough to create a problem when using form-fitting and precise cases and covers. Basically, you’ll need cases specifically made for the Verizon OnePlus 8.

It’s a term we’ve all heard many, many times in reference to consumer electronics: “It’s a flagship device…” “It’s a flagship phone…” “It has flagship features.” The term flagship can be quite hard to define, as most people have their own unique definitions for the word.  If you were to go by the historical definition, it has absolutely nothing to do with smartphones. By definition, a flagship is a ship that carries the commander of a naval fleet and displays the officer’s flag.

The Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL by Google are tricky smartphones. The Pixels have always been well-rounded devices with arguably the best cameras on a smartphone riding on the company’s brilliant work in computational photography. Yet, in its third generation now, they’ve not been flying off the selves either. The design of the Google Pixel 3 (and I’ll use that to imply both Pixel 3 and Pixel 3XL through the article) is one aspect of the phone that caused the most controversy.