Eric Zeman / Android Authority The Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra is an impressive device, and it’s one that you’ll undoubtedly want to protect from harm. Like with many modern phones, one drop and you can be facing steep repair costs. If this sounds like your worst nightmare, you might be ready to invest in some heavy-duty protection. These are our picks for the best rugged Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra cases you can get.

Dhruv Bhutani / Android Authority We don’t want to admit it, but here goes: the Apple iPhone is a good smartphone. It’s even a great one, as long as you’re comfortable with iOS and aren’t overly attached to Android. The iPhone is also a trendy smartphone, particularly in the United States. According to Counterpoint, Apple accounted for 56% of US smartphone shipments during Q4 2021. But there are a lot of iPhones around — which are the best iPhones?

Joe Hindy / Android Authority French is a beautiful language. It’s one of the most beautiful, according to many. However, learning the language takes patience and time. Sometimes you don’t have that kind of time. Vacations, business trips, or short trips for school usually don’t give you enough time to perfect a language. Thus, many use phrasebooks and dictionaries to get by. Thankfully, you don’t need paper books these days. There are tons of apps that work perfectly fine and you have your smartphone on you most of the time anyway.

Eric Zeman / Android Authority The Sony Xperia 5 II is the company’s second-generation version of its “premium mainstream” phone. It sits just below last year’s Xperia 1 II as well as last year’s Xperia 1 III and 5 III. Sony made lots of bold claims about the Xperia 5 II, which are centered on its speed and size. The company is aiming squarely at photography, gaming, and media buffs as the Xperia 5 II’s prime customer segment.

WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 29: Sen. Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is seen during a press conference on Capitol Hill, on Tuesday, January 29, 2019, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Salwan Georges/The Washington Post via Getty Images) As many of you are aware, the US Senate passed a bill to extend elements of the Patriot Act. Notably, this legislation included parts that would increase the FBI and CIA’s ability to legally access your browser search history without a warrant.

It’s been a long while now since Android ditched Adobe Flash in favor of HTML5, aiming to provide a better, faster, and more secure browsing experience. Of course, there’s still a great deal of content on the web that utilizes Flash. If you want to have access to this legacy content on your mobile device, there are several work arounds that will bring back the Adobe Flash experience. While there are a number of ways to get the job done, the easiest and most reliable is to use Dolphin Browser.

WhatsApp is, hands-down, the most popular messaging platform in the world. With over two billion monthly users, there’s a good chance that any person you might want to reach out to is available on the service. However, despite its popularity, the service lacks one key feature — the ability to message a number without adding them as a contact in your phonebook. Every so often you might want to reach out to a business or service contact for a one-time chat but adding the number to your phonebook could mean needless clutter.

Robert Triggs / Android Authority One of the lesser-used and often overlooked features on a phone is Airplane Mode. Originally made for when the phone user needed to board a plane and shut the phone down, it can now be used if you need to temporarily disable your phone service and internet connection. There are many situations where you may just want your peace, or an incoming call may be awkward and inconvenient.

Eric Zeman / Android Authority There’s little doubt that smartphone imaging has become the key marketing feature of flagships over the last few years. While Google has focussed primarily on computational imaging, the likes of Vivo and Oppo have been championing low-light photography. Meanwhile, with the Galaxy S22 Ultra, Samsung is squarely zoomed in on, well, zoom. Read more: Samsung Galaxy S22 buyer’s guide OnePlus 5 Zoom Sample - FinlandOnePlus 5 Zoom Sample - SFOOnePlus 5 Zoom Sample - Finland I’ve never really cared much about telephoto cameras on smartphones.

Ten years ago, at Google I/O 2011, Google announced the first commercial Chromebooks: the Samsung Series 5 and the Acer AC700. To give you an idea of how long ago this was, the company also announced at that event a new version of Android, which would be known as Ice Cream Sandwich. It also launched a music streaming service called Google Music Beta, which eventually became Google Play Music (RIP).