by dbadmin | Aug 31, 2021 | Android, News, Survey
Credit: Hadlee Simons / Android Authority Smartphone screens have grown massively in size over the years, from ~4-inch displays in 2010 to nearly seven inches in 2021. The upside is that we’ve got plenty more screen area for games and movies, but the downside is that...
by dbadmin | Aug 27, 2021 | News, Survey
Credit: Dhruv Bhutani / Android Authority Automatic screen brightness has been a fixture on smartphones since pretty much the beginning, dynamically adjusting brightness based on ambient lighting. We’ve since seen Google offer adaptive brightness too, learning from...
by dbadmin | Aug 24, 2021 | Android, News, Survey
Pixel 5 Credit: Jimmy Westenberg / Android Authority Android is the world’s most popular smartphone platform, trumping Apple’s iOS to account for the majority of smartphones. It’s easy to understand why this is the case too, as it’s free, customizable, used by a ton...
by dbadmin | Aug 23, 2021 | News, Phones, Survey
It seems like flagship Android phones up the ante every year when it comes to RAM. Over a decade ago, 1GB or even 512MBs was considered to be a lot of RAM for a high-end phone. Fast-forward to 2021, and we’ve seen phones with 16GB or even 18GB of memory. How much RAM...
by dbadmin | Aug 20, 2021 | News, Survey
Credit: Hadlee Simons / Android Authority Split-view multitasking has been an Android feature for years now, allowing users to open two apps at once and having them share the same smartphone screen. It used to be an OEM addition, but Google brought it to Android...
by dbadmin | Aug 18, 2021 | News, Realme, Samsung, Survey, Xiaomi
If you’re a Xiaomi or Realme user, you’re probably used to seeing ads on your smartphones. Both firms place advertising into native apps, much to the annoyance of users. These aren’t the only offenders, though. Samsung stuffs ads into its key apps, too, including Pay,...
