Here are 9 upcoming Android phones with the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5

by dbadmin | Sep 24, 2025 | Features, IQOO, OnePlus, OnePlus 15, Oppo, Qualcomm, Qualcomm Snapdragon, Realme, Samsung, Samsung Galaxy S26, Vivo, Xiaomi, Xiaomi 17

Qualcomm has just announced the new Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 SoC, which sports gains across the CPU, GPU, and NPU and supports the APV codec for higher-quality video capture. This new SoC is expected to be present in top Android flagships throughout the remainder of...

More Android flagships are confirmed to get a camera kit, this time from ZEISS

by dbadmin | Sep 23, 2025 | Camera, News, Vivo

Credit: Hadlee Simons / Android Authority TL;DR vivo has confirmed that its entire upcoming X300 series will be compatible with its existing ZEISS 2.35x telephoto converter. The company has shared renders of the X300 and X300 Pro with the ZEISS camera kit, including a...

This upcoming Android flagship will offer a video feature not even the iPhone has

by dbadmin | Sep 16, 2025 | Apple iPhone, Camera, News, Vivo

Credit: Hadlee Simons / Android Authority TL;DR Vivo has confirmed that the upcoming X300 series of phones will offer 4K/60fps Cinematic Portrait video capture. By contrast, the latest iPhones support 4K/30fps Cinematic video recording. Vivo claims this is a first for...

This small Android flagship could put the iPhone 17’s dual cameras to shame

by dbadmin | Sep 11, 2025 | News, Vivo

Credit: Hadlee Simons / Android Authority TL;DR A Vivo representative has revealed details of the upcoming X300 series. The Vivo X300 is confirmed to be smaller than last year, with the same dimensions as the Vivo X200 Pro Mini. The Vivo X300 is expected to feature a...

Not using a Pixel or Galaxy? The wait for stable Android 16 just got longer

by dbadmin | Sep 3, 2025 | Android 16, Color OS, News, OnePlus, OnePlus OxygenOS, Oppo, Vivo, Xiaomi, Xiaomi HyperOS

Credit: Joe Maring / Android Authority Thanks to Google’s preponed release timeline, Android 16 has been out for Pixels since June. Samsung also launched phones with stable One UI 8 in July. The company has confirmed that more Galaxy devices will receive the stable...

Battery sizes on flagship phones are about to explode

by dbadmin | Sep 3, 2025 | Battery, News, Oppo, smartphones, Vivo, Xiaomi

Credit: Paul Jones / Android Authority A leaker has claimed that three upcoming Pro flagship phones will see notable battery capacity upgrades. It looks like the tipster is referring to the Xiaomi 16 Pro, vivo X300 Pro, and OPPO Find X9 Pro. The OPPO Find X9 Pro in...