Robert Triggs

6 days ago | androidauthority.com | Robert Triggs

It's been 25 years since Samsung launched the SCH-V200, which contentiously claims the title of the first camera phone (the Sharp J-SH04 also has its eye on the prize). It certainly wasn't anything like the photography behemoths we carry around in our pockets today - just a tiny 0.35MP rear camera with storage for 20 photos at a time. Compare that to today's best camera phones with 200 megapixels, 1-inch image sensors, and quadruple lens arrays, and it's hard not to feel a little old.

1 week ago | androidauthority.com | Robert Triggs

Joe Maring / Android Authority Reading that Google is lowering the RAM requirements for Google TV sent shivers down my spine. I can already see the 1-star reviews flooding in for TVs that haven't even launched yet: "horrendous performance," "laggy interface," "do not buy."Google hasn't specified the new minimum, but with Android TV dropping its requirement to just 1GB, that's likely the target for upcoming budget Google TVs as well. And that's not good.

1 week ago | androidauthority.com | Robert Triggs

The Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge is quite something to behold. While it makes the odd compromise to reach just 5.8mm thin, particularly in terms of battery capacity, it's still very much a flagship-calibre phone. It even packs the same Snapdragon 8 Elite processor as the rest of the Galaxy S25 series. However, we've learned this year that Qualcomm's latest chip is a hot little number, demanding serious cooling to sustain its peak performance beyond brief bursts.

2 weeks ago | androidauthority.com | Robert Triggs

Custom mobile processor development was once reserved for the few who could absorb the huge engineering costs that accompany such an endeavor. In recent years, however, Arm's expansive IP portfolio has lowered the barrier for consumer tech companies to design bespoke processors. Google's Tensor series is perhaps the most well-known example, built in collaboration with Samsung using a healthy dose of Arm, Samsung, and Google parts.

2 weeks ago | androidauthority.com | Robert Triggs

C. Scott Brown / Android Authority When we first picked up the Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge, we marveled at its delicately thin frame. However, our wonder quickly turned to concern once we saw the phone's 3,900mAh battery capacity. That's not tiny, but it's a pretty conservative cell for a 2025 flagship smartphone, especially one as tall and wide as the Galaxy S25 Plus.