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Galaxy S20 Plus beats iPhone 11 Pro Max, but barely cracks top ten

The Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra packs a host of interesting camera features into its frame, such as a 108MP primary camera and a 4x periscope camera. All this tech wasn’t quite enough to top the rankings of DxOMark, but the camera testing firm has now put the Galaxy S20 Plus through its paces. So how does the cheaper flagship fare? Well, DxOMark gave the phone an overall score of 118 points, meaning it’s in 10th place on the firm’s all-time rankings.

Rainy Days for Android: Is it going to rain today?

Checking weather conditions has become a habit for many of us, since the weather usually affects our day-to-day activities. We rely so much on applications that forecast the weather so that we can prepare ourselves accordingly for any abrupt changes in our environment. Most of us have already downloaded weather applications that sport fancy widgets that mimic realistic weather effects, depending on the current location. If you have downloaded weather applications in the past, then there’s a huge chance you have been using it for a quite a while in plotting your busy schedule.

Road trip tech: My essential gear for the long haul

C. Scott Brown / Android Authority Recently, my partner and I went on a road trip along the East Coast of the United States. We stopped at many points along the way to visit family and friends. However, I did not take time away from work while on the road. I worked in the car during my regular hours. The only way I could pull this off was by having the right road trip tech!

Specs, release date, price, and more!

Ahead of the official start of MWC, LG has now unveiled the new LG G8 ThinQ. This slim Android phone may look like last year’s G7, but it touts a lot of new tech inside to help it keep up with competitors Samsung and Huawei. LG’s approach this year was to create new ways for people to interact with their phones. The company doubled-down on biometrics, giving the G8 ThinQ owners three unique ways to secure their device.

Google Photos hits v2.0 with new permanent album sorting

Google Photos has been updated to version 2.0 in the past 24 hours, but don’t get too excited, there hasn’t been a complete overhaul of the popular photo storage app. However, Google has introduced a couple of handy new features, including permanent album contents sorting, and a couple of tweaks to the user interface. The new permanent sorting of album contents is the big new feature, so we’ll start with that. Essentially it does what the name suggests, Photo users can now sort the pictures in their albums by oldest first, newest first, or recently added, and these ordering changes will be saved for when you next pop in to look at the album, regardless of which device you log in from.

Sprint's parent company increases ownership after failed T-Mobile merger

Once again, Sprint and T-Mobile failed to work out a deal to merge the two carriers, so SoftBank Group, Sprint’s parent company, looks to do the next best thing: double down on its US-based company and hope for the best. With the news, SoftBank Group increased its ownership of Sprint from around 82 percent to 85 percent, an increase that SoftBank Group CEO and Chairman Masayoshi Son said was necessary in order to give Sprint a good position in the future:

All-new PlayStation Plus game lineup revealed

Adam Birney / Android Authority The recently revealed PlayStation Plus game lineup includes Assassin’s Creed Valhalla, Demon’s Souls, Ghost of Tsushima Director’s Cut, NBA 2K22, and more. Combined with an additional monthly rotation of titles and a catalog of classic games from consoles past, the all-new PlayStation Plus is shaping up to be a worthy rival to Microsoft’s Game Pass service. What is the all-new PlayStation Plus, and how do I sign up?

Blackberry Key2 Red Edition adds new color, more memory

Blackberry isn’t quite ready to show off the Key3, but today it unveiled a new variant of the Key2 as a consolation prize. We had the opportunity to go hands-on with the Key2 Red Edition in its bolder new color. The Key2 Red has an identical design to the standard edition, aside from the new and livelier red color. The new color is reminiscent of the Atomic Red Key2 LE, which isn’t surprising considering Alcatel previously contributed the LE’s bolder colors as part of the reason for its success with younger consumers and women.

OnePlus 10R and Nord CE 2 Lite launching on April 28 (Updated)

TL;DR OnePlus has announced an April 28 launch event in India. It seems like the company could offer OnePlus Nord Buds on the day. We’re also guessing that the OnePlus 10R, Nord CE 2 Lite, and/or Nord 2T could debut. Update: April 14, 2022 (2:23 AM ET): OnePlus has confirmed via a press release that it’ll launch the OnePlus 10R and the Nord CE 2 Lite at its April 28 event.

Samsung Galaxy S8, Note 8 are a better buy than the iPhone X

Which is better: Android or iOS? It’s a debate that has raged for close to a decade and will continue to spark heated arguments among friends, families, and in comment sections online for years to come. More recently, however, the age-old debate has taken a turn to focus not on the two core operating systems, but instead two companies – Apple and Samsung – and their respective flagship devices – the iPhone and Galaxy S / Note.