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Galaxy S7 has the best display on a smartphone ever. Photo: Samsung

Galaxy S7 has the best display on a smartphone ever. Photo: Samsung

The folks over at Display Mate tested the Super AMOLED displays on the Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 edge and have crowned it as the ‘Best Smartphone Display.’ This award was previously with the Galaxy Note 5 and the Galaxy S6 before that.

F.lux is coming soon to Android. Photo: F.lux

F.lux is coming soon to Android. Photo: F.lux

Apple may have killed the anti-eyestrain app F.lux on the iPhone, in favor of their own ‘Night Shift’ mode. But fans of F.lux on the Mac and PC will be happy to know it is now coming to Android.

Give me a Galaxy S7 over an iPhone 6s... please!. Photo: Samsung

Give me a Galaxy S7 over an iPhone 6s… please! Photo: Samsung

Samsung is under fire again from iPhone fans for its apparent lack of attention to detail when designing the new Galaxy S7 and S7 edge. Apparently, the fact that the ports don’t line up on the bottom of these devices automatically means they’re not as good as Apple’s.

But it’s total rubbish.

Xperia Z will be replaced by Xperia X. Photo: Rajesh Pandey/Cult of Android

Xperia Z will be replaced by Xperia X. Photo: Rajesh Pandey/Cult of Android

Sony’s decision to launch a brand new Xperia X smartphone series makes a little more sense today after the company confirmed it is killing off the Xperia Z lineup.

The announcement comes just five months after Sony unveiled the Xperia Z5, and just two weeks after it went on sale in the U.S.

HTC is the latest to bid farewell to one of Android's biggest features. Photo: Killian Bell/Cult of Android.

HTC is the latest to bid farewell to one of Android’s biggest features. Photo: Killian Bell/Cult of Android.

More evidence of the app drawer’s impending elimination with Android N has surfaced at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona this week.

Just days after LG announced its new G5, which ships without an app drawer by default, HTC has unveiled the One X9 — which follows the same path.

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