Photo: Jim Merithew/Cult of Android

Samsung isn’t the only smartphone maker experiencing a decline in sales thanks to Apple’s latest iPhones. New data shows that the popularity of the iPhone 6 and the iPhone 6 Plus caused Android sales to decline for the first time ever during the fourth quarter of 2014.

The S6 Edge. Photo: Samsung

If you’ve been saving your hard-earned cash in anticipation of the upcoming Samsung S6 Edge, it could be well worth it for its performance alone. Early benchmarks indicate the device will the most powerful smartphone we’ve seen so far.

Motorola’s new Moto E is here, and it ships with Android 5.0 Lollipop pre-installed for under $100. Adopters also get fairly decent specifications for such an affordable price tag, including a Snapdragon 200 processor and 1GB of RAM.

LG’s answer to Gear VR will cost $200 less. Photo: LG

Need a reason to pick LG over Samsung when buying your next smartphone? Here’s a great one.

While Samsung will charge you $200 for its Gear VR add-on for the Galaxy Note 4, LG is set to give all G3 buyers its new virtual reality headset free of charge. The device will be based on the blueprint for Google Cardboard, but it will be built to last using plastic.

The OnePlus One is going to be a whole lot easier to buy. Photo: OnePlus

It just got a whole lot easier to get your hands on the OnePlus One. Starting this week, the device will on general sale — with no invite necessary — every single Tuesday through the OnePlus online store.