Many Samsung smartphones on many different carriers have already received the update to Android 5.1 Lollipop, but now it's time for Sprint's version of the Galaxy Note Edge to be the lucky one.

Interestingly, this might actually be the first Android 5.1 update to roll out for the Galaxy Note Edge across the globe. So Sprint has really worked well with Samsung on this release, it seems.

Undoubtedly, Galaxy Note Edge units sold unlocked or bought from other carriers should also receive the new bits in due course. As for Sprint's version, the over-the-air rollout has commenced today.

As always, it's a staged delivery system, so it may take a few days for all of Sprint's devices to pop up that update notification to their owners. After applying the update, you'll be on software version N915PVPU4COFE.

Along with the OS upgrade to the 5.1 iteration of Google's mobile operating system, you'll also get a bunch of various bug fixes and enhancements.

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Huawei's first smartwatch running Android Wear was initially unveiled way back at MWC at the beginning of March. Since then, we've heard various rumors about its pricing, and even that it may have gotten delayed until September or October.

Now though the wearable has been put through the paces of the FCC, receiving the much needed certification from that agency. This could in fact mean that we might be fast approaching the launch date for the Huawei Watch.

However, we still can't be sure when that will be. One thing is clear: we're now in the "around the middle of the year" time frame that the Chinese company originally mentioned when talking about its smartwatch's release.

The FCC visit has confirmed that the Huawei Watch has a 300 mAh battery and support for 802.11n Wi-Fi connections.

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Acer might not have unveiled any new smartphones in the past three months or so, but the Taiwanese company is definitely working on more such offerings for the future.

In fact, one of them just got benchmarked – by someone with access to a prototype, undoubtedly. And, as always, this means we get a neat list of the phone's most important specs.

Clearly what stands out here is the Acer S59's front-facing camera. It will have 13 MP resolution, which means it will compete head-to-head with the units we've seen in the Asus Zenfone Selfie, the HTC Desire Eye, and the Micromax Canvas Selfie. All three of those sport the same resolution for their selfie snappers, but they also share another feature: a front-facing flash.

The Acer S59's benchmark doesn't reveal such a thing, but that doesn't mean it's not going to be in there in production units. Anyway, Acer will clearly label this one as a selfie lover's dream phone. It will also be very good for video selfies (if those even exist), since the front-facing camera will apparently be capable of 4K video recording.

Other specs aren't as exciting though. The S59 will have a 5-inch 720p touchscreen, MediaTek's MT6753 SoC on board (with a 1.3 GHz octa-core Cortex-A53 CPU), 2GB of RAM, 16GB of built-in storage, and a 13 MP rear camera with LED flash. The prototypes currently run Android 5.1 Lollipop, so there's no reason to think production versions will come with anything else.

It's still unclear when Acer will launch the S59, or what it will be called – since S59 is clearly either a codename or a model number.

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