Alleged press render showcasing the upcoming Meizu MX5 Pro made the rounds online. The image reveals the smartphone in dark gray color scheme with Flyme 5.0 OS on board.

The latest Meizu MX5 Pro leak arrives only a day after we caught a glimpse of purported live photos of the smartphone. It is worth noting that yesterday’s live images showed the smartphone running stock Android.

Rumored specs of Meizu MX5 Pro include Exynos 7420 or Helio X20 chipset, 4GB of RAM, 21MP camera, and 1080p display that’s 5.5″ or 5.7″ in diagonal. The handset is expected to have a sub-$500 price tag when it hits the shelves in…

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These are some of the best apps and games of the week.

Microsoft Send

Microsoft Send is now available on Android. Previously released only on iOS, the app lets you send short text messages but over email. The interface looks like an IM app and the conversations feel like regular texting but when you want to get serious you can move over to email client where all your messages will be available.

Download: Android

Price: Free

Samsung S Health

Samsung’s activity tracking app is now available to all Android devices. The app tracks your daily activities and provides goals for you to meet. It then keeps a tab of all the information include the food you consumed and your personal stats to give you accurate status of your fitness levels.

Download: Android

Price: Free

Move to iOS

Apple’s first app on Android is a relatively simple one. All it does it help you migrate from your old Android device to your new iPhone. The app is useful once while transferring data like images, contacts, messages, bookmarks, and google accounts. Best to ignore the user reviews on this one as they have nothing to do with the quality of the actual app.

Download: Android

Price: Free

Silentium

Silentium is a new content blocker for iOS 9. It lets you block annoying ads, scripts, share buttons, cookie banners, and more, in Safari. This has the advantage of improving loading speed by 4x and save battery and data. Silentium can also block region specific ad networks and allows whitelisting, a feature many of the other content blockers lack, that allows you to enable ads on sites you want to support and don’t have obnoxious advertising. There is also a low traffic mode, where you can disable images and block scripts from loading. As experimental features, Silentium also lets you remove cookie-law banners and block adult websites. Silentium is one of the most advanced content blocker available on iOS and well worth the premium over free ones.

Download: iOS

Price: $1.99

Pop the Lock

Pop the Lock is a simple but very addictive game. You have to tap the screen until the rotating line coincides with the yellow dot. If you get it right enough number of times, you move on to the next level. If you don’t, you start over again.

Download: iOS

Price: Free

Order & Chaos 2: Redemption

Order & Chaos 2: Redemption is a new MMORPG from Gameloft featuring epic battles across a large world, hundreds of quests, tons of monsters and boss battles, single player Dream Dungeons mode, PvP duels, trading content with other players, and much more.

Download: iOS • Android

Price: Free

Raceline CC

Raceline CC is an arcade street racing bike game, where you ride high speed superbikes through traffic. The game features 26 superbikes that you can customize and upgrade and some simple but fun gameplay.

Download: iOS

Price: Free

Gravity Duck Islands

Gravity Duck Islands is a side-scrolling 2D game where you can flip gravity to traverse the terrain. Using the gravity switch, you can avoid traps and obstacles and reach your objective.

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Price:…

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According to a report in Android Police, the upcoming Nexus 6P phablet by Huawei is going to feature up to 128GB of built-in memory. For comparison, the currently available Motorola Nexus 6 has variants with 32GB of 64GB of non-expandable memory.

In addition to the 128GB version, Huawei Nexus 6P will also be available with 32GB and 64GB of memory, with each tier separated by $50-100. Google’s next flagship phablet is not expected to feature memory card slot.

Rumored specs of the Nexus 6P include Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 chipset, 3GB of RAM, and 5.7″ QHD display. Huawei’s first Nexus device will debut alongside LG Nexus 5X at the end of this month, on September 29 at an event in San Francisco.

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With Apple’s major announcement event and IFA now well behind us, things are starting to tone down a little. Initial euphoria about the iPhone 6s and the Xperia Z5 line seems to be dying out and people are once again looking forward to the next big announcement in the mobile realm.

And the thing you were most excited about this past week is definitely the upcoming Nexus duo. The LG and Huawei units have been popping up in various rumors online – more notably, a few more specs details for the Huawei one which will apparently boast a 5.7-inch QHD display, 12MP camera, Snapdragon 810 SoC and 3GB of RAM. The LG Nexus 5 got its fair share of the spotlight as well with a few new leaked shots in a fresh mint color.

Samsung also made some headlines. In today’s fast-paced mobile world it is never too early to discuss the next big thing and we have no doubt that the Korean giant is already hard at work on the Galaxy S7. A new leaked benchmark suggests that the handset, dubbed “Project Lucky” will have 3GB of RAM. Another Samsung project might bring about a veritable revolution at the beginning of next year. Project Valley promises to be the first foldable phone to hit the market and the concept definitely looks interesting and very promising.

And as long as we are on the subject of interesting projects, the new Elephone “Vowney” is one that deserves some attention if you are a Windows fan. The device, which is already up for preorder comes with the promise that it can potentially run Windows 10 as well as Android on one of its two modifications and with quite a powerful hardware platform, featuring a QHD screen, quad-core Intel SoC and 3GB of RAM.

In other news, Microsoft has been keeping busy. The Lumia 950, 950 XL and Surface Pro 4 are set to debut on October 6 and the US giant also has other things in the works, like the Lumia 550 – a budget-friendly LTE phone. HTC also has a few things in the oven, like the eagerly-anticipated One A9 (Aero), which promises a thin metal body with the new Snapdragon 617 SoC and Android 6.0 out-of-the-box and sadly a quite steep alleged price tag of €700.

Other upcoming devices that made an appearance this week and are definitely worth checking out are the dual screen LG V10 and the LG Class metal-clad phablet, which should be unveiled on October 1 and September 21, respectively. And a day later, on September 22, Xiaomi will be unveiling its upgraded Mi 4c model. Also, the Meizu PRO 5 is shaping up like an interesting premium offering that might be the start of a new sub-brand for the OEM.

For this and more, check out this quick run-down of our most popular articles below.

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Huawei Nexus gets benchmarked with Snapdragon 810, 3GB of RAM
The upcoming phablet is going to run Android 6.0 Marshmallow from day one, as you’d expect.

New LG Nexus 5 leaks in mint attire
Another color option to complement the white and black versions that have already showed up.

Xiaomi Redmi Note 2 sets new record with over 1.5 million sales
The budget-friendly smartphone is selling like crazy on Xiaomi’s home market and numbers are still ramping up.

The Elephone “Vowney” has a QHD display and 3GB of RAM for $299 and it runs Windows 10 Mobile
The impressive Chinese offer is now up for preorder and it is said to dual-boot Android and Windows 10.

Motorola launches the Moto X Play in India
Priced at $278 for the 16GB model and $301 for the 32GB model.

Lenovo A7000 Plus goes official in the Philippines with 5.5″ 1080p display
As its name suggest, the newcomer is an updated version of the Lenovo A7000 that debuted…

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We looked at the history of the iPhone, so it’s time to look at how Android’s Nexus line developed over the years. The seventh generation models are coming very soon too, so this weekly trip down memory lane comes just in time.

January 2010: Nexus One by HTC

HTC is the one that started it all with the Nexus One (fitting, HTC also built the first-ever Android phone). Closely related to the HTC Desire, the first Nexus had impressive specs for its day – a 3.7″ AMOLED display inside a Teflon-coated body, a 1GHz processor and a 5MP camera.

Android 2.1 Eclair debuted on the Nexus One. Google had partnered with Cooliris to develop a fancy 3D image gallery in part to demo the 3D API, which launched with version 2.1. The flagship 3D app, however, was Google Earth – Google put the whole world in your pocket!

By the way, former Sony Ericsson CEO Bert Nordberg claimed that Google had initially asked the Xperia maker to build the Nexus One but Sony Ericsson declined. We guess they really regret that decision now.

December 2010: Nexus S by Samsung

Later the same year the baton passed on to Samsung, which based the new Nexus on its Galaxy S flagship and dubbed it the Nexus S. It had roughly the same specs as the One: a bigger 4″ Super AMOLED, a 1GHz processor and a 5MP camera.

Google Nexus S

Android versions had progressed and the Nexus S introduced Android 2.3 Gingerbread, one of the longest-lived Android versions (hopefully ever). It started off quite pricy (€650, ouch!) but four months later the price was slashed.

October 2011: Galaxy Nexus by Samsung

About a year later Samsung churned out the next Google phone, the Galaxy Nexus. Once again based on the Galaxy S line this one brought a 4.65″ 720p Super AMOLED screen and a dual-core processor. It also introduced the 4.x branch of Android with Ice Cream Sandwich.

The Holo design was Google’s take on flat UI (and techinically started with 3.x Honeycomb, but few devices ran that). It featured a lot of black backgrounds, perfect for the AMOLED screen.

The Galaxy Nexus was “curved” – the display itself was flat, but the glass above it and the general shape of the phone were curved, well before it became a popular gimmick. This was the first Google phone with LTE and while it kept the camera at 5MP it was the first to shoot HD video, 1080p no less.

After a while (in June the next year) the price of the Galaxy Nexus was slashed to $350. It was one of the cheapest phones with a large screen (4.65″ was considered big back then) and with great performance too. This set the tune for cheap-but-powerful Nexus phones to come.

October 2012: Nexus 4 by LG

In the midst of a Hurricane Sandy Google unveiled the Nexus 4. Manufacturing had jumped over to LG, which based it on its own flagship, the LG Optimus G. The screen remained more or less the same – a wider 4.7″ IPS LCD with just over 720p resolution.

This was the first truly powerful Nexus though – it was based on the Snapdragon S4 Pro (very similar to the Snapdragon 600, which came later). It was the chipsets other Android flagships were using but the phone got even cheaper – $300!

That’s for the 8GB version, it was $50 extra for the 16GB version (the Galaxy Nexus had 16GB). The phone was so popular that the US stock ran out in just 24 minutes.

There was, however, a strange reversal – no LTE. Hackers discovered that the phone did indeed support LTE and even successfully managed to turn it on. LG officially announced that “essential hardware parts” like the signal amplifier and filter were missing and LTE just wouldn’t work well. It was fully disabled with a software update later on.

The Nexus 4 ran Android 4.2 Jelly Bean, which lacked exciting additions over 4.1 JB, which itself was a fairly small update over Ice Cream Sandwich.

October 2013: Nexus 5 by LG

The success of the Nexus 4 meant that LG kept the contract and built the Nexus 5 the following year. It went up to Snapdragon 800 – again a flagship class chipset – and added optical image stabilization to its 8MP/1080p camera.

LG also fixed the snafu of the 4 – this time LTE was available and Google had even ordered more units – yet the 16GB units still ran out in a few hours. The Nexus 5 was sold at $350 for the 16GB model (no more 8GB) and $400 for the 32GB model.

Google experimented a bit with the…

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This week was relatively calm in the Top 10 chart, but new Apple, Sony and Samsung devices are replacing their older siblings in the Top 10. The Apple iPhone 6s held on to the first spot, while the bigger iPhone 6s Plus also made it into the ranking for the first time since its announcement. Last year’s iPhone 6 fell out of the running.

The Sony Xperia Z5 Premium stole the second place from from the Note5, after falling from #1 to #3 last week. The Samsung Galaxy Note5 itself returned to third place.

The Motorola Moto X Play makes its return to the Top 10 after being absent for a few weeks. The Moto X Style is yet to stage its return. The mid-range Moto G (3rd gen) continues sliding down the chart (was #4 just a couple of weeks ago).

The rest of the field is taken up by Galaxys – J5 and J7, Grand Prime and in the final spot, Galaxy S6.

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YU has announced two new portable chargers called JYUICE. They are available in 5000mAh and 10000mAh capacities.

The JYUICE has an anodized aluminum body. The 5000mAh model has a single The smaller model has a single 5V/2.1A USB port while the larger model has a 5V/1A and a 5V/2.1A USB ports for charging devices. There is also a multi-color status LED to show charge status.

Inside, the circuitry has temperature resistance, short circuit protection, reset mechanism, input over voltage protection, automatic charger protection, protection from output overcurrent, output overvoltage protection, and protection from overcharge and overdischarge.

The 5000mAh model is priced at INR 699 ($10), and the 10000mAh model for INR 1099 ($16) and is available exclusively on…

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Google’s ambitious Android Pay program is shaping up quite nicely and is now at a point where the online giant feels confident enough to start offering it more widely to its users. The app is now up on the Play Sore and can be freely downloaded, but, before you get too excited, there are still quite a few restrictions.

First and foremost, Android Pay still only works inside the US and only for a select list of banks and types of cards. The full list is available on the Android Pay website, so, if you don’t meet the above conditions, the platform is sadly unavailable to you. Still, we know that, like us, you probably want to check it out anyway, but don’t bother. We tried and so did a lot of other users and even if you get past the regional restrictions and side load the app, it either crashes or naturally doesn’t let you add a card.

Also, if you are among the lucky ones who can now pay using Google’s new one-tap solution, be advised that we are already getting reports of various bugs. For example, it appears the loyalty cards section can only be accessed once you add at least one valid credit card. But, these problems are sure to be quickly dealt with.

And if you need a little back story or are feeling confused as to how this fits into the current situation and particularly Google Wallet, here’s the short version. If you already have Google Wallet installed, it will be replaced by Android Pay via an OTA or if you click on the source link and install it manually. However, if you already have some cards inside Wallet, you will still have access to them in Android Pay and they are just a few taps away from being more secure than ever, thanks to virtual numbers and various other protection mechanisms.

Android Pay will also work just like Google Wallet when paying at merchants. All you have to do is have your NFC enabled, tap the phone on a compatible terminal and that’s it. So, if you are currently using Wallet, the change in habits should be non-existent, with the added benefit of extra security and tighter involvement of your bank in the whole process. The platform can also be used for gift and loyalty cards, although some restrictions do apply for those as well. Eventually, Android Pay will also handle online payment, much like PayPal does, for example. One hub for everything – online or offline, or at least that is what Google envisions as the future of payments.

And if you are wondering what will happen with Wallet and those other features, like sending money between individuals and managing your physical Google Wallet Card, well, Google Wallet is being kept alive to handle precisely those two tasks. It preserves the name, but due to the aforementioned update procedure, has to be downloaded manually, also form the Play Store.

One more thing, if you do happen to try Android Pay, be sure to come back and tells us about your experience in the comment…

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If you’ve been keeping a close eye on LG lately, then you already know about the LG Class. We only recently got out first glimpse of the device in an official LG teaser and believed it to be an interesting metal, mid-range phablet offer. This was further backed-up by a timely benchmark leak, of a mysterious H740 device.

But a new set of photos has now popped up online that seems to tell a different story about the LG Class. The device is, in fact, only hours away from unveiling and we know that part for sure, from LG itself, but it might not be a phablet at all. The new stills look quite believable, despite coming from a shady source and the depicted unit is undoubtedly the on featured in LG’s banner.

However, if we believe that the photos are legitimate, that also brings quite a bit of credibility to the accompanying specs. According to them, the LG Class will have a 5.0-inch 720p display, instead of a 5.7-inch 1080p one, like we previously thought. There are some discrepancies in the chipset as well, with the new leak citing the MSM8916 Snapdragon 410 SoC, instead of a Snapdragon 615 one. RAM, however, is still at 2GB and 16GB for internal storage, plus a microSD card slot. The camera setup seems to consist of a 13MP main shooter and an 8MP one on the front. So, if this new leak holds some air, the LG Class looks to be more of an entry-level device, rather than a mid-range one.

It is also quite hard to guess whether the phone’s 142 x 71.8 x 7.4 mm body is metal or not, based on the shots alone, but that is most likely a given, considering the teaser slogan – “Something New”. This definitely puts a new twist to the story and begs the question of which information is true. There is also the possibility that both devices exist, perhaps even under the same Class name. But, we digress.

In any case, this should all be cleared up pretty soon come the September 21 LG event.

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The Pro 5 is shaping up to be Meizu’s next big announcement. We first saw a glimpse of the alleged device last week, along with some specs and a possible explanation for the lack of any apparent Meizu logos on the package. Apparently, the Chinese OEM is trying to launch a new premium sub-brand, named simply “Pro” in an attempt to differentiate it from the existing MX models. The Pro 5 is said to be the ambassador to this new effort and from the looks of things it definitely has the potential for a flying start.

Meizu PRO 5 retail packaging

After a grand photo tour of the luxurious retail box, today a few more live photos have surface online that seem to show a working Pro 5 unit in the flesh. Despite the low quality, the shots do give away a fair amount of info. The handset’s design is quite reminiscent of the current MX5, meaning that the PRO line will keep the signature Meizu look and feel, at least for now that is. We can also clearly make out the metal unibody shell on the Pro 5, as well as the 2.5D curved glass effect on the front.

Another interesting observation to be made is that the Meizu Pro 5 doesn’t appear to be running on the company’s own Flyme OS, but rather a quite vanilla Android build. This could be interpreted as a sign that the Pro 5 will run on stock Android or possibly have a “pure” edition of sorts, but it seems highly unlikely for Meizu to give up on its custom Flyme after investing so much effort into it. A far more likely explanation is that we are looking at an early prototype that simply has a basic Android build loaded for development.

Meizu Pro 5

As for the alleged specs of the Meizu Pro 5, it is shaping up to be quite a powerhouse, even allegedly surpassing the Samsung Galaxy S7 in benchmarks, also said to already be in development. The PRO 5 will come in two versions, powered by either an Exynos 7420 chip, or Mediatek’s much-hyped Helio X20 that boasts the first deca-core CPU, both reportedly benchmarked earlier. Meizu’s VP has explicitly stated that we won’t be seeing a Snapdragon 810 SoC inside a PRO 5, with some pretty harsh words on the chipset being uttered to justify the decision.

By now it’s also been confirmed that the smartphones will come with a 1080p display, likely with a 5.5-inch diagonal. Previous reports outlined different specs for the Exynos and Mediatek versions, but something along the lines of 3GB/4GB of RAM, 32GB of storage and a 21MP primary camera, is to be expected.

We can’t really say whether the cited hardware is true, but in any case, the wait shouldn’t be too long, as according to Meizu’s official schedule, the Pro 5 will be unveiled on September 25. A price around the CNY 3,000 ($470) ballpark has been…

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