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NASA reveals the clearest photo of Pluto ever, courtesy the New Horizons

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Unless you have been living under a rock all this time, you may have heard about New Horizons, the probe launched by NASA back in January 2006 to study Pluto by performing a flyby. The little probe is very close to its closest distance from the dwarf planet that it will be getting during its flyby.

But while we wait for more information and the footage captured live during the flyby (from a distance of just 16000km), NASA has released the first high resolution image of Pluto, giving us for the first time ever a clear view of the surface of the planet. The image is being called Lovenote, due to the heart shaped formation on the surface of the planet in the image.

More images and footage will be sent in the coming hours, but for now stare at the best look humans have had in their existence at the farthest member of our solar…

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Exclusive: Samsung Galaxy Note 5, S6 Edge Plus renders reveal dimensions, controls

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Samsung has definitely been a frequent presence in the rumor mill lately, but these new pictures are some of the hottest info we've got so far. Case maker ITSKINS sent us a bunch of renders of the upcoming Galaxy Note 5 and the Galaxy S6 Edge Plus, revealing their dimensions and control layout.

A lot has been said about all of these alleged devices, but as far as we can currently gather – the Note 5 will most-likely come alone, with no other Note unit and the aforementioned Galaxy S6 Edge Plus will stand in as a double-edged variant in the same form factor, but with slightly lower specs and no S pen.

Samsung Galaxy Note 5

This, doesn't definitively dispute the existence of a new edged Note phone, but, considering recent developments in the story, we find that a lot less likely.

Samsung Galaxy Note 5

The first set of renders clearly portrays the upcoming GalaxyNote 5. It is a flat unit, with no screen curvature, but it follows the Galaxy S6 and S6 edge design language with a slope of the back panel.

Considering how the frame overlaps the edges, it really looks like another glass back. Don't get us wrong, that is definitely a stylish touch, but also means that the Note is losing its removable battery. Thankfully, however, the signature S pen is still present and from the looks of it now has an automated or push to eject mechanism.

We also finally have precise device dimensions – 153.3mm x 76.1mm x 7.9mm. Using those we were also able to calculate the screen diagonal, which will again stand at 5.7".|

We can also definitively see a traditional micro USB connector, so no type C and a single cover, concealing the SIM card, but perhaps also a microSD card slot, we can't really be sure about that.

Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge Plus

Then we have the second set of renders, which due to the lack of an S pen and the clearly-noticeable Galaxy S6 edge styling, we believe to be the alleged S6 Edge Plus.

There isn't really much to deduct from the images – it simply looks to be a supersized Galaxy S6 edge, just like we previously thought. We have precise dimensions for this handset as well – 154.4mm x 75.8mm x 6.9mm. Bear in mind, however, that the significantly protruding main camera does add quite a bit to the actual girth of the unit. Calculating a display size on this one is a lot more-difficult, but it is somewhere in the same ballpark as the Galaxy Note 5.

Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge Plus

This is definitely the best glimpse we have managed to catch of the upcoming devices to date. As far as the rest of the hardware – the Note 5 will be powered by the in-house Exynos 7422 SoC, a reworked version of the already familiar 7420 inside the Galaxy S6, but with built-in cellular modems this time.

The camera setup should consist of a 16MP primary camera with OIS and a 5MP front-facing one. Memory is set at 4GB for RAM and 32GB of onboard storage.

Most of this is also true about the Galaxy S6 Edge Plus, except of the chipset, which is said to be a Snapdragon 808 SoC. Battery packs are also slightly different – 4,100 mAh for the Note 5 and 3,000 mAh for the S6 Edge…

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Upcoming Nexus 5 (2015) posts a 85K score in AnTuTu

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The next Google Nexus device has been shrouded in mystery and as far as we currently know, there will be a duo of handsets later this year – one from Huawei and the other courtesy of LG. We haven't really heard anything about the specs of those yet but a leaked benchmark score might finally shed some more light on their hardware.

The said score allegedly comes from AnTuTu 5 on the LG handset. There are a few things on the screenshot worth noting, but first let's address the elephant in the room. A score of 85530 is ridiculously high.

That is a good 20000 points above the current Samsung Galaxy flagship duo and their Exynos 7420, which is currently the top performer in the mobile realm. This suggests that LG is using a next-gen chip for the Nexus – most probably the Qualcomm Snapdragon 820.

Also, judging from the alleged score card, the device will once again be named the Nexus 5, well probably Nexus 5 (2015) to avoid confusion. Apparently, LG has decided to abandon the whole incremental naming approach, as was with the Nexus 4 and Nexus 5, which could indicate that the next phone will also have close to 5.0-inches of screen real estate. This will surely be a welcome sight for a lot of Android purists that simply found the 5.96-inch Nexus 6 too large.

Last but not least, AnTuTu has detected the Nexus 5 (2015) as a Full HD device. This is kind of odd, considering the current Nexus boasts 1440 x 2560 pixels. Perhaps Google thought QHD would be an overkill on the smaller screen of the new Nexus 5.

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Oppo A51 said to launch this month for $270

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The Oppo A51 – which received a certification from TENAA last month – will carry a $270 price tag, and will go on sale within a couple of weeks, according to a new report.

Specs-wise, the device is powered by a Snapdragon 410 SoC with quad-core 1.2GHz CPU and Adreno 306 GPU, and sports a 5-inch 720p screen, which uses an IPS panel. It comes with 2GB RAM and 16GB expandable internal memory, and packs in a 2,420mAh battery.

The Oppo A51 features an 8MP rear unit and a 5MP front shooter. It runs Android 5.1 with Color OS 2.1 on top. Connectivity options include 4G LTE, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, microUSB, as well as dual SIM support.

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