The Meizu MX5 isn't the only upcoming Chinese smartphone to receive the leaked render treatment today. Joining it is the Vivo X5Pro, a handset that has been in the rumors a lot lately, and which will finally be announced this Wednesday, on May 13.

Until then, though, it looks like someone in China simply couldn't wait, and decided to publish some renders showing the X5Pro in all its glory.

Vivo X5Pro

This is clearly going to be one of Vivo's most good looking phones to date, and as you can see it will be graced with some 2.5D glass on the front, which curves to meet the X5Pro's metal frame.

More Vivo X5Pro renders

The renders show us dual speakers placed on the bottom side of the device, with the USB port in between them.

Past information revealed that the X5Pro should be powered by Qualcomm's Snapdragon 615 chipset. It will run Vivo's Funtouch OS 2.1, based on Android 5.0 Lollipop.

The screen has been rumored to be a 5.5-inch 1080p Super AMOLED unit, the rear camera will be 13 MP while the front snapper will be 5 MP (though capable of shooting 32 MP images through some software trickery). 2GB of RAM and 32GB of storage should also be in, and the battery capacity could be either 3,500 or 4,150 mAh.

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The Meizu MX5 is going to get official at a special event on June 30, according to some rumors from last week. It will get a metal construction, unlike all of its predecessors, and it's also going to come with a fingerprint sensor embedded in its Home button.

Then again, perhaps the most anticipated detail about this smartphone is what it will look like, since so far we haven't seen it in any leaks. Well, today a couple of renders have surfaced in China claiming to accurately portray Meizu's next flagship offering.

Meizu MX5 leaked renders

As you can see from these images (click on the thumbnails for the full-size versions), the MX5 will be yet another handset to employ some kind of 'bezelless' tech for its screen. The display panel has virtually no lateral bezels, and this is something that's becoming quite a trend in China.

The MX5 will be in select company in this respect – with the ZTE Nubia Z9, Oppo R7 Plus, and perhaps also the Vivo X5Pro.

Past mumblings mentioned that the Meizu MX5 would be powered by MediaTek's MT6795 SoC, which boasts an octa-core CPU that can be clocked at up to 2.2 GHz.

With regard to these renders, you shouldn't forget that they're still unconfirmed (even by other leaks), so it's entirely possible that they're not in fact showing us the next Meizu device. As we get closer to its unveiling date, things will surely get more clear.

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Over the years Motorola's flagship Moto X has proven to be quite popular, if not always very well selling. Two devices, bearing the name have already proven their worth and the rumor mill has been buzzing with hints of a third one well underway. A few days ago, some alleged specs for the device surfaced and today another source claims to have more info on the smartphone's camera.

The phone's 16MP sensor might just be equipped with OIS. This hardly comes as a surprise, considering most current flagship devices, like the Samsung Galaxy S6 and the LG G4 take advantage of such technology for improved camera stability. Furthermore, this is not a new thing for Motorola either. The current Nexus 6 handset, doe, in fact, have optical image stabilization, so, including it in the Moto X (3rd Gen) should build on that experience.

As for the rest of the device's specs, we currently believe that it is going to be powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 808 SoC, just like the one in the LG G4. It is yet to prove itself in real life performance, but it does promise a lot of number-crunching power in a heat-efficient package. The rest of the specs sheet includes 4GB of RAM and 32GB or 64GB of onboard storage. The phone should be fitted with a 5.2-icnh QHD AMOLED panel, perhaps borrowed from the Motorola Droid Turbo.

Other hardware includes a 5MP front camera and front-facing speakers and Android 5.1.1 Lollipop out-of-the-box, all powered by a 3,280 mAh battery. Nothing is really official yet about the Moto X, so, the above should be taken with a pinch of salt.

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Samsung is continuing its Lollipop expansion over its 2014 smartphones. The next in line to get the sweet firmware update is the Galaxy Core Prime, the SM-G360F model in particular. The first country to get the upgrade is Poland, but we expect other markets to follow suit shortly.

The Galaxy Core Prime update is available over the air and via Kies. It brings Android 5.0.2 Lollipop OS, the latest TouchWiz UX with Material Design and many interface improvements. The Core Prime update also includes updated Samsung default apps and repository, bug and security fixes, connectivity and performance improvements among others.

If you can't wait for the update to reach your Galaxy Core Prime, you can try the Poland ROM from here. This can void your warranty though, so be careful! We hope Samsung expands the availability of the update to other versions and markets…

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The dual-SIM version of the HTC One (M7) smartphone, which was released in the August of 2013, has started receiving the Android Lollipop update. It is, however, not yet known if it's a global or region-specific roll-out.

After applying the update, which is around 675MB in size, the device runs Android 5.0 Lollipop, with software version 7.117.720.6.

The roll-out comes just over a week after HTC revealed that the One Mini as well as the One Mini 2 won't be getting the update. It's also worth mentioning that the regular version of the M7 started receiving Lollipop back in March this year.

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After months of teasing the development of its proprietary glass tech which creates the illusion of a bezelless display, Oppo went out and released official renders of the R7, where no such effect was observed. As it turns out, the edge-to-edge display was reserved for the larger brother, the Oppo R7 Plus, set to be announced alongside the R7 on May 20.

Oppo R7 Plus alongside regular R7

The R7 Plus showed up on a few occasions, with the latest being a Chinese commercial and its existence was also officially confirmed by a press release from Oppo. The device is noticeably larger, sports a fingerprint sensor on the back and does away with the capacitive buttons in the bottom bezel. It does come with a metal unibody and 2.5D front glass.

While no specs have been officially quoted, a listing on GFXBench website has surfaced, revealing the hardware of the R7 Plus. If the benchmark is to be trusted, the smartphone packs a 5.9-inch FullHD display. The Oppo R7 Plus will allegedly be powered by a Mediatek MT6795M chipset with an octacore CPU, clocked at 1.9GHz.RAM is likely 3GB and internal storage is 32GB of which 6GB are reserved for system use.

We'll choose not to believe the dual 7MP camera combo in the benchmark entry and expect the same 20.7MP unit on the back, as in the regular R7. We'll know for sure come May 20 when everything will become official.

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According to multiple users, the Nexus 6 is experiencing network issues, wherein the phone loses connection to the cell tower and requires a restart to reconnect, although the issue resurfaces after a few minutes.

The issue does not seem device specific and has been experienced by multiple users on multiple versions of Android. T-Mobile and Sprint users seem to have been affected the most although people from other carriers and regions have also mentioned having this issue.

It's likely this is a software issue and hopefully Google will fix it…

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Just days after there were reports that the Meizu MX5 will be announced on June 30, new details have emerged about the company's upcoming flagship smartphone.

According to a new report out of China, the handset will feature a fingerprint sensor similar to the one being rumoured in the M1 Note 2, which is said to be unveiled on June 2. Another rumour is that the flagship's body will be made out of metal, instead of plastic.

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