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this episode of android authority is brought to you by Jackthreads if you head to sign up jack threads.com slash android authority you can skip the waitlist and sign up today we've got some news about the samsung galaxy note 3 we have some camera phone developments from Sony and Iron Men an HTC team up hey it's Josh of a Garth manager Authority what's going on everybody and it's time for another dose of the week's top Android news it's android authority weekly as expected the samsung galaxy note 3 rumors and speculation has begun with Aoife and the unpacked part 2 Samsung events just a few weeks away it's pretty safe to say that we can expect a lot of this to happen in the coming days first up sammobile reported that there will be two versions of the Galaxy Note 3 and that while most markets will be getting the 32 gigabyte model only some will be getting the 64 gigabyte version and the note 3 will be over all the same dimensions as its predecessor while packing a slightly larger display at five point six eight inches likely due to a slightly smaller bezel sammobile then went on to report that there will indeed be versions of the note 3 that sport either the exitos quad-core or the snapdragon 800 basically the LTE versions will get the snapdragon 800 while the exitos processor will get put on primarily 3g handsets to be fair though this list of countries for their release has not been finalized yet other specifications that were reported included a slightly bigger battery and Android 4.3 built in this development regarding Android 4.3 was confirmed by a DLNA certification website that listed at least the Korean versions of the note 3 as coming with the new version of Android built in software usually doesn't get changed between versions of phones so it's pretty safe to say that we're just gonna get Android 4.3 on the Galaxy Note 3 now if we could just get our updates to the other Samsung phones and other phones in general that would be great all right so a little while ago it was reported that Robert Downey jr. was brought on by HTC for a huge ad campaign well the first product of what looks to be a two-year 1 billion dollar arrangement between Iron Man and the phone company was released this past week essentially our dj's character is set on figuring out what HTC could really stand for they go through a number of different variations like hipster troll carwash and hold this cat personally I found the commercial kind of weird especially because Robert Downey jr. felt a little tacked on he didn't seem like he was really acting out a character and his personality honestly didn't really come out but if we're playing the HTC game I thought of a few after watching this commercial Oh what the crap hate tall cabinets hide the coke are you ready for more Nexus 5 rumors despite the back and forth that we've seen from LG and Google more and more sources or claiming that LG will indeed be developing the update to the nexus for a Chinese publication puts the Nexus 5 at the same price point as the nexus 4 at launch and while it will be based on the LG g2 it will be entirely similar 1080p resolution and a Snapdragon 600 processor were also rumored and then a publication from Vietnam claimed that the nexus 5 will actually pack the Snapdragon 800 that's more like the LG g2 but it will be made of glass and retain the general idea that the original Nexus 4 had in design we can pretty much expect more rumors and speculation to come out in the coming weeks for this phone that we're all really eager to see wearable tech seems to be gaining some steam and samsung wants to get in on that action apparently the unpacked event on September for will include more than just the Galaxy Note 3 the design patent was unearthed detailing a SmartWatch in development samo will let use the news on what is supposedly going to be called the samsung gear however these pictures are only speculative renders but then we got even more substantial news regarding the Samsung gear this time from Bloomberg apparently the gear will be able to make calls surf the web and handle emails all of which will be powered by Android unlike these renders pause it however there will be no flexible displays now don't forget to stay tuned because the unpacked event in Berlin is on September for right before Aoife and we're going to bring you all of the news and announcements that Samsung has in store in oh my god what the hell is I've been growing out the back of your phone news Sony is looking to get into the high-end camera phone game by quite literally attaching a camera you to the back of your xperia phone a legit sony kit packing an 18-megapixel CMOS sensor can piggyback on say your xperia z and greatly enhance your pictures of apparently strawberries at least as was illustrated in this picture and yes despite your continued disbelief these units are actually real currently called the qx100 or the QX line one of these units reportedly include green control a socket for tripod mounting and their own shutter buttons they'll likely be announced alongside the Sony I one in a few weeks right before Aoife as well our final story of the day comes from LG and their return to the tablet game the first clue on earth was a trademark filing for the name the g pad and according to tech blog it could be coming a lot sooner than we think claims include an eight point three inch display capable of 1920 x 1200 resolution a quad-core processor and 2 gigabytes of ram the back will be made of aluminum and supposedly will still be pocketable while the report does seem somewhat sudden we've known that LG has been slated to bring some sort of tablet to Aoife in berlin it looks like this one could be it and it could be released as soon as it is announced as always there in companion for this video can be found in the description below drop us a like don't forget to subscribe and of course thank you so much for watching make sure you check out our other weekly 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