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now I know it's not the iPhone bendgate but when I fix it did a repair ability video on the much-anticipated Galaxy Note 7 they gave it a sad score of 4 out of 10 ouch the team and I fix that have put their screwdrivers and plastic pride tools to work on the shiny new Galaxy Note 7 and awarded the phone a rather dismal repair ability score of just 4 out of 10 while this is admittedly an improvement over the Galaxy s7 which scored just 3 out of 10 the note 7 has the same easy to break and hard to replace curved display glass and having glass on both the front and back makes for double crack ability on the positive side iFixit notes that a lot of the components on the note 7 are modular and therefore easily replaceable if something goes wrong of course accessing the interior of the device without breaking either the display or the glass back is a bit of a problem I fix it also notes that the improved cable routing means that on the Galaxy Note 7 the charging port assembly can be removed without having to take the screen off this is big news as charging ports are usually one of the first things to go on any smart phone so removing the possibility of damaging the display when replacing that is a big plus now it should go without saying here that unless you are at the very highest level of geekery pay someone else to do this don't try it at home your phone will suffer I know oops alright nothing to see here move along let's talk about Google's new duo a video calling app Google highlighted the simplicity of duo an app that lacks the bells and whistles of Skype or even Google's own hangouts they say this dual takes the complexity out of video calling so that you can be together in the moment wherever you are said the company simple as it may be duo is not completely bare-bones one of its coolest features is knock-knock which basically lets you see the person who's calling before picking up you also get end-to-end encryption which aligns with Google and Facebook and Apple when it comes to protecting users privacy now as of just two days ago dual was available to some users on the Google Play Store we expect that they're gonna be rolling out pretty soon but more importantly it is available both on iOS and Android meaning that Mother Google is gonna take on FaceTime and you know who else is gonna take on Apple Xiaomi right in their own backyard Xiaomi is no longer just a start-up known as the apple of China China's largest privately funded startup is preparing to enter the US market at least according to Bloomberg even just a few years ago Xiaomi was simply unknown outside of China and what took off as a start-up became one of the top three smartphone makers in 2014 with a beautifully crafted handset that cost less than four hundred dollars it makes sense that Xiaomi has seen big success now of course the major issue for Xiaomi and many Chinese manufacturers is the fact that their competitors have previously sold their phones through US carriers so how will Xiaomi deal with that Hugo Barra Xiaomi as VP spoke about that the u.s. is a market we definitely have in our sights we will lead with social media with the channels that allow us to get in touch with the young generation that are enthusiastic about new technology we're definitely going there so how will Xiaomi plan to do that exactly well likely by selling you their phones directly online completely sidestepping the carrier altogether and with great phones and come on they make great phones at such a bargain price that's a pretty compelling offer hey Android army chase here hope you guys are well I'm really sorry that this week's weekly is late but my camera died and so I had to scramble to get a new camera and get everything set up but we're here let me know if you have any comments or questions below I'm also on Twitter