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this episode of Android Q&A is sponsored by Netflix to get a free 30-day trial membership go to netflix.com forward slash Android and sign up now welcome back to Android weekly where we cover the week's Android news and we received even more leaks above the Samsung Galaxy x5s new UI a supposed on-screen fingerprint scanner and a rumored almost bezel asst display the wall street journal also confirmed that nokia and microsoft will indeed be launching an android-powered phone with a new UI that could look something like this forgive me for not having much faith in a forked version of Android I sort of think we're gonna get scroogled on one side and micro dicked on the other this latest rumor suggests that the s5 will indeed have some form of a fingerprint scanner it also suggests that Samsung will depart from the physical home button according to the rumor the galaxy s5 will allow users to scan their fingerprints at the bottom of the phone screen although previous reports have hinted at a fingerprint scanner this is the first time we've heard about it being an on-screen scanner now that sounds sexy but even though I'm not a hardware engineer I have to doubt the durability of such a display that brings us to the galaxy s5s new UI leaps several apps including s voice and s health expected to be pre-loaded on the galaxy s5 have leaked in the past weeks and have received a flat utilitarian overhaul but we should all remember that Samsung's VP did promise and i quote a very different design well android army it turns out that Normandy's d-day has been confirmed that's right The Wall Street Journal has confirmed that Nokia will be announcing an android-powered smartphone later this month at Mobile World Congress the device will be quote tailored in a way that won't promote some of the key Google developed features that a more traditional android-powered phone might in other words Nokia is forking its version of Android and therefore the android-powered phone will not be compatible with apps in the Google Play Store now leaks are a good thing in the world of Android but if you're a house of cards fan spoilers are a bad thing but that's okay because I found a way to hide for my family long enough to watch all the new 13 episodes of house of cards on Netflix before any of you spoilers can spoil my fun chase what are you doing in the closet with your tablet welcome back you see as a netflix member you can instantly watch TV episodes and movies as much as you want anytime you want on any device you want an android authority can give you a free 30-day trial if you go to netflix.com forward slash android and sign up now dad I really need my coat now oh and finally some hard news because the LG G pro 2 has officially been announced the LG G pro 2 features a 5.9 inch 1080p display but LG keeps the phone to a somewhat more manageable size with it's just a 3.3 millimeter side bezel and an industry-leading screen to frame ratio of 77.2 percent inside the LG G pro 2 you'll find a Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 processor and Adreno 330 GPU 3 gigs of ram 16 gigabytes or 32 gigabytes of storage a microSD card slot and a massive whopping 3200 milliamp hour battery also good news is that the phone will ship with Android 4.4 KitKat you'll also be happy to know we have alleged leaks from the HTC m8 otherwise known as the successor to the HTC one with dual rear cameras two tone flash and an on-screen navigation bar also some good news for those of you who don't like large phones is the HTC m8 mini rumor although it will have the flagship looks sadly it won't have the flagship specs dubbed the HTC m8 mini evleaks has published a short spec list a 4.5 inch display Snapdragon 400 one gigabyte of ram 16 gigabytes of on-board storage but with an SD card slot 13 megapixel rear camera and it will ship android 4.4 point to kick ad now company executives told routers that these phones will launch in the next couple of weeks and with the s5 launching on februari 24th and a sony flagship device being launched soon at Mobile World Congress this a month is going to be a delight for Android aficionados thanks for watching and write army my name is Jace and I would love to connect with you on Google+ or Twitter I read all my common app replies and tags I may not be able to answer all of them but I read every single one of them even the ones trying to be trolls and micro dicks that's right don't want to forget about my brother's an Android Josh Joe in the tech ninja Kevin and now Christopher is back see you next week on Android