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HTC Butterfly s release date, Sony Xperia Z carriers, Samsung flexible displays and more - AA Q&A

2013-06-26
this episode of android authority is brought to you by audible go to audible podcast.com slash authority for a free audiobook download of your choice when you sign up today hey everybody I'm Chris look you ask we answer its android authority QA for jun 26 2013 ryan asks when is the HTC butterfly s release date and will it be coming to any US carriers to answer the first question the butterfly s will be released in some markets in asia sometime in july for the u.s. well we don't know yet a we don't know if the butterfly s will be coming to the u.s. at all and be we don't know if like the HTC droid DNA it'll show up with a different name and a slightly different set up Gabriel asks will the Sony Xperia Z come to more carriers than just t-mobile well so far the only confirmed carrier is t-mobile whether or not it comes to other carriers will probably depend a lot on how popular it is if it starts selling really well you can be sure another carrier will probably pick it up at some point but who will pick it up is another story another gsm carrier is probably your best bet as then sony wouldn't have to do any extra work like it would with the CDMA carrier like verizon or sprint Kanaan asks well the samsung galaxy s5 be released with a flexible Oh LED display in the near future well right now the only answer we can give is maybe Samsung did show off a phone with a flexible display at CES 2013 and LG has said they have a phone with a flexible display coming later this year whether or not they'll actually meet these projections and ship the displays on time is another thing entirely so basically it really depends on what your definition of near future is Emilio asks how can I have something like HTC blinkfeed on my galaxy s3 while it's not exactly like blinkfeed there is an app called Soho in the google play store that does something pretty similar it pulls data from various social networking services and puts them on your home stream the rating in the Play Store is only 3.8 stars so it seems like people either love it or hate it but hey it's free so it's worth a try Marty says I live in a rural area use verizon once the HTC one is released on verizon which phone will have better reception the HTC one or the samsung galaxy s4 that should actually be at i see both phone views the qualcomm snapdragon 600 chipset which in addition to providing the cpu and GPU also provides the cellular radios for both phones while differences in body design and antenna design can change the characteristics neither of these should affect the phone so much that it should be a deal-breaker for either phone basically just pick which one you like best rwanda asks is there a way to connect both the keyboard and a mouse to an android device i've already tried a USB on-the-go cable but it has only one slot so i can only connect one thing at a time while yes there actually is a way and it's pretty easy all you need is a USB hub and to be safe you want to go for a powered one then you can plug in as many devices as the hub has ports and you should be good to go and that's about it for this week folks we have a written companion to this video that has all the links and everything you might need at android authority calm you can find the link in the description now remember this show is powered by your questions so keep them coming you can find a link to the submission form for your questions in the description as well while you're at it make sure to check out our other weekly show android authority weekly which goes up every sunday i'm chris look and as always thanks for watching
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