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while in the world of Android news it doesn't get bigger than this week the week of Mobile World Congress where many of 2016's major flagships are about to drop and not only that but Huawei claims that they're going to be the number one smartphone manufacturer on the planet overtaking Samsung and Apple an LG has made some pretty risky changes question is are those risks going to pay off now for those of you who claim to be hardcore geeks tell me who is the top number three smartphone seller on the planet LG HTC Sony no hallway hallway who wasn't known by anyone just a few years ago is now number three and they are aggressively looking to become number one yesterday Richard you the head of device businesses said that he believes huawei could be number one in just five years we are quite late to the US market you confessed and it's true to date the company has only played a small role on US soil moving a poultry number of phones through online sales if they really want to take the US they'll have to secure partnerships with the country's major carriers an endeavor they hope to make progress in over the course of 2016 while some may scoff at Huawei's intention to become the leading name in the smartphone industry a little context may make the naysayers a little more hesitant as you pointed out during a meeting in Barcelona this past weekend four years ago no one knew who we were even in China the company has vaulted to the upper echelons of the mobile world in just a few short years although the path gets steeper and the air thinner at those heights while way may just have the momentum to carry themselves all the way to the top how could that happen you ask well by focusing on where Samsung and Apple are not as strong and that's the mid tier and entry-level markets now you're thinking Jace Samsung has great mid-tier options yes they do but as the market matures it's very hard to beat a phone that's good enough at a cheaper price and the Chinese manufacturers are masters are doing that Huawei has proved it time and again now it's time to talk about the g5 and it's made a splash LG just took the wraps off the new g5 and it's probably the most ambitious device in the series this phone is LG's big bet a high-stake gamble that might define its future in the market that's increasingly hard to impress with a metallic unibody and innovative modular design the g5 also comes with some rather shocking changes on the software side we spent an extensive time with the g5 ahead of its unveiling today and this is our attempt to answer the question will LG's big gamble pay off the LG g5 looks much better in real life and not even our high quality hands-on images really do it justice the rumors we had were generally accurate the LG g5 features an aluminum unibody with a side-mounted volume rocker and a power button built into the fingerprint sensor on the back LG said goodbye to his trademark rear mounted volume rocker probably to avoid making the design on the back look too busy the edges of the g5 are rounded which goes nicely with the subtle curvature of the bottom cap and the top of the screen LG calls this design 3d arc unfortunately there's a seam between the back and the frame which you can feel when holding the device now I really encourage you guys to look at Josh's article where he goes into more detail about the LG g5 and answers this question is the risk worth it my take I just want to give you the odds the odds that an innovation like this however need and cool would have a major impact on their bottom line so late in the maturation of the smartphone the odds aren't good it's not likely but I applaud LG I mean it's awesome it's cool I'm glad they tried it but I don't think it's going to move the needle a lot LG needs to have a new category new device to be a leader in I know I sound like a broken record what do you think let me know in the comments below I'll be reading them now last up let's talk about Lenovo's new affordable tablets this weekend at Mobile World Congress Lenovo unveiled its new tab 3 series of Android tablets there are three models and cascading sizes of 7 8 and 10 inches while the two smaller tablets are designed around family use and even include some family specific features the 10 inch model is targeted at the higher end business segment the tab 3 7 and tab 3 8 variants are both reasonably priced and feature very similar specifications the two are powered by a 1 gigahertz media tech quad core processor one gigabyte of RAM 5-megapixel rear and 2-megapixel front-facing camera combinations and Android 6.0 marshmallow is installed by default the tab 3 7 comes with a 7 inch 1024 x 600 resolution display while the tab 3 8 is an 8-inch tablet with a 1280 by 800 pixel resolution both are also I p52 rated for protection against the odd splash of water there are very few other hardware differences between the two however the tab 3 8 comes with 16 gigabytes of internal memory and a larger 4290 milliamp hour battery then the seven inches 3450 milliamp hour battery cell and 8 gigabytes for 16 gigabyte storage options while the tab 3 7 and 8 may be very much lower tier tablets the Tab 3 10 is a more typical mid-range affair the 10 inch display boosts the pixels up to a full 1080p resolution which is accompanied by Gorilla Glass 3 protection the quad-core CPU also sees its clock speeds boosted slightly up to 1.3 gigahertz and there are 2 gigabytes of RAM or 32 gigabytes of storage or an option for 3 gigabytes of RAM and 64 gigabytes of storage for those who want the extra space the Tab 3 10 packs a meaty seven thousand million power battery and 8 megapixel rear cam and a 5-megapixel front-facing cam with twin Dolby Atmos speakers NFC and GPS capabilities the tablet is also I p52 rated for some water resistance and features android for work software for those who are looking for a little extra productivity out of their tablet now you guys should know that our android authority 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