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join me for a motorola mystery is this a new moto last week we found a new blurry can pick that appeared on hello moto hk's google+ account which is seemingly cited a prototype in the wild the post contains the words moto infinity which may be hyperbole or perhaps suggest a new product line or rebranding now there are three key takeaway points here one the device has what looks to be a USB type-c port on the bottom second the device looks to have a fingerprint sensor or some sort of fingerprint sensor home button hybrid located near the bottom bezel and the frame looks to be metallic we'll see now in order to understand the mysterious markings near the top of the device we have to look at the Moto G prototype from last year you can see here the top left corner has the OEMs infamous logo and the bottom has a message about confidentiality the top left corner has the OEMs infamous logo and the bottom has a message about confidentiality in today's blurry pic the Motorola logo can be made out in the upper left corner and the legal note is placed just above the top bezel some may be surprised if not put off entirely by the potential placement of what looks to be a fingerprint sensor this is all the more valid giving that Motorola has made it a point to include a dimple on the back of its hardware for the past several years with respect to the Nexus 6 in particular it was even stated by former motorola CEO dennis woodside that such a simple dimple was indeed originally meant to house a biometric reader though the feature was ultimately scrapped the possible answer for such a mystery can readily be found on a current crop of alleged photos that have been circulating the internet for some months now the image here from a December 2015 post was part of a rumor that suggested that the new Moto X 2016 would be made of metal note the batwing logo is clearly just an ordinary insignia it appears neither dimpled nor cut out where a biometric reader would be placed so what to make of all of this well let's just take a recap of what we do know right from Motorola's mouse all motorola branded devices launched in 2016 will come with some sort of embedded fingerprint sensor we also know that all products launched in 2016 will have screen sizes of 5 inches or larger and they will continue their customization effort and finally we also know that Lenovo and motorola's you I will be merged into one UI to be veiled in 2017 now let's talk the huawei p 9 + p9y which have been officially announced now let's talk huawei at a launch event in london last week huawei unveiled its latest flagship smartphones the huawei p 9 + p9y alone the huawei p9 is clearly targeted at the upper end of the market the design isn't a massive departure from last year's p8 but there's also quite a nice resemblance to the excellent nexus p as well the phone comes in just at six point nine five millimeters thick and has a bezel that measures just one point seven millimeters Huawei says that the phone is constructed with a full metal unibody and features curved edges for a comfortable hold it's also hard to deny that it's quite a good-looking device when it comes to the display Huawei has remained committed to its opinion that above and beyond a 1080p resolution just isn't worth the additional hit to the battery life and personally I agree the huawei p9 features a 5.2 inch display with a 1920 x 1080 resolution resulting in a very decent 423 pixels per inch as such the handset is pretty much the same size as last year's p8 now the p 9 plus bumps this up to 5.5 inches for those who want a slightly larger handset and swaps out that LCD panel for an AMOLED alternative Huawei boosts that its new display is capable of 500 nits / brightness and ninety-six percent of color saturation and the company's press touch display technology that debuted with the maid s also makes a reappearance in both models now you HTC fans will be happy to know that HTC just put it a new teaser boasting the best camera ever in their upcoming HTC 10 this teaser is packed of what we presume our sample shots taken from the new smartphone along with plenty of pictures of non smartphone cameras that HTC engineers have been using for inspiration keen-eyed watchers will also be able to spot the reference to a number of HTC 10 s camera specifications at the 29 second mark there's mention of an ultra pixel sensor optical image stabilization and the high res 4k video capture all which is very impressive