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this episode of android authority is brought to you by carbonite go to carbonite.com and use the promo code authority for a free trial another week another round of Nexus 5 leaks and rumors and we're starting to question whether or not they're all as random as we initially thought hey Josh lagarde manager Authority what's going on everybody and it's time for another dose of the week's top Android news it's android weekly we start off with a new custom rom that is now out in the wild omnirom was officially announced at the big Android BBQ it brings together elements from a number of well-known developers including chain fire and explode wild it has its own versions of multi window and other multitasking abilities is pretty customizable and has flippable quick settings currently it will be available for devices like the nexus for the nexus 7 the xperia z and even the xperia tablet z stay tuned for an in-depth look at omnirom soon but the release is available for viewing at android authority calm our next story deals with the new curved screens craze and deals with LG whose press render of the g flex was just released there isn't a whole lot of information regarding this phone other than its nice curve that goes from top to bottom but we can expect it to have the best and current processing power well we can discern from the press render is that the button layout is probably going to be similar to the one from the LG g2 where all of the buttons were on the back we're excited to see what features this new phone by LG will bring especially in comparison to Samsung's own offering the galaxy round ok it's time are you ready here are all of the Nexus 5 rumors and leaks I came to this past week in what can only be explained as either a mishap by someone over at the Play Store or a brilliant stroke at fueling the fire the Nexus 5 was spotted at the google play store for the price of three hundred forty nine dollars it seems someone hit the publish button a little too early allowing the internet to screenshot the hell out of the listing and bring us the information that we've been waiting for it doesn't list the storage option off of the bat but the placeholder URL does state that this is a 16 gigabyte version this comes after some substantial leaks from people who apparently had the Nexus 5 in their hands for at least a little while 1 gallery shows the phone in the hand not really revealing too much but further showing us what the upcoming smartphone will look like we got a better look at the installed operating system as the folks over at ZDNet put up a gallery of screenshots one interesting bit is the Easter egg press the android version enough and it will bring up android in a kit kat esque logo though the software is still shown as key lime pie other features like the cloud printing and the tap and pay ability are also shown in these pictures and if you were lamenting over the release schedule for the elusive white Nexus 4 you may not have to wait as long when it comes to the Nexus 5 another leaked shot comes from a Korean site and shows off the Nexus 5 box it looks pretty much like any other Google box but on the side you see the phone is in white and from the looks of it the white color is only going to be on the back and the front and sides will remain black but from what we already saw in the box the phone is already looking pretty damn good now the Nexus 5 is definitely not a secret anymore so the question now is when are we going to get our hands on it according to a couple sources the 16 and 32 gigabyte versions of the Nexus 5 will be available by the end of October this is a very interesting prospect considering there is an event on October 24 that invites have already been sent out for though we don't know if hardware will actually be shown at that event it should be no surprise that we're definitely excited to finally get our hands on the Nexus 5 and when that happens hopefully within the next couple weeks we'll have all of the coverage of it here on android authority so you stay tuned all right let's move on from the rumors and talk about a device that was at first a rumor but then became truth the HTC One max yes essentially it's a mixture of the HTC One and it's mini version using the aluminum material but also adopting the white lining this newly official phone comes in at a very big five point nine inches and features a fingerprint scanner on the back though the back cover is apparently removable everything in it is replaceable except for the battery which is fixed inside of it however if the Snapdragon 600 two gigabytes of ram and an updated sense 5.5 in the US the one max will be on verizon and sprint by the end of the while our coverage of the one max is only starting we do already have it by the numbers comparison available at the website make sure you head on over to android authority com to check it out and to see the one max put up against big contenders like the Galaxy Note 3 and even the Oppo n1 alright so we're going to end on a somewhat brand new rumor that actually isn't all that new rumors are resurfacing that Amazon is working on its own smartphone offering a report states outright that HTC has partnered up with Amazon to develop a whole new range of devices now don't get too excited as the same report states that Amazon will definitely not have them ready for release this year or perhaps not at all it's entirely possible that they will cancel them altogether if the plans happen to fall through it's an interesting development because HTC is part of the open handset alliance which basically means they can't fork Android themselves nor can they support any companies that would do so and if they did support them like Amazon then they could lose access to the google apps but anyway when it comes to this particular smartphone if for whatever reason you're still not an Amazon Prime member you may not be able to get your hands on it now Bloomberg is in the mix with these reports and they state that while the smartphone range is definitely in the works it will only be sold to prime subscribers since the bulk of Amazon's Cloud media is made for prime some exclusivity could make a little sense the best case scenario is for users who use the media service perhaps a subsidy would help make the HTC / Amazon phone even more affordable so tell us what you think about the supposed hamazon phone in the comments below and so there you have it for this edition of Android weekly as always the written companions for each of the stories that we covered on this video or found in the description below drop us a like if you liked this week's news and don't forget to subscribe if you haven't already stay tuned to android authority for all of the best coverage on android we have a bunch of weekly shows like weekly which are watching right now but also Q&A and Google Play weekly hosted by joe hindy so make sure you check those out on top of all of that we have 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