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this episode of Android Weekly is brought to you by Full Sail University so looks like we got new phones and new tablets coming down the pipe so let's start with Oppo and Oppo has released their own commercial for the r7 and the r7 plus the r7 and the r7 plus have been revealed in a couple of ads that are already airing in China opal seems happy to show off its new devices which is refreshing change following years of secretive over-the-top releases opal even released a couple of Prescott's of the new r7 and r7 plus showing that the Plus version packs a fingerprint sensor on the back similar to the oppo n3 the r7 plus will also feature on-screen navigation both phones seem to feature metallic unibody constructions with 2.5 d glass on the front the r7 is expected to feature a 5.2 inch display while judging from the images the plus version will be closer to 6 inches fast charging one of the key features of the Oppo r5 and Oppo find 7 before it will of course be included in the package Qualcomm quick charge tech has made fast charging widely available in modern flagships but OPOs approach is superior according to the Chinese company now for those of you who were disappointed with the HTC One m9 this may sting a bit while HTC One m9 has its fans there are a number of people who have criticized the latest flagship for not doing enough to set itself apart from its predecessor not only is the design very similar to the m8 but even the specs aren't a dramatic jump forward especially when it comes to the 1080p display for those that were hoping for a bit more from the one m9 you may want to take a look at the latest iteration of the HTC J butterfly although the body of this phone is plastic instead of metal the insides are as premium as ever with a 5.2 inch qHD display as Snapdragon 810 processor 27 hundred million power battery 3 gigabytes of RAM 32 gigabytes of internal storage with a micro SD card slot boomsound front-facing speakers a twenty point two megapixel duo camera and a 13 megapixel front camera the J butterfly is available in three colors red white and blue and it also sports water resistance now although this phone is only exclusively available in Japan for the moment it clearly is better than the HTC One m9 so I got a voice what all of us are thinking HTC what the f but this may comfort you HTC lovers out there HTC is looking at creating more affordable tablets talking to the Chinese media at the Taiwan launch of the one m9 plus the HTC North Asian boss Jack Tong said the company is looking closely at the entry-level and mid tier tablet market and I quote there is less room for product differentiation and a fierce price war so we must be very cautious about running that business we will see if we can get better returns on smartphones or other businesses but we are looking closely at it Tong said now Tong did not confirm or deny that HTC has an affordable tablet coming down the pipe but his statement is a reversal from what he said in November when he hinted that HTC was interested in the upper segment of the market Tong's comment seems to be related to a rumor started by up leaks and picked up by several websites earlier this week HTC is working on low-end tablet devices codenamed h7 that should launch in q2 of this year according to up Leakes who has a solid track record when it comes to HTC rumours no other details about the h7 are known just yet now for all the growing number of Xiaomi fans out there you'll be happy to know that there's a rumor surrounding a new redmi chemise popular redmi series of handsets could be in for another revision if the recent leak from up leaks is to be believed known as the Xiaomi h3y or Curry's for now the next potential entry into the redmi series could end up housing some interesting hardware although the display size isn't known yet the rumor suggests that the phone will arrive with a 1080p resolution previous redmi devices have shipped with 720p at a 4.7 inch display so the bump up to full HD would provide a boost to the viewing experience the processing package looks like a mediatek mt6752 octa-core chip utilizing a familiar 2.2 gigahertz cortex a53 setup arranged in two clusters of four this is backed up by two gigabytes of RAM now personally I have really high hopes for Xiaomi they're doing really well at marketing and they're about to make this big push to an online store so the rest of us in the West we can only hope are you excited about Xiaomi - 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