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this episode of android authority is brought to you by audible go to audible podcast.com slash authority to get a free audiobook download of your choice when you sign up today i hope everybody had a great fourth of july and for our neighbors upstairs a great canada day today we're talking about the next big release by LG the upcoming moto x android 4.3 and some sad news regarding the HTC One S hey Josh regard for man Joe Thornton what's going on everybody and it's time for another dose of the week's top Android news it's android authority weekly and exciting new releases on the horizon with rumors circulating regarding the next LG flagship phone the LG g2 aptly named because the company has dropped the Optimus name is looking to break new ground with the inclusion of the snapdragon 800 processor and an unheard-of 3 gigabytes of ram well we first thought to be a 5-inch screen device was then later updated by a report that stated that the phone would be coming with a 5.2 inch display now that's not really that big of an increase but it is a new development obviously all of this information is still just speculation as the device has yet to be officially announced speaking of that snapdragon 800 that will be included in the LG g2 it got the benchmark treatment this week in the LTE a version of the samsung galaxy s4 tests were done and the device itself did hold up against its competitors the snapdragon 800 performed very well supporting claims that the processor would be giving even more performance with lesser power consumption we're going to have to see how it goes with the upcoming devices that it will be included in and now I move on to the Moto X the long fabled phone coming out of google acquired motorola this was a big week for marketing for motorola as ad started to appear in US magazine stating that the Moto X would be made and manufactured entirely in the USA and more importantly have a very high level of customization well this week we also learned what that means ABC News learned that buyers of the Moto X will be able to customize the phone with different colors on multiple parts of the phone as well as have an optional engraving that is put on the back of the device also you can upload a picture to the website that will then be used for the installed wallpaper on the phone screen a sign-up page has been created on the motor world of website allowing people to sign up if they want more information on the Moto X as it becomes available now you can't do that but you can also just stay tuned to android authority for all of the news on the Moto X don't worry we've got you covered we move on to Samsung as the company released sales numbers on the galaxy s4 this week as of today just a couple months after the release of the device Samsung has reportedly sold 20 million units of the galaxy s4 now that's a pretty crazy number considering the phone isn't even that old yet so now the galaxy s4 holds the title of the fastest selling Android device ever still unfortunately Samsung can't seem to catch a break when it comes to market analysts who are all still very skeptical about their expectations that's harsh still it's a milestone that Samsung hopes to build upon with the release of their upcoming Galaxy S 4 variants news about Android 4.3 continues to surface since a version of it was leaked last week it was recently given the teardown treatment and a lot of interesting tidbits were found apparently new notification code was found that would allow third-party apps to replicate the notification panel and give devices that are paired to the phone or the tablet access to the notification drop-down perhaps this is all preparation for the wearable tech that should be coming later this year like Google glass and Google's smartwatches also Google is supposedly planning with the release of Android 4.3 to release their stock Android apps into the Google Play Store as we saw last week with the Google Play editions of the samsung galaxy s4 and the HTC One the updated camera app was easily packaged into an apk and it looks like that might have been somewhat by design apparently every core app will make their way to the Play Store eventually and thus give users a better way of creating a stock experience if they're using a forked version of Android this way you would be able to get a much more Nexus like experience without the need of rooting and flashing custom roms on your phone and finally regarding Android 4.3 that leaked version that was out last week has actually been rooted so if you have a samsung galaxy s4 and you're feeling a little adventurous go ahead and back up your data and then head over to android authority calm to fly how to get it all things come to an end and today we end on the unfortunate end for the HTC One S the member of last year's flagship group for HTC has been reportedly dropped from the much-anticipated update to Android 4.2 and since five users of the one s will now be left with the less loved since four and a boiling sense of betrayal after all HTC did promise this past februari on facebook that the HTC One S would be getting the update and as we all know it's not official unless it's faceboook official unhappy owners of the retired phone took swift action and created a petition that would hopefully cause HTC to change its ways found on change.org this petition has a goal of five thousand supporters and hopes to make HTC really make these updates happen for the 1s as of the time of this filming it is still shy of that five thousand mark but it does need that last push to make it so we do have a link down in the description below if you wish to head over to the petition and sign your name and so there you have it for this edition of android authority weekly as always a ring companion can be found for this video in a link in the description below don't forget to check out all of our other coverage at android authority including our other weekly show Q&A hosted by chris 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