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hey it's Josh McCown from android authority what's going on everybody and it's time for another dose of the week's top Android news it's android authority weekly we begin first with news that has nothing to do with android or does it Apple had its worldwide developers conference this past week and unveiled iOS 7 now iOS 7 looks like Android that whole joke has been pretty played out by now so we're not going to get into that but there are a few cool features with the new operating system iOS 7 is a rehashing of Apple's mobile system that now has a flat look and translucent effects you can now go back by swiping from the left pretty much anywhere in the operating system a new control center has been created to give you quick access to a lot of different settings and iTunes radio has just also been announced so those are just a few of the features that come with or are in iOS 7 if you want to see all of them head over to the written article that you can find at android authority com there is also going to be a link in the description below and now we move right back into Android and a bunch of rumors regarding the new updated Nexus 7 one of the first things that we learned about the new Nexus 7 is that it probably won't be a part of the affordable price range a report from Taiwan is telling us that it should be priced between 199 and 249 a squarely middle price range then it was reported that the nexus 7 will probably come with a 1920 x 1200 resolution screen coming in at 323 ppi specifications that would make a mid-range price seem a lot more attractive and finally the Nexus 7 was spotted on a FCC document dubbed the Asus k double 08 this particular device was listed as having the newest version of jelly bean 4.3 and the Snapdragon s4 pro now whether or not we've actually positively identified the new Nexus 7 is still up for debate but all of the information on this particular document does coincide with our previous coverage I guess we're just going to have to keep our fingers crossed for that mid to late july release date boom son and blinkfeed might be getting miniaturized later this year as all information points to the existence of an HTC one mini a couple of nameless informants pass along information to that the device should be on sale by August of this year we then saw a picture supposedly of it right next to its bigger sibling we have no word officially from HTC just yet but the device will likely have a less powerful version of the Snapdragon 600 and a 4.3 inch screen coming in at 720p resolution now with the success of the HTC One perhaps a miniaturized version will give HTC yet another big boost and now we're going to get a little camera crazy with a couple of big announcements by Samsung last week we told you about the galaxy s4 active for rugged lifestyles but now there is the galaxy s4 zoom for shutter bugs the result is an overall beefier filled with a big ol growth on the back and that would be the 16 megapixel camera capable of a ten times optical zoom with apertures ranging from 3.1 to 6.3 it will retain all of the general functionality you would expect from a smartphone only with a 4.3 inch screen and lesser overall specifications than the original galaxy s4 no launch details have been given just yet regarding the galaxy s4 zoom but we can expect all that information to come out at the media press event Samsung is holding in London and the camera news just keeps on coming instead of a phone with a camera smashed into it you kind of get the other way around with this supposedly new galaxy camera the next generation of this line of cameras by Samsung supposedly has been adopted into their NX line of popular mirrorless cameras no longer a point and shoot it could have an interchangeable lens system compatible with the amex line and pack a 20 point three megapixel aps-c sensor leaked press images show a camera body much like a DSLR with a big old touch screen on the back that houses the Android experience Samsung has said that they will soon unveil a new galaxy camera and this could be it now I've always said that I've wanted to see something like this but now I'm not too sure do Josh come on we got to take pictures of the bride and groom man what are you doing hey would you wait I'm crushing candies okay let's talk about Sony in a number of press event invites sony has been teasing the announcement of a new six and a half inch device that has gone by a few names the Xperia Z you the Xperia Z ultra and to Gauri and what is probably the first actual image of the device an invite to an event in paris on july four shows an exceptionally tall Xperia device it looks a lot like the Xperia Z that we already know and love just a lot taller since then we've been seeing more and more images supposedly leaked of the device but we weren't sure if this was really the real deal that is until a Taiwanese website released exclusive information regarding the Xperia Z you yes it will be called the zu and it will be a monster of a phone packing a 2.2 gigahertz Snapdragon 800 processor expandable memory and of course that six and a half inch screen at 1080p resolution it will also have supposedly the ability to register any pen pencil or similarly shaped object as a stylist the official announcement will be made at sony's jun 25th mobile event and finally google seems to have gotten a little loony in a new experiment coming out of the ex lab the google hopes to bring internet access to remote parts of the world using a mesh network of balloons yeah you heard that right balloons the project is called loon and features solar-powered balloons that cruise at an altitude of 20 kilometers now it is just an experiment still being tested in New Zealand but if it does work we could soon be saying that we have true worldwide internet and so there you have it for this week's edition of android authority weekly a written companion to this video can be found in the link below let us know what you 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