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Samsung is about to reveal its next big challenger to the iphone I'm Bridget Carey this is your cnet update in just three weeks Sam slime is going to show off its next top of the line galaxy phones the galaxy s7 and s7 edge will be revealed at an event on februari 21st which is during a big mobile trade show in Barcelona Spain called Mobile World Congress in this Samsung teaser video you see someone putting on a gear VR headset and then there's a glowing box where the corners look like the number seven of course this is to hint at the galaxy s7 now some early reports and rumors hint that we could see a microSD card slot in this model to expand the memory and it would have a pressure-sensitive screen like the iPhone it could also be powered by USB see that's a new type of USB port that offers fast charging and data transfer and this is what it could look like according to some leaked images tweeted out by a mobile reporter Evan bloss and he's been right about such types of reports in the past now knowing Samsung I'm sure we're going to see several flavors of the s7 at this event but LG will not let Samsung hog the android phone spotlight on the same day at the s7 event LG is having its own event and we're expecting to see its new top phone the LG g5 it's going to be a busy end of the month for mobile but back to Samsung those of you that use the default samsung android internet browser will be able to install adblocker extension apps such as the adblock fast or crystal app this is the same as how the iphone can block ads with the Safari browser when you download add-on apps this now works for those with the newest version of Android called marshmallow and supports coming for those with the older Android lollipop blocking ads could give you a speed boost in loading some sites but Google is looking to give you a whole new type of speed to your internet 5g and you may be able to get 5 G's signals beamed to us by solar power drones according to a report from the Guardian this wild concept is called Project sky bender and google is testing it now over New Mexico the test is to carry the Phi G signal by drones over millimeter waves which is much faster than today's 4G speeds but those waves can only travel short distances of course Google already has high speed internet as it offers to some homes as Google Fiber but it could be adding a telephone service to that some fiber subscribers are reporting to get invitations to add a phone service to their package and it would link all of your phone numbers even your mobile number to one single number and the features are the same as you would get with google voice looks like Google is going for the triple play internet TV and now phone that's it for the tech news update there's more at cnet com of our studios in New York I'm Bridget Carey