Top Android news of the week: Vanishing tunes, new Galaxy phones, Sony

There is now an easy way for you to free your smartphone but only if you are using the Samsung Galaxy Note 3 or the Samsung Galaxy S4. IFA is the world’s biggest fair of its kind and is open to the public through September 10. They have what’s called an “Edge display“, and it’s used to feed you information like news, weather, time, your latest messages and incoming calls.

In spite of the mystery that Samsung is trying to maintain, we were still able to get a few insights on the new model that South Korean developers have prepared for us. But if a new report by the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) is to be believed, then the Galaxy Note 5 will see an earlier-than-anticipated launch in August, ahead of Apple’s new iPhone slated to arrive at around the start of September.

A similar Forbes report noted that an earlier release for Samsung would avoid it having to compete with Apple for attention.

Prices of the Galaxy Note 4 and Galaxy Note Edge, have been reduced by as much as $200 (£129) as part of a new initiative by AT&T.

That however changed back in 2014 when Cupertino, California based Apple debuted its larger screen iPhone 6 Plus that has a screen that is 5.5 inches and rivals the 5.7-inch screen of the Note 4.

On this week’s episode of Rumor Roundup, Mark talks about OnePlus including a 1080p display instead of a more powerful 2K display in the company’s upcoming OnePlus 2 and what the differences are between the Samsung Galaxy Note 5 and Galaxy S6 Edge Plus. It is conceivable, however, that Samsung wants to publish special apps in the future, better exploit the edges of devices such as the Galaxy S6 to edge.

When it comes to hardware, the smartphone is powered by a 64-bit octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 processor, which is paired with 2GB RAM and 32GB of internal memory. A finger print sensor and retina scanner are also expected to come with the phone, as well as the Knox Security mode and a heart rate sensor.