New Nexus 9 Leaks and New Metal Galaxy Phones!

**Tech Rumor Roundup: Samsung’s Full Metal Phones, BlackBerry’s Classic Style, and New Nexus Devices**

This episode of *Techno Buffalo* is brought to you by Ting Mobile. That makes sense—what’s up, everyone? Welcome back to another episode of *Rumor Roundup*. I’m your host, John Rers. On this show, we take all the tech rumors from the week and serve them up to you on a silver platter. This week, I have something special for you—I haven’t been able to say in many, many months... not a single Apple rumor on the show!

I know a lot of you guys are excited about that. But no worries—we’re going to talk about Samsung’s full-metal phones, BlackBerry getting back in the game with classic style, and rumors of a new Nexus device possibly on its way. Let’s dive right into this rumor roundup and get started.

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### **Samsung: Going Full Metal**

First up is Samsung. Samsung finally started using metal in smartphone design this year, and so far, the results have been pretty awesome. If you remember, there was the mid-range Galaxy Alpha with its cool look and sleek metal edges. Then, last week, we saw the high-end Galaxy Note 4, which is pretty baller, and the crazy futuristic Galaxy Note Edge. Now, it looks like Samsung could be working on another device that covers the entire back panel in metal as well—this one, in my estimation, is way long over due.

The news comes from our friends at Sam Mobile, which claims an upcoming Samsung phone with the model number SM500 will sport a full-metal body. This design includes a Micro SD slot for added storage but no removable back cover. We’re guessing that means the battery is probably not going to be removable unless it’s some weird back-cover-battery thing. The rumored handset could also come equipped with a 5-inch, 720p display; a quad-core Snapdragon 4 processor; an 8-megapixel rear camera; a 5-megapixel front-facing camera; 16 GB of built-in storage; and either a 20 or 3,300 mAh battery.

The SM500 portable won’t feature a fingerprint sensor, heart rate monitor, or waterproof coating. However, it could offer some sort of hybrid SIM/micro SD card slot. So, while it’s certainly not the high-end, we’re getting more metal—and hopefully, this will filter its way up to the flagship devices like the S5 and maybe even the Galaxy Note 5, which might have no plastic at all.

The rumored all-metal smartphone sounds more like a Galaxy Alpha 2 or something else. But regardless, all this boils down to more metal in phones, which I think gives them a higher-end feel. However, it could also cause disaster for cell signals—maybe we’ll see it coming up soon. I’m hopeful, but well, it’s going to be a bit of a while before we start hearing rumors about the Galaxy S6 and the Note 4 isn’t even here yet. So, get comfortable—you’ll be waiting a while, Samsung fans.

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### **BlackBerry: Getting Back in the Game with the Classic Style**

Let’s move on to BlackBerry, something you’ve brought up in the comments. I know I’ve been a bit harsh on BlackBerry in the past, but I think the Canadian company has a few more drops of blood left in those veins. BlackBerry has a few new smartphones in the pipeline, and while the company hasn’t really put its most focus on hyping the upcoming Passport handset (which, in my mind, looks freaking awesome), there’s one more device for BlackBerry fans to look forward to.

Earlier this week, a brand-new batch of photos leaked, offering a close-up look at the BlackBerry Classic. Despite early rumors suggesting it might not launch into early next year, it looks like we might get it even sooner. The BlackBerry Classic is expected to target the BlackBerry faithful—the longtime customers who want a familiar experience. As you can see, it has a rectangular display that’s somewhat bigger than the 2.8-inch Porsche Design P9983 dock.

The device is described as “classic: powerful yet uncomplicated.” The same leak suggested the BlackBerry Classic might not launch in 2015, but I’m hoping it’s going to be sooner rather than later because the device looks super finished.

BlackBerry, if you haven’t given it a shot, you might want to consider it. BlackBerry 10.3 brings a lot of new features to the table, including built-in access to Amazon’s app store and now easier side-loading of any Android app. And, of course, access to BlackBerry’s own app catalog means you get a lot of apps on the device—it’s pretty elegant to use. I think their Peak system is awesome, Blackberry email is still among the best going, and BBM (BlackBerry Messenger) is still a really awesome third-party messenger to use. If you’re using it on a BlackBerry, it’s first party, but now you can talk to anybody else that has BBM—so that’s pretty cool.

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### **New Nexus Devices: The Rumors Are Heating Up**

Finally, let’s talk about some new Nexi (or maybe it’s NEX-EY? Not sure). Nvidia legal documents might have accidentally outed the Nexus 9, which rumors say is being made by HTC. The device will allegedly be Google’s next big tablet and offer an array of major upgrades over the already pretty awesome existing Nexus 7.

The document plainly names the HTC Nexus 9, and the reason it was revealed was due to an illegal quarrel with Qualcomm and Samsung over GPU technology patents—something that’s really not here or there. But we just want information on the freaking Nexus 9, which will supposedly sport an 8.9-inch display; 2 gigabytes of RAM; 16 to 32 gigabytes of storage; an 8-megapixel camera on the back with optical image stabilization; and an aluminum “zero-gap” construction with tapered sides.

The document says the device will be out in the third quarter of this year, so we’re not that far away. It’s already September, and October seems like the perfect month for Google to finally release Android L (codenamed “Lollipop”), which will no doubt coincide with any new releases of Nexus devices. I’m thinking that’s a good time for it. Previous streamers claimed the advice wouldn’t be out until Q4 this year, so take all this information with the obligatory grain of salt.

What’s clear here is that Nvidia’s Tegra K1 chip will indeed power the device—and that thing is freaking sweet! That, along with the specs listed, might lead to the next device being a little more expensive than users are used to. So keep an eye on that as well—we’ll let you know what happens. Of course, we’ll be there in any event, and if anything else new leaks out, we’ll have it on the site at *technobuffalo.com*, which you should check out.

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### **Final Thoughts**

Thank you guys for watching this episode of *Rumor Roundup*. I hope you enjoyed it. We love making tech videos here, and if you like watching them, be sure to hit that giant subscribe button so you know exactly what’s happening in the world of technology. And if you like gaming, you might want to see us play some games—albeit sometimes kind of badly—on our new Twitch Channel at *twitch.tv/tecnobuffalo*.

Until next time, I’m John Rers. Talk to you guys next video, bye-bye.

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"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enthis episode of techno Buffalo is brought to you by Ting mobile that makes sense what's up everyone welcome back to the episode of rumor Roundup I'm your John rers the show we take all the tech rumors from the week and I serve them up to you on a silver platter I've got something special for you this week I haven't been able to say in many many many months not a single Apple rumor on the show I know a lot of you guys are excited about that we're going to talk about Samsung's going full metal blackberry's getting back in the game with the classic style and a new Nexus might be coming or new Nexus is NEX ey not sure zowi round up let's go and get started let's begin with Samsung so Samsung finally started using metal and smartphone design this year and results as far as we can tell have been pretty awesome so first if you remember there was a mid-range Galaxy Alpha with its kind of cool look and Sleek metal edges followed last week by the pretty baller high-end Galaxy Note 4 and just the crazy futuristic Galaxy Note Edge now it looks like the company could be working on another device that covers the entire back panel in metal as well which in my estimation is Way Long over Todo the news comes from our friends at Sam mobile which claims an upcoming Samsung phone with the model number very sexy sm500 will sport a full metal body that includes a Micro SD slot for added storage but no removable back cover we're guessing know that means the batter is probably not going to be removable unless it's like some weird back cover battery battery thing the rimor handset could also come equipped with a 5 in 720p display a quad core Snapdragon 4 in processor 8 megapixel rear camera 5 megapix front-facing camera 16 GB built-in storage and a 20 or 3 30 mamp hour battery the sm500 portably won't feature a fingerprint sensor heart rate monitor waterproof coating although could offer some sort of hybrid Sim micro SD card slot uh so certainly not the high-end but we're getting more metal and hopefully that'll filter its way up to the flagship devices the S5 and maybe the Galaxy Note 5 will have no plastic at all the rumored all met metal smartphone sounds more like Galaxy Alpha 2 anything else hopefully all this boils down to more metal coming to phones I think metal phones have a more high-end feel it could sort of cause disaster though for cell signal uh maybe we'll see it coming up soon I'm I'm hopeful well it's going to be a bit of a while before we start hearing rumors about the Galaxy S6 and the Note 4 is not even here yet so get comfortable you'll be waiting a while Samsung fans let's talk a bit about Blackberry let's I know it you've brought it up in the comments I've been a bit harsh on blackband I think rightfully so but I think the Canadian company has got a few more drops of blood in those veins Blackberry has a few new smartphones in the pipeline and while the company hasn't really put its most focus on hyping the upcoming passport handset which in my mind looks freaking awesome there's one more device for Blackberry fans look forward to a brand new batch of photos leaked earlier in the week offering a close-up look at the BlackBerry Classic so despite early rumors suggesting it might not launch into early next year it looks like we might get it even sooner the BlackBerry Classic expected to Target really the Blackberry faithful the longtime customers who want a familiar experience as you can see you see a rectangular display that's somewhat bigger than the 2.8 in Porsche Design p9983 docks um called the classic powerful yet uncomplicated that's same leak suggested the BlackBerry Classic might not launch 2015 although I'm hoping it's going to be sooner rather than later cuz the device looks super finished so Blackberry if you don't remember is gearing up for a pretty big event later this month so it's possible the classic could make an appearance there although I'm just expecting the passport to finally get most the spotlight and finally give us release date I want that weird Square phone in my hands my thumbs need something to type on uh if you haven't given Blackberry a shot you might want to consider it Blackberry 10.3 brings a lot of new features to the table including built in access to Amazon's app store and now way easier to sideo really any Android app at all and of course access to blackberry's own app catalog so you get sort of a lot of apps on the device it's pretty elegant to use I think their Peak system is awesome Blackberry email is still among the best going on BBM is still a really awesome uh third party Messenger to use I guess if you're using on a Blackberry it's first party but you can now talk to anybody else that has BBM so that's the third party start of it we s the rumors for a quick sec to thank our friends at Ting you probably got a mobile phone in your pocket and you're also probably overpaying for it let me tell you about Ting with Ting you aren't forced to pick a plan based on what you think you're going to use each month you actually pick what you actually use each month which means there's way less waste you simply pay for the service that you're going to use you can leave the service whenever you want with no fees at all there aren't any hidden admin fees or weird sketchy charges you don't know what they mean like random sear charges Ting bills are simple to understand and they only charge you for your usage plus six bucks per device plus taxes depending on where you are at the end of the day we're just overpaying for our cell phones look at your next cell phone bill I challenge you and see if you can understand every single line item you are charged for it is impossible to understand and you try and call them to get an answer and you're sort of stuck on an endless loop of transfers and automated lady telling you to press for if you're ready to get started use promo code at technobuffalo.com and save 25 bucks on your device purchase or get $25 and Ting service credit towards your monthly bill give it a shot you won't regret it and last but definitely not least that's talk about some new nexi so Nvidia legal documents might have accidentally outed the Nexus 9 which rumors say it's being made by HTC the device will allegedly uh be Google's next big tablet and offer array of major upgrades over the already pretty awesome and existing Nexus 7 the document plainly Nam drops the HTC Nexus 9 and the reason being that the device supposedly features nvidia's ridiculously awesome Tegra K1 chip documents were unveiled because of illegal quarrel with Qualcomm and Samsung over GPU technology patents so that's really not here or there we just want information on the freaking Nexus 9 which will supposedly sport an 8.9 in display 2 gigs of RAM 16 to 32 gigs of storage 8 megapixel camera on the back with Optical image stabilization on all devices doesn't matter what screen size just saying and an aluminum zero Gap construction with tapered sides the document says the device will be out in the third quarter of this year so we're not that far away it's already September um October seems like the perfect month for Google to finally release um Android L which will no doubt coincide with any new releases of Nexus devices so I'm thinking that's a good time for it uh previous streamers claimed the advice wouldn't be out until Q4 this year so take all this information with the obligatory grain of salt what's clear here though is nvidia's Tegra K1 chip will indeed power the device which is worth waiting for that thing is freaking sweet that along with the specs listed might lead to the next device that's a little more expensive than users are used to so keep an eye on that as well let you know what happens of course we'll be there in any event and if anything else new leaks out we'll have it on the site technobuffalo.com which you should check out thank you guys for watching episode of rumor Roundup I hope you enjoyed until next time I'm John rer talk to you guys next video bye-bye thank you for watching I hope you enjoyed we love making Tech videos here and if you like watching them be sure to hit the giant subscribe button so you know exactly what's happening in the world of technology and if you like gaming you want to see us play some games all be it sometimes kind of badly check out our new twitch Channel at twitch .tv teon Buffalothis episode of techno Buffalo is brought to you by Ting mobile that makes sense what's up everyone welcome back to the episode of rumor Roundup I'm your John rers the show we take all the tech rumors from the week and I serve them up to you on a silver platter I've got something special for you this week I haven't been able to say in many many many months not a single Apple rumor on the show I know a lot of you guys are excited about that we're going to talk about Samsung's going full metal blackberry's getting back in the game with the classic style and a new Nexus might be coming or new Nexus is NEX ey not sure zowi round up let's go and get started let's begin with Samsung so Samsung finally started using metal and smartphone design this year and results as far as we can tell have been pretty awesome so first if you remember there was a mid-range Galaxy Alpha with its kind of cool look and Sleek metal edges followed last week by the pretty baller high-end Galaxy Note 4 and just the crazy futuristic Galaxy Note Edge now it looks like the company could be working on another device that covers the entire back panel in metal as well which in my estimation is Way Long over Todo the news comes from our friends at Sam mobile which claims an upcoming Samsung phone with the model number very sexy sm500 will sport a full metal body that includes a Micro SD slot for added storage but no removable back cover we're guessing know that means the batter is probably not going to be removable unless it's like some weird back cover battery battery thing the rimor handset could also come equipped with a 5 in 720p display a quad core Snapdragon 4 in processor 8 megapixel rear camera 5 megapix front-facing camera 16 GB built-in storage and a 20 or 3 30 mamp hour battery the sm500 portably won't feature a fingerprint sensor heart rate monitor waterproof coating although could offer some sort of hybrid Sim micro SD card slot uh so certainly not the high-end but we're getting more metal and hopefully that'll filter its way up to the flagship devices the S5 and maybe the Galaxy Note 5 will have no plastic at all the rumored all met metal smartphone sounds more like Galaxy Alpha 2 anything else hopefully all this boils down to more metal coming to phones I think metal phones have a more high-end feel it could sort of cause disaster though for cell signal uh maybe we'll see it coming up soon I'm I'm hopeful well it's going to be a bit of a while before we start hearing rumors about the Galaxy S6 and the Note 4 is not even here yet so get comfortable you'll be waiting a while Samsung fans let's talk a bit about Blackberry let's I know it you've brought it up in the comments I've been a bit harsh on blackband I think rightfully so but I think the Canadian company has got a few more drops of blood in those veins Blackberry has a few new smartphones in the pipeline and while the company hasn't really put its most focus on hyping the upcoming passport handset which in my mind looks freaking awesome there's one more device for Blackberry fans look forward to a brand new batch of photos leaked earlier in the week offering a close-up look at the BlackBerry Classic so despite early rumors suggesting it might not launch into early next year it looks like we might get it even sooner the BlackBerry Classic expected to Target really the Blackberry faithful the longtime customers who want a familiar experience as you can see you see a rectangular display that's somewhat bigger than the 2.8 in Porsche Design p9983 docks um called the classic powerful yet uncomplicated that's same leak suggested the BlackBerry Classic might not launch 2015 although I'm hoping it's going to be sooner rather than later cuz the device looks super finished so Blackberry if you don't remember is gearing up for a pretty big event later this month so it's possible the classic could make an appearance there although I'm just expecting the passport to finally get most the spotlight and finally give us release date I want that weird Square phone in my hands my thumbs need something to type on uh if you haven't given Blackberry a shot you might want to consider it Blackberry 10.3 brings a lot of new features to the table including built in access to Amazon's app store and now way easier to sideo really any Android app at all and of course access to blackberry's own app catalog so you get sort of a lot of apps on the device it's pretty elegant to use I think their Peak system is awesome Blackberry email is still among the best going on BBM is still a really awesome uh third party Messenger to use I guess if you're using on a Blackberry it's first party but you can now talk to anybody else that has BBM so that's the third party start of it we s the rumors for a quick sec to thank our friends at Ting you probably got a mobile phone in your pocket and you're also probably overpaying for it let me tell you about Ting with Ting you aren't forced to pick a plan based on what you think you're going to use each month you actually pick what you actually use each month which means there's way less waste you simply pay for the service that you're going to use you can leave the service whenever you want with no fees at all there aren't any hidden admin fees or weird sketchy charges you don't know what they mean like random sear charges Ting bills are simple to understand and they only charge you for your usage plus six bucks per device plus taxes depending on where you are at the end of the day we're just overpaying for our cell phones look at your next cell phone bill I challenge you and see if you can understand every single line item you are charged for it is impossible to understand and you try and call them to get an answer and you're sort of stuck on an endless loop of transfers and automated lady telling you to press for if you're ready to get started use promo code at technobuffalo.com and save 25 bucks on your device purchase or get $25 and Ting service credit towards your monthly bill give it a shot you won't regret it and last but definitely not least that's talk about some new nexi so Nvidia legal documents might have accidentally outed the Nexus 9 which rumors say it's being made by HTC the device will allegedly uh be Google's next big tablet and offer array of major upgrades over the already pretty awesome and existing Nexus 7 the document plainly Nam drops the HTC Nexus 9 and the reason being that the device supposedly features nvidia's ridiculously awesome Tegra K1 chip documents were unveiled because of illegal quarrel with Qualcomm and Samsung over GPU technology patents so that's really not here or there we just want information on the freaking Nexus 9 which will supposedly sport an 8.9 in display 2 gigs of RAM 16 to 32 gigs of storage 8 megapixel camera on the back with Optical image stabilization on all devices doesn't matter what screen size just saying and an aluminum zero Gap construction with tapered sides the document says the device will be out in the third quarter of this year so we're not that far away it's already September um October seems like the perfect month for Google to finally release um Android L which will no doubt coincide with any new releases of Nexus devices so I'm thinking that's a good time for it uh previous streamers claimed the advice wouldn't be out until Q4 this year so take all this information with the obligatory grain of salt what's clear here though is nvidia's Tegra K1 chip will indeed power the device which is worth waiting for that thing is freaking sweet that along with the specs listed might lead to the next device that's a little more expensive than users are used to so keep an eye on that as well let you know what happens of course we'll be there in any event and if anything else new leaks out we'll have it on the site technobuffalo.com which you should check out thank you guys for watching episode of rumor Roundup I hope you enjoyed until next time I'm John rer talk to you guys next video bye-bye thank you for watching I hope you enjoyed we love making Tech videos here and if you like watching them be sure to hit the giant subscribe button so you know exactly what's happening in the world of technology and if you like gaming you want to see us play some games all be it sometimes kind of badly check out our new twitch Channel at twitch .tv teon Buffalo\n"