Be careful with your Note 5, Photo: PhoneBuff

Samsung’s new Galaxy Note 5 is a beauty, but its decision to swap flexible plastic for shiny glass has its disadvantages. Not only does it make the new phablet a fingerprint magnet, but it also makes it much more fragile — as demonstrated in the drop test below.

Get Marshmallow’s new launcher right now. Photo: Killian Bell/Cult of Android

Google’s new launcher baked into Android 6.0 Marshmallow has been extracted from the company’s latest Developer Preview and is available to download now. The launcher comes with all of Marshmallow’s new wallpapers, as well as some welcome performance improvements.

Samsung has given us yet another early glimpse at the Gear S2 smartwatch in a new promotional clip that showcases its all-new software and a number of key features. We also get a look at a number of its pretty watch faces.

Just take my money, BlackBerry. Photo: Evan Blass

A new image of the BlackBerry Venice has revealed the handset’s slide-out physical keyboard for the first time ahead of its official debut. The keyboard will be familiar to long-time BlackBerry fans, but Venice’s new operating system won’t be.

Sound Search is prettier in Android 6.0 Marshmallow. Screenshot: Android Police

Google’s Sound Search widget, which has been baked into Android since 2012, has finally been given a new look for Android 6.0 Marshmallow. Sound Search no longer looks out of place on devices dominated by Material Design, and there’s now a mini version.