LG’s new Nexus 5 looks good in white. Photo: Android Police

Our wait for Google’s new Nexus devices could be over this month.

Sources familiar with the search giant’s plans claim both the new Nexus 5 from LG and a second Nexus smartphone from Huawei will be unveiled at an event in San Francisco on September 29.

Xperia Z5 Compact all in white. Photo: Sony

Alongside its new Xperia Z5 and Xperia Z5 Premium, Sony today unveiled the Xperia Z5 Compact, which offers smartphone shoppers flagship specifications inside a smaller form factor.

The Xperia Z5 Compact packs almost everything you get in its bigger brothers but combines it with a significantly smaller 4.7-inch display that allows it to be much easier to handle.

Xperia Z5 Premium is glamorous in gold. Photo: Sony

Sony today announced its new Xperia Z5 and Xperia Z5 Premium, two devices that look a lot like their predecessors, but boast big improvements that’ll make the upgrade well worth it.

The Xperia Z5 premium is the first smartphone to put a 4K display in your pocket, while both devices pack “next-generation” cameras, fingerprint scanners, and two-day battery life.

Huawei’s Mate S can weigh an orange on its Force Touch display. Photo: Huawei

Apple may have been the first to put Force Touch technology in a smartwatch, but Huawei has beaten the Cupertino company to putting it inside a phone.

At the IFA trade show in Berlin today, Huawei used the Force Touch display in its new Mate S smartphone to weigh an orange, a week before the technology is expected to make its way to the iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus.

Consumers aren’t bored of the iPhone 6 yet. Photo: Killian Bell/Cult of Android

Apple’s iPhones might be on the verge of a big refresh this month, but that doesn’t make them any less appealing to those looking to take a break from Android.

In Europe, 27 percent of smartphone shoppers swapped their Android for an iPhone last quarter, while 9 percent of consumers made the same switch in the U.S.