Your Samsung is about to get a lot safer. Photo: Killian Bell/Cult of Android

Samsung has promised to rollout monthly security patches for its Android-powered Galaxy devices in an effort to eliminate flaws and vulnerabilities faster than ever before.

Its announcement comes after researchers discovered a new “Stagefright” exploit that allows hackers to take over billions of smartphones with a single text message.

The Z5 Compact sits atop of the Z5 and looks… chunky. Photo: @vizileaks

Sony’s next-generation Xperia flagships will offer lateral power buttons that double as fingerprint scanners — if this hazy new leaked image of the Xperia Z5 and Z5 Compact proves to be authentic.

You’re invited… to lend impoverished children a hand. Photo: OnePlus

If you’re interested in the no-compromise OnePlus 2, and would also like to support a humanitarian cause, head over to eBay now and bid for a charitable invite.

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The OnePlus 2 is off to a great start. Photo: OnePlus

OnePlus fans living in China are lucky; unlike the rest of the world, they got the opportunity to buy the new OnePlus 2 without an invite this week, and boy, did they take advantage of that.

In just 64 seconds, the initial batch of 30,000 OnePlus 2 handsets were sold out.