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• The Doogee S60 is ‘the one who reinvents rugged phone’
  

  

  There are a few rugged smartphones on the market, like the Galaxy Active series or the LG X Venture. But maybe those aren’t tough enough for you. Do you need a phone that will survive “fields, underwater and other outdoor environments”? What about one that is “manly, strong, and special in market”? If so, the Doogee S60 might be for you.

  The S60 (no, not that S60) has a super durable design made of “a special material” and is covered in a gold finish, because who says tough phones have to be ugly?

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  The Doogee S60 is ‘the one who reinvents rugged phone’ was written by the awesome team at Android Police.

• Android One in the U.S. gives it a new lease on life, and that’s a big deal
  

  Android One phones in the U.S. are an opportunity for everyone to have a Good Phone™.

  Step into the Wayback Machine with me for a minute, as we head back to the Autumn of 2013. Amidst all the hype and furious pace of Android phone releases, one phone was unexpectedly great: the original Moto G.

  The 2013 Moto G only had to do one thing: not suck. It succeeded.

  The first generation Moto G was, at around $150, fairly inexpensive. It didn’t have the fastest and bestest processor or ungodly amounts of memory (it actually had 1GB of RAM, if you can believe it). It even had a mediocre 4.5-inch LCD display. If you placed it beside a phone like the Galaxy S4 it was clearly outclassed in almost every way. The thing that made the OG Moto G special is that it did not suck. Prior to 2013, you weren’t going to find a cheap phone that didn’t suck. The 2013 Moto G became the bar all cheap phones are measured against, even today.

  And you know what? There are a lot of people who want a c…

• [Update: APK Download] Twitter Lite arrives in the Play Store, but only for the Philippines
  
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    Update 1: 2017/09/23 3:34pm PDT
    Twitter Lite is now available on APKMirror, so you can try it outside of the Philippines. You can grab it here.

  

  Twitter Lite was released in March as a Progressive Web App. Not only was it a significant upgrade over the previous mobile Twitter site, but it included had almost all the functionality of the native app (including push notifications). In fact, it earned a spot in our best Twitter clients list a few months ago.

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  [Update: APK Download] Twitter Lite arrives in the Play Store, but only for the Philippines was written by the awesome team at Android Police.

• 2017, what smartphones have you given us so far?
  

  We’ve seen a lot of flagships so far in 2017 but is there more to come? We take a look over this year’s releases so far.(This is a preview – click here to read the entire entry.)

• Here’s a thing: you can swipe to remove videos from lists in YouTube for Android
  

  

  Everyone loves swiping, right? You can do it on your keyboard, in your homescreen, you can even do it at people in Tinder. And YouTube appears to want some of that action. As of version 12.34.54, which was released a few weeks back, you can now swipe to remove videos from your lists in the Android YouTube app. Prepare to left swipe dat video you were never actually gonna watch. 

  

  The new feature works almost exactly as you’d expect.

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  Here’s a thing: you can swipe to remove videos from lists in YouTube for Android was written by the awesome team at Android Police.

• Happy Anniversary: Nine years of Android love
  

  

  Dear Android,

  It’s been nine years already. It seems like just yesterday we were celebrating Froyo. But Oreo just came out, and we’ve even got two more Pixels on the way. After all these years, Android, you’ve never looked better. So much has changed since we first met. 

  I was in the phone shop back in 2008, and from across the room, I saw you: the T-Mobile G1. That was it, the beginning.

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  Happy Anniversary: Nine years of Android love was written by the awesome team at Android Police.

• Shrinking edges: Has Apple created the design trend for 2017?
  

  With the launch of the iPhone X, Apple has produced a phone with even less bezel than any other phone on the market. Is this the trend of the future?(This is a preview – click here to read the entire entry.)

• Twitter Lite arrives in the Play Store, but only for the Philippines
  

  Twitter Lite was released in March as a Progressive Web App. Not only was it a significant upgrade over the previous mobile Twitter site, but it included had almost all the functionality of the native app (including push notifications). In fact, it ea…

• Have some fun in this weekend’s comments thread
  

  The comments are open and ready!

  Yet another week has passed, and we’re starting to get into the home stretch of 2017. At least in the smartphone world. But it’s cool — this time of the year makes for some great weekends.

  Weekends at the end of summer are awesome. The weather isn’t quite as hot so it’s a great time to get outside and breathe some fresh air. Maybe fire up the grill, or take a hike, or do any of those things it was just too hot to do a few weeks ago. Heck, even the fish start biting again!

  We’re in prep-mode for the last big new phone push of the year. Google has their Pixel 2 shindig planned in about a week, and then we can take it all in and look at all the great products from the companies that make Android what it is. It’s been a pretty good year for an Android fan. From the CES hype train to the Note 8 launch, we saw so many excellent phones from all the big names. We all will have a favorite, but I think everyone agrees that it’s cool when everyone has a…

• Giveaway: Anyone in the world has a chance to win a pair of Jaybird X3 Bluetooth headphones [International]
  

  

  International giveaways are popular here at Android Police, and today we’ve got an excellent one. We’re teaming up with Jaybird to give away five of the company’s X3 Bluetooth headphones. They’re rugged, wireless, and sweatproof so they can handle whatever you toss at them. And five lucky readers, wherever they might be, will be able to grab a set for free. 

  Over on Amazon, these run around $100, and for a good reason.

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  Giveaway: Anyone in the world has a chance to win a pair of Jaybird X3 Bluetooth headphones [International] was written by the awesome team at Android Police.

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