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Asus has reached out today to confirm that it’s now taking pre-orders for the ZenFone 5Z. The smartphone will be available from retailers later this week. The company’s latest flagship smartphone was supposed to be launched in June initially, Asus has decided to take longer to bring this device to the United States.

The Asus ZenFone 5Z features a 6.2 inch Full HD+ display with a 90 percent screen to body ratio. It’s powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 845 processor with 6GB of RAM and 64GB of storage. It packs an intelligent dual camera system powered by two Sony IMX363 camera sensors.

One has a 120 degree wide-angle lens while the primary sensor has 12 megapixels with f/1.8 aperture, and an 83 degree field of view. It can record 4K video at 60 frames per second as well. All of this is backed up by a 3,300mAh battery with fast charging technology.

The handset includes a feature called AI Charging which maximizes the battery lifespan by dynamically adjusting the charging rate by keeping an eye on the user’s charging habits to slow down the battery’s aging process.

The Asus ZenFone 5Z is available for pre-order now in Midnight Blue from Asus, Amazon, B&H, and Newegg for $499. It’s going to be available at retail starting August 6th.

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Fossil, a renowned player in the fashion watch business, has announced that it has entered into a licensing agreement with car manufacturer Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft or BMW for watches and smartwatches. What this means is that BMW-branded watches and smartwatches will be available starting next year. The company won’t be making them itself, Fossil will make them and sell them under the BMW brand that it has licensed from the German company.

Fossil confirmed today that the first BMW-branded watches and smartwatches will be available in 2019. The licensing agreement is through 2023 so the two will make many more collections in the years to come.

The first collection due next year is going to be sold in 4,000 BMW retail channels in addition to Fossil’s global sales network. “We look forward to bringing our watch design expertise and smartwatch capabilities to BMW enthusiasts around the world,” aid Kosta Kartsotis, chairman and CEO of Fossil Group.

The company has already made a variety of smartwatches based on the Wear OS platform by Google. Therefore, the BMW-branded smartwatch will likely be powered by this operating system as well. It’s not known at this point in time, though, if the devices will have features exclusive to the BMW-branded lineup. The pricing information is also not known right now.

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The final season of Star Wars Rebels hits Blu-ray Tuesday and with it, of course, will be a nice selection of special features. io9 is excited to debut this lovely clip from the set, which focuses on Hera and Kanan. Specifically, the course of their relationship during the animated series.

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