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Weekly Roundup: Amazon Prime Air drones, LG G Flex review, hands-on with the YotaPhone and more!

You might say the week is never really done in consumer technology news. Your workweek, however, hopefully draws to a close at some point. This is the Weekly Roundup on Engadget, a quick peek back at the top headlines for the past seven days -- all handpicked by the editors here at the site. Click on through the break, and enjoy.

Visualized: Inside the Vertu workshop

Engadget's Richard Lai stopped by Vertu headquarters for a behind-the-scenes peek into the manufacturing process of the world's fanciest smartphone. Click the link and enjoy the tour!

Amazon's Prime Air drones deliver in 30 minutes

Amazon Prime already fulfills our orders fast -- within a day or two. But Jeff Bezos wants to make the service better with a fleet of air drones that deliver packages within 30 minutes of their order. Follow the link for more details.

Hands-on with the YotaPhone

What you're looking at is a YotaPhone. This somewhat cumbrous handset rocks a secondary E-ink display as a power-saving alternative to its default 4.3-inch LCD. Despite the $675 price tag, Yota Devices CEO, Vlad Martynov, believes second generation devices will see a large cost reduction. Click on through and learn just how practical a phone with two screens can be.

LG G Flex review

The G Flex is LG's latest high-end smartphone that, well, flexes. At $940, this bendable phone may be novel, but affordable it is not. Click the link for our review.

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