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Team Google – technically, Team Motorola within Team Google – is apparently working a new smartphone that's designed to up the ante against hotshot smartphone competitor Apple.The problem? It's apparently taking a bit longer than expected for Google to produce results, which might allegedly cost the rumored "X Phone" some of its more eye-catching features.The Wall Street Journal has all the details on the new device, but we use that term loosely, because the smartphone is more cloaked in secrecy than confirmed with facts at this point. Some of the potential features being tossed around, however, do seem a bit innovative, like the phone's rumored bendable screen – one of the attributes that might get the axe as a result of "manufacturing" and "supply-chain management" issues, reports Amir Efrati.

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