Moving around the device, all of the ports have remained the same and it still includes a stylus, but now there's a secondary front-facing 2MP video and stills camera for easier self-portraits (the rear shooter has also been upgraded to the same resolution).

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The secondary, front-facing camera, meanwhile, has a 2-megapixel iteration of Sony's Exmor R sensor.

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On the education front, our elementary schools, our secondary schools, have been slipping.

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For all that spending on schools, both secondary and primary, has shot up, outcomes on the younger front are discouraging too.

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