Essential wants to reframe your perspective on mobiles; the result looks promising

The new handset which is codenamed Gem comes with an elongated body. There have been rumours from quite a while which suggested that Android-inventor Andy Rubin and his team over at Essential was working on the second-generation Essential Phone. There was a lot of chatter online regarding how the handset would look since the original … Read more

Facebook is testing a new messaging product that looks a lot like Snapchat

Source: Facebook Facebook is testing another new product that looks and feels very similar to — you guessed it — Snapchat. The social network built a new camera and messaging feature that Facebook says will let users “share moments as they happen and express yourself more.” The camera includes a number of optional special effects … Read more

Microsoft Lumia 850 photographed in the wild, looks just like the renders

The Microsoft Lumia 850 starred in a few 3D renders late last year, but now there are photos of the actual device. There was a lot of uncertainty about the screen size, but the latest info points to 5.4″ in size. Above it is a front-facing flash and what is probably an iris scanner for … Read more