RED Hydrogen One gets hyped up by company owner, specs and other info revealed

We finally know that groundbreaking RED Hydrogen One holographic phone will be powered by a Snapdragon 835 processor, and start shipping "before the summer."

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RED Hydrogen One gets hyped up by company owner, specs and other info revealed

We finally know that groundbreaking RED Hydrogen One holographic phone will be powered by a Snapdragon 835 processor, and start shipping "before the summer."

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Facebook’s rumored hardware plans take a new turn with credible ‘video chat device’ speculation

Forget modular phones and trend-following smart speakers. Facebook may want to carve out a new niche for a dedicated video chat product of some sort.

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Exciting patent hints at modular Facebook smartphone or smart speaker of Project Ara inspiration

What if a "world-class" team of Project Ara and Amazon Echo architects will soon join hands for a truly modular Facebook smartphone or smart speaker?

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Cricket’s ‘exclusive’ Alcatel Pulsemix is a rebranded A50, aka A5 LED, priced at $80 and up

This naming scheme is all over the place, but Cricket's Alcatel Pulsemix, Amazon's A50 and the "international" A5 LED are essentially the same phone.

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Two Moto Mods concepts secure ‘up to $1 million’ funding, four others get ‘guidance’

Motorola, Lenovo and Verizon have selected the two grand prize winners of their Transform the Smartphone Challenge, helping the Moto Mods take shape.

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OG modular Fairphone 2 is still alive, still supported, getting Marshmallow update ‘soon’

Too late for an Android Marshmallow upgrade? Not as far as the long-forgotten modular Fairphone 2 is concerned.

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Even more Moto Mod candidates aim to ‘transform’ the Moto Z, including keyboard accessory

With almost $25,000 already raised on Indiegogo, a new Moto Mod prototype looking to add a sliding 5-row physical keyboard to the Moto Z rises.

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OtterBox uniVERSE is a modular iPhone case

The last thing you think of when you hear about a “modular smartphone” would be Apple. It’s not Project Ara, it’s not PuzzlePhone, it’s not even a Fairphone. An iPhone is all about what’s on the phone and the accessories you can get for it.Well, case maker

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Blass specs out two Moto X 2016 phones with more evidence they’re Project Tango fruits

Looks like “modular” is in fact the buzzword of the year.At least, we can see a continuation of the trend if we trust VentureBeat‘s Evan Blass with some more information about this year’s Moto X (or Moto Xs?). This follows on from the renders we saw of the devices along with a potential DROID Turbo 3 from HellomotoHK earlier.“A person who was briefed on the plans” said ...

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