As expected, BlackBerry’s newest and most unusual phone features a square screen. While most smartphones these days have aspect ratios you’re used to seeing on TVs and laptops like 16:9 or maybe 16:10 ...

BlackBerry is planning to launch a new smartphone at an event in London in September. What’s unusual about this phone is that it’ll likely have a big, high-resolution, square screen and a tiny ...

If you’ve ever tried to set a square photo as your lock screen or homes screen wallpaper, you know that iOS will zoom into the photo, resizing it to fit the entire iPhone screen. This is fine with ...

The world collectively cooed as the Moto 360 showed how the best smartwatches could be. It had a leather strap, it measured your heartbeat and, most awe-inspiring of all, it was round. It was a watch ...

In a recent interview, acclaimed Apple designer Jony Ive noted that the Apple Watch was square because a rectangular screen was a natural shape for a device that mostly displays notifications and ...

I've been a tech journalist for almost 25 years and started Pocket-lint in 2003. Over the years I've questioned or interviewed leading tech industry figures from Steve Jobs, Steve Ballmer, Mark ...

BlackBerry talked up the square screen that will be used in its planned Passport smartphone, stating that the 4.5-inch display “offers the same viewing space as a 5-inch phone but offers an even ...

BlackBerry is trying to win back the business crowd with the BlackBerry Passport, a smartphone with a square-shaped screen and physical keyboard. The phone is available from BlackBerry’s online store, ...

Huawei is not one shrug off some of the more eccentric trends in smartphone design, although it mostly lets its Honor sub-brand do the experimenting. That doesn't mean, however, that it isn't playing ...