(Telecompaper) Essential Products, the smartphone maker founded by Android creator Andy Rubin, has after a long absence from the news circuit unveiled its Project Gem smartphone, with a completely different form factor, the Verge reported, citing Tweets from Rubin. The phones sports a very long and thin shape and user interface (UI). The touch screen has large buttons plus a real button and volume bar on the right edge. It sports a fingerprint divot in the back, below what appears to be a single main camera. The phone comes in a series of bright and shifting colours.