Meet the new Microsoft, a maker of premium hardware products

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

By launching its own Apple-esque spread of super-desirable and sexy handsets, tablets, notebooks and wearables, Microsoft can show the world ideal products that work best with its software and services. 

Windows 10 might have been made available for free, but enjoying the optimal Windows 10 experience on Microsoft's new devices is going to cost you.

Microsoft just unloaded a kaboodle of new hardware and none of them can be considered cheap, even if the unified OS which they run, Windows 10, is one of the most accessible and available operating systems in the market today. Since it launched eight weeks ago, Windows 10 has been installed in over 110 million devices by users hoping to exorcise the demons left behind by Windows 8 on their PC's, 2-in-1's and tablets.

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Here are Microsoft's new Windows 10 Lumia smartphones

We have the first look at the Microsoft Lumia devices thanks to a leak from @Evleaks. These devices are the Lumia 950 (Talkman) and Lumia 950 XL (Cityman). A nod to Nokia-designed Lumias of the past, these two variants of the Lumia 950 do look fresh.

Specs for the Talkman are a 5.2-inch (1440x2560) OLED display, a Snapdragon 808, 64-bit Hexa core processor, 3GB of RAM, 32GB internal storage, 20 Megapixel PureView camera, 3,000 mAh battery, wireless Qi charging capability and USB Type-C connector.

The Cityman should satisfy phablet and larger-format smartphone users with a 5.7-inch WQHD (1440x2560) OLED display, a Snapdragon 808, 64-bit Hexa core processor, 3GB of RAM, 32GB internal storage, 20 Megapixel PureView camera, triple LED Flash, 3,300 mAh battery, wireless Qi charging capability and USB Type-C connector. Hit jump for more surprises.

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