The world’s biggest mobile technology show bears a fitting title: Mobile World Congress. Hosted in Barcelona every year, it brings together manufacturers, distributors, carriers, marketers, designers, and engineers from all around to present their latest work and plant the seeds for future collaboration. For us, it’s also the stage for a week’s worth of new Android phone launches.
In 2018, the growing theme is AI, with almost every major manufacturer promising to sprinkle machine-learning magic onto their devices. Dual cameras are also increasingly popping up on the front of phones as well as the back, while the iPhone X’s highly recognizable notched display is also being imitated. Samsung’s new Galaxy S9 generation is sure to dominate MWC 2018, but there’ll be plenty more news made over the week that the show runs, so stay tuned to be kept maximally informed.
Mar 10, 2018, 3:30 PM UTCVlad Savov
The big difference between MWC and the Geneva Motor Show is that Europe still matters in the car industry
Mar 4, 2018, 12:10 PM UTCVlad Savov
Bad iPhone notches are happening to good Android phones
Copying the iPhone’s design has never been done with more speed or cynicism
Feb 28, 2018, 9:08 PM UTCAshley Carman
LG showed off a phone called the G7 at Mobile World Congress
Is it the real G7?
Feb 28, 2018, 6:35 PM UTCJacob Kastrenakes
This smartwatch can project a tiny dancing man onto your hand
Feb 28, 2018, 4:08 PM UTCVlad Savov
The best and worst of Mobile World Congress 2018
The future has more notches than headphone jacks
Feb 28, 2018, 10:45 AM UTCJacob Kastrenakes
These smart glasses feel like they were designed by people who’ve never worn glasses
Feb 27, 2018, 5:35 PM UTCJacob Kastrenakes
T-Mobile to launch 5G in 30 cities this year, including New York and LA
Feb 26, 2018, 3:14 PM UTCSean O'Kane
A new group led by Delta, Gogo, and Sprint wants to bring broadband to the skies
But there’s still a long road ahead
Feb 26, 2018, 8:00 AM UTCVlad Savov
Lenovo’s rugged Chromebooks for schools make note-taking a breeze
The netbook, reinvented
Feb 25, 2018, 8:13 PM UTCJacob Kastrenakes
This is what Samsung’s Galaxy S9 costs on AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile, and Sprint
Feb 25, 2018, 5:00 PM UTCDan Seifert
Samsung’s Galaxy S9 packs an upgraded camera in a familiar body
The Galaxy S9 will feel very familiar to S8 owners
Feb 25, 2018, 4:24 PM UTCAndrew Liptak
Huawei announces its first 5G chip for mobile devices
5G is still a couple of years away
Feb 25, 2018, 4:00 PM UTCTom Warren
The Nokia 8 Sirocco is a curved glass Android flagship with no headphone jack
Feb 25, 2018, 3:00 PM UTCAshley Carman
ZTE’s newest Blade phone features dual cameras, a glass back, and face detection
A flagship-inspired phone
Feb 25, 2018, 3:00 PM UTCAshley Carman
ZTE’s Tempo Go is one of the first Android Go phones for the US
Feb 25, 2018, 2:38 PM UTCVlad Savov
Huawei’s new laptop has a mechanical pop-up webcam in the keyboard
Perfect for privacy, but less so for flattering selfies
Feb 24, 2018, 11:49 PM UTCVlad Savov
LG’s V30S ThinQ is a V30 with more RAM and AI
Smartphones don’t get much more repetitive than this
Feb 24, 2018, 6:00 PM UTCJacob Kastrenakes
Alcatel announces five phones and two Android Oreo tablets