MWC 2019
One of the things that caught our eyes at Mobile World Congress in 2018 and 2019 were new, high-end smartphones coming from China-based manufacturers that are better known for their value handsets. Ulefone is one such company that is trying to break into the market for advanced smartphones by relying on MediaTek's premium, sub-flagship SoC offerings. Last year Ulefone demonstrated its T2 Pro 6.7-inch handset designed for demanding customers. This year the company showcased its T3 smartphone the promises to be even more impressive.
Micron and Western Digital Unveil 1 TB microSD Cards with A2
The evolution of 3D NAND memory had enabled storage device makers to offer rather unprecedented capacities. To that end, this week at Mobile World Congress, Micron and Western Digital...
18 by Anton Shilov on 2/26/2019Alcatel 3T 10 Launched: An Entry Level Android Tablet
Entry-level Android-based tablets are a relatively minor market, which is why companies offering such products tend to aim them at a specific geographical markets in a bid to avoid...
17 by Anton Shilov on 2/25/2019OnePlus 5G Prototype: Living Large
Here at Mobile World Congress, a number of companies are showing off 5G-enabled smartphones or prototypes. We've seen devices from most of the top smartphone global manufacturers, and despite...
7 by Anton Shilov on 2/25/2019Nokia Launches Nokia 9 PureView at MWC 2019: So I Heard You Like Cameras
HMD Global has introduced its new Nokia flagship smartphone at MWC 2019. The key feature of the Nokia 9 PureView is its six-module camera (five lens + Time-of-Flight) co-designed...
32 by Anton Shilov on 2/25/2019512 GB of UFS 3.0 Storage: Western Digital iNAND MC EU511
Western Digital said that it has now completed development and started sampling its first UFS 3.0 storage solutions for ‘5G era’ smartphones. The new embedded flash drives (EFDs) provide...
6 by Anton Shilov on 2/25/2019Huawei Mate X vs. Samsung Galaxy Fold: Ask the Press
One of the biggest talking points this year at Mobile World Congress is the emergence of folding phones. The two largest smartphone vendors in the world, Samsung and Huawei...
82 by Ian Cutress on 2/25/2019Nubia at MWC 2019: Wearable OLED Smartphone Coming to a Wrist Near You
Nubia, a division of ZTE, is prepping to release its first wearable watch-like smartphone. The device is currently being showcased at MWC in Barcelona, Spain, but the company is...
8 by Anton Shilov on 2/25/2019Lenovo to Launch a Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Laptop with 5G
At Qualcomm’s press event today at Mobile World Congress, Lenovo representatives came on stage to confirm that the company will be building a new laptop using the Snapdragon 8cx...
9 by Ian Cutress on 2/25/2019Qualcomm Launches the QCA6390 Chipset: 1.8 Gbps Wi-Fi 6 Ready with BlueTooth 5.1
With the upcoming ratification of the Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax) standard expected in August, a number of companies are gearing up with Wi-Fi 6 ‘ready’ routers and end-points to get...
9 by Ian Cutress on 2/25/2019MWC 2019: Qualcomm Press Conference Live Blog (9:00PM UTC)
We’re live here from MWC in Barcelona – Qualcomm is about their press conference event and we have front row seats. The press conference should start at 10PM CET...
11 by Andrei Frumusanu on 2/25/2019Intel and Fibocom to Co-Develop a 5G M.2 Module for System Integration
Fibocom Wireless is a company that has won investment from Intel Capital and develops wireless modules as well as communication solutions. As part of the Mobile World Congress event...
1 by Ian Cutress on 2/25/2019Intel Reveals Name of Next Generation Xeon D: Hewitt Lake
The Xeon D processor line for Intel has been a combination networking/microserver processor that increased significantly in core count, power, and capability in the previous generation. We now have...
11 by Ian Cutress on 2/25/2019Alcatel Launches 3L at MWC 2019: A 5.94-Inch Smartphone at €139
Alcatel introduced its new entry-level smartphone that is equipped with a 5.9-inch display, a quad-core Qualcomm SoC, 16 GB of NAND storage, facial recognition, and a dual camera, a...
2 by Anton Shilov on 2/25/2019LG Announces The New G8 & V50 5G ThinQ
Today at LG’s MWC press event the company has revealed its brand new flagship devices for 2019. The new LG G8 and the new LG V50 represent LG’s updated...
43 by Andrei Frumusanu on 2/24/2019Microsoft at MWC 2019: HoloLens 2 and Azure Kinect
Today in Barcelona, Microsoft has unveiled some very interesting products, with Azure Kinect and HoloLens 2. Microsoft is trying to carve out a niche in the IoT world with...
7 by Brett Howse on 2/24/2019MWC 2019: LG Premiere Press Event, a Live Blog (6:30PM UTC)
LG recently announced that it has a range of new technologies ready for its upcoming ThinQ branded smartphones. We're here at the press event to find out all the details.
16 by Ian Cutress & Andrei Frumusanu on 2/24/2019TCL Low Cost Foldable Display for Everyone: Patented DragonHinge
Out of the top smartphone manufacturers, Samsung has clearly beat its competitors to the punch with its foldable smartphone, but it certainly will not be the only company to...
26 by Anton Shilov on 2/24/2019TCL Launches the Alcatel 1S: a 5.5-inch IPS Smartphone for $109 / €109
Most of the time, in fact almost all the time, we tend to discuss about the most expensive phones on the market. If it isn’t $600, then it is...
18 by Ian Cutress on 2/24/2019BlackBerry Launch Special Edition Key2 in Red
Following the successful launch of the Cosmic Red edition of the Key2 LE last year, and the many column inches by technology journalists praising the color combination as striking...
0 by Ian Cutress on 2/24/2019MWC 2019: Nokia Annual Press Conference at Mobile World Congress (3pm UTC)
We are at HMD Global’s annual press conference at Mobile World Congress where the company shares information about its success in the past year and introduces new flagship models...
14 by Anton Shilov on 2/24/2019