After all of the construct up and the joy of the congress itself, MWC 2024 is now over. This yr it was much less a staging floor to launch new merchandise and extra targeted on the long run – corporations introduced prototype units and analysis initiatives that may discover their solution to customers within the close to future.
Nonetheless, there have been cellphone launches too and we went hands-on with the brand new units. Some newcomers have been simply saying their world availability too. Here’s a abstract of what occurred at MWC 2024.
The MWC 2024 Awards have been introduced on Thursday. The Google Pixel 8 sequence took house the Greatest Smartphone Award, whereas the Samsung Galaxy Tab S9 Extremely was honored because the Greatest Related Client Gadget. Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 was given the award for Breakthrough Gadget Innovation. The Honor Magic V2 RSR acquired the Greatest in Present award.
Use the hyperlinks beneath to leap to a model you have an interest in – as a way to not play favorites, we organized the manufacturers alphabetically.
Desk of Contents:
HMD
The destiny of HMD’s branding cope with Nokia is unsure – however its not over but! Come what might, Finnish firm is making ready to launch telephones below its personal model. The primary such cellphone surfaced early – the HMD Telephone 1 guarantees a 108MP digicam, so it’s not simply an current Nokia-branded mannequin below a brand new title. Sadly, we should look ahead to additional particulars.
HMD, Nokia and Barbie branded telephones are coming later this yr
Whereas HMD might have misplaced the Nokia model, it has struck a deal that aligns it with an enormous model in a unique class – the corporate is engaged on a Barbie flip cellphone. Additionally, the corporate confirmed that we’ll see extra Nokia-branded telephones, with a brand new batch anticipated in Could of this yr. The Barbie cellphone is coming in July. Particulars on each to observe.
Honor
Whereas none of those made their debut on the MWC, they have been current on the exhibition and have been an influential presence at that. The corporate introduced the world rollout of the Honor Magic6 Professional and the Honor Pad 9 together with European pricing.
Moreover, the corporate additionally launched the fashionable Honor Magic V2 RSR at an eye-watering value of €2,700. That is clearly an fanatic machine, everybody else can take a look on the common Magic V2 as an alternative.
Infinix
Infinix launched applied sciences that will change how telephones work. For starters, colorways might turn out to be a factor of the previous – the E-Colour Shift expertise can change the colour and look of a cellphone dynamically, it will probably even do animations.
Infinix tech demos: E-Colour Shift • CoolMax
Extra sensible and simply as enjoyable is CoolMax – a mixture of thermo-electric cooling (Peltier impact) and a fan, all constructed right into a prototype cellphone. A prototype that set an AnTuTu rating document with its Dimensity 9300 chipset. The corporate says that CoolMax helps the chipset run 10°C cooler.
Motorola
The Motorola Adaptive Show Idea is a wild, flexible cellphone – it’s a foldable, technically, however as an alternative of folding flat, that is designed to kind a bracelet that you just put on in your wrist like an over-sized smartwatch.
The Motorola Adaptive Show Idea machine
Moreover, Motorola introduced a partnership with Corning to make use of Gorilla Glass on even entry-level telephones (it already makes use of it on most of its flagships and mid-rangers).
There was additionally Motorola Good Join – a continuity function that creates a seamless workflow between Motorola and Lenovo telephones, tablets and laptops. This consists of unified keyboard and mouse management, notification sync, shared clip board, fast file transfers, utilizing your cellphone as an internet cam and extra.
Nothing
Nothing wasn’t on the MWC, it wasn’t even in Barcelona – as an alternative, the corporate confirmed off a large mannequin of the upcoming Nothing Telephone (2a) in London.
Nothing Telephone (2a) design reveal
nubia
nubia unveiled the Flip 5G, which will likely be one of many least expensive flip foldables in the marketplace with an MSRP of $600. After all, there are cheaper flips today, just like the Moto Razr (2023), although that’s after a couple of rounds of reductions. The Razr began at $700 MSRP.
The corporate then launched a number of use-case particular units. The nubia Focus and Focus Professional function 108MP primary cameras that shoot at 4 and 5 focal lengths respectively. It’s simply in-sensor zoom relatively than optics, however remember that these begin at $200, which could be the most digicam bang in your buck that you’ll get in 2024.
The nubia Neo 2 can also be beginning at $200. This one is a finances gaming machine with a extra highly effective Unisoc T820 chipset (vs. T760 on the Focus), a 6.72” FHD+ 120Hz show, DTS:X Extremely stereo audio system and a big 6,000mAh battery.
Lastly, the nubia Music is provided with a big DTS-branded speaker on its again that’s 600% louder than a typical cellphone speaker. This machine additionally has two (!) 3.5mm headphone jacks. For extra particulars, take a look at our hands-on.
OnePlus
It has been three years since OnePlus first tried its hand at a smartwatch. It was a combined bag, however now the corporate is giving it one other shot – this time with Put on OS – and it launched the OnePlus Watch 2.
For extra particulars, take a look at our hands-on overview, which fits into particulars for the “Twin Engine Structure” (it’s virtually like two smartwatches in a single physique).
Oppo
Oppo didn’t present new telephones however it confirmed that it’ll launch the following Discover flagship in all nations the place Oppo was beforehand working. It additionally introduced a 3-year partnership with the Telefonica group.
Oppo Air Glass 3 XR prototype.
Oppo did showcase one new machine – the Air Glass 3 XR prototype. These glasses weigh simply 50g, however create an AR expertise with a resin waveguide that was developed in-house. There’s additionally an AI that runs in your smartphone, AndesGPT, that may energy a voice assistant.
Samsung
Samsung provided extra particulars on the Galaxy Ring – a diminutive well being tracker that is available in US ring sizes starting from 5 to 13. It’ll monitor coronary heart price, respiratory price, your sleep and evening actions and it will probably even detect the early indicators of sleep apnea.
Samsung Ring
Unofficial information claims that the Samsung Galaxy Ring could have as much as 9 days of battery life and can go on sale within the second half of this yr.
TCL
TCL unveiled two mid-rangers – the TCL 50 SE and TCL 50 5G. The 5G mannequin has higher connectivity, however the 6.6 HD+ show holds it again. The SE mannequin has a bigger 6.78” show with the next decision of FHD+ (each are 90Hz IPS LCDs). Take a look at our hands-on overview for extra particulars.
Tecno
Tecno unveiled the Camon 30 Premier with the model new Tecno PolarAce Imaging System. It’s a mixture of a Sony sensor with a brand new Sony ISP chip and Tecno picture processing algorithms. The devoted ISP is environment friendly however highly effective and allows full-scene processing in 4K video.
The corporate additionally launched three different fashions. The Tecno Camon 30 Professional is much like the Premier, besides with out the 3x periscope digicam and with a non-LTPO show. There are additionally the Camon 30 5G and Camon 30 with lower cost tags.
We’ve a hands-on overview of the Tecno Camon 30 Premier and one other one for the opposite three.
Tecno additionally launched the Pova 6 Professional, a lite gaming cellphone. Powered by the Dimensity 6080, this cellphone has 8-12GB of RAM and a 6.78” FHD+ 120Hz show, plus a big 6,000mAh battery with 70W quick charging.
The corporate additionally introduced that AI options are coming to HiOS units, together with a brand new digital assistant known as Ella. There will likely be Name Translation and Social Media Translation, plus auto-generated subtitles for movies.
The corporate additionally demoed some prototype units – a rollable cellphone, higher UTG for foldables and a color-changing panel for personalisation. Moreover, it confirmed off a Home windows-based transportable gaming console that doesn’t have a display screen however makes use of AR glasses as an alternative. One other “on the market” design was the Dynamic 1 robo canine.
Tecno Pocket Go along with AR Pocket Imaginative and prescient • Tecno Dynamic 1
vivo
A couple of month after revealing the vivo V30, the corporate made the Professional mannequin official. The vivo V30 Professional packs 4 50MP cameras (three on the again, one on the entrance), a 6.78” 120Hz 10-bit AMOLED show, a Dimensity 8200 and a 5,000mAh battery with 80W quick charging.
Xiaomi
It’s official, the Xiaomi 14 and 14 Extremely are going world (and the Professional is staying in China). The Extremely has a 1” sensor with a stepless variable aperture (f/1.6-f/4.0), a 5x periscope, a 3.2x telephoto and an extremely large digicam (122°). For extra, head over to our hands-on overview.
The Xiaomi 14 digicam division has triple 50MP cameras on the again, however they’re extra restrained – 1/1.31” primary, 3.2x tele and a 115° extremely large. With a 6.36” show, this one is smaller than most Android flagships at present.
