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MWC Barcelona 2019i

MWC Barcelona, formerly known as Mobile World Congress, will be held in the Spanish city on February 25-28. It is the world's largest exhibition for the mobile industry. This year's event will focus on the powerful combination of 5G networks, the Internet of Things, artificial intelligence and big data.

 

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  • Huawei, Xiaomi, Oppo, ZTE and Nubia all had a great showing at the recent Mobile World Congress in Barcelona
  • Huawei’s foldable Mate X was the star, but the Xiaomi Mi 9, Oppo’s new camera system and Nubia’s phone-on-a-wrist also grabbed attention

Chinese technology providers have the same commitment to innovation, efficiency and security as hi-tech firms from the West, according to Alibaba Cloud executive.

On the scene at the 2019 MWC in Barcelona and debating the state of the foldable phone revolution: are they fad, farce or foundational change for smartphones?

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At Mobile World Congress 2019 in Barcelona, makers of smart wearables are shifting their focus from humans to their dog and cat companions, showing activity trackers, cat poop monitors and a self-cleaning litter tray.

The Mate X, unveiled at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, is bigger and folds outwards to become a tablet, unlike Samsung’s device that opens like a book

Huawei’s record-setting US$2,600 price tag for its 5G-ready, folding Mate X phone is more than double the monthly average salary of office workers in China.

The Shenzhen-based telecoms equipment giant will feature its latest 5G mobile gear at MWC Barcelona amid US efforts to block use of its products around the world.

Senior analyst Bryan Ma from IDC Asia Pacific tells us why he thinks foldable phones will dominate at Barcelona this year, and takes a deeper look at why and how China’s smartphone giants Xiaomei, Opo and Huawei achieved world dominance.

Expect changes as Samsung and LG reveal their new releases, with more to follow at the Mobile World Congress, writes Antonio Villas-Boas

A US-led campaign to block the deployment of 5G equipment from Huawei is threatening the Chinese company’s business in Europe, its biggest overseas market.

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Early adopters of 5G phones will get access to a data superhighway all to themselves, promising not just lightning fast high-resolution downloads but instant connections; the shopping experience will be revolutionised too

After suffering the first sales decline in nearly 15 years, mobile phone companies are trying to stand out by offering unique features, or joining the latest arms race: advanced photography software and artificial intelligence

This week’s tech gathering in Barcelona saw a swathe of gadgets designed for travel, from the new Samsung Galaxy S9 to an unlimited-roaming MiFi gadget to a smart earpiece that can translate six languages in real time

With just a telephoto-lens camera attached to the top of a Porsche Panamera that fed road footage to a Huawei Mate 10 Pro, the phone’s neural processing unit (NPU) was able to identify objects and react to them accordingly

Incredible holograms, AR and VR, 5G innovations, disease control by smartphone, and tracking systems for dogs, children and valuables: here are the 10 most exciting tech innovations to come out of Mobile World Congress

This week’s Mobile World Congress saw super-tough smartphones from Land Rover, Energizer, Caterpillar and Hong Kong’s RugGear making their mark, packing huge batteries, drop- and freeze-proof bodies, and new GPS functions