Best of MWC 2025: The age of ultra-thin phones is upon us | Mashable

March 5, 2025March 4, 2025 ~ knjohn ~ Leave a comment

If there’s one thing I’ve learned over the years, it’s that it’s impossible to judge how interesting the Mobile World Congress will be based on pre-announcements and teasers.

Yeah, we knew the Nothing phones are coming, and Xiaomi’s new phones weren’t exactly a secret, either. But at the show floor, we’ve also found some extremely thin phones, some wonderfully weird (but useful!) phone accessories, and we even got the first real-life glimpse of Xiaomi’s new supercar.

Here’s a list of the best and the most interesting stuff we’ve seen this year.

Mobile World Congress: More companies pull out over coronavirus | CNN

February 13, 2020February 12, 2020 ~ knjohn ~ Leave a comment

London (CNN Business) -Mobile World Congress, one of the technology industry’s biggest annual events, has been called off because of the coronavirus outbreak. The announcement comes after more than a dozen major tech companies said they would not attend the event as the deadly outbreak continues to spread.

OnePlus demos a 5G prototype at MWC | TechCrunch

February 26, 2019February 25, 2019 ~ knjohn ~ Leave a comment

OnePlus promised us a 5G handset this year. At Mobile World Congress this week, the company kind of, sort of delivered. Unlike the sea of other 5G devices unveiled at the show, however, the company’s offering is still very much in the prototype phase — like, behind protective glass with all of the interesting bits obscured, as it isn’t officially official.

The product appeared at Qualcomm’s booth this week, since OnePlus’ presence at the show has been mostly limited to closed-door events. For the chipmaker, it was an opportunity to show yet again how ubiquitous its tech has become in the vast sea of Android devices.