We’re expecting to see phones with 5G, foldable designs and multiple cameras at the world’s largest mobile show.
Samsung will have already announced the Galaxy S10 before MWC — the largest mobile show on the planet — has even begun. But mark my words, this will be a busy, exciting show, and one Samsung won’t miss using as a platform to show off the Galaxy S10, foldable Galaxy X/GalaxyF/Galaxy Fold and every other thing it announces just days before Mobile World Congress 2019 kicks off.
Samsung won’t be alone. Huawei, the world’s second-largest smartphone maker behind Samsung, is rumored to show off its first-ever foldable phone. LG, Nokia, Oppo and Xiaomi will also plan to make their mark at the annual Barcelona confab.
What makes this year’s MWC even more vital than last year’s show is the energy we’ll see behind three extremely powerful trends that have the potential to define a decade of mobile phones: foldable designs, 5G data speeds and amazingly complex photography due to a plethora of rear cameras. As smartphone sales stagnate across the entire smartphone world, the products and news announced at MWC offer a beacon of hope for revitalizing one of the fastest-moving industries on the planet.
Here are the phones and brands we expect to see take that challenge.
Number of phones likely: 3-4 Samsung press conference: Feb. 20,11 a.m. PT, San Francisco Samsung MWC booth opens: Feb. 25 in Barcelona
Yes, Samsung will have already launched the Galaxy S10 and potentially a slew of other phones and devices. But the king of the hill will absolutely take the opportunity to go big with its booth and show off all its fun, new toys. Especially if we really do see a Galaxy S10E in banana yellow.
While the world’s largest phone maker isn’t hosting a press conference, my money is on Samsung saving a few demo surprises for MWC — and I’m just speculating here — for example, quite a few for its upcoming foldable phone…?
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Number of phones likely: 1 Oppo press conference: Feb. 23,2 p.m. CET (5 a.m. PT)
Chinese brand Oppo brought us the showstopping Find X in 2018, so we’re hoping for a similar showing.
