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Sony reveals a new Xperia X series, promised to be smarter
Sony is doing a bit of a re-imagining with its Xperia brand in an attempt to find a new calling in the saturated mobile market. That calling has come through a new “personalized and intelligent” slogan...
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Sony Xperia embraces smart devices, debuts Eye, Projector, Agent
MWC 2016 will perhaps be remembered as the day when Sony redefined the Xperia brand. A name that was once synonymous with smartphones is now being used to include a new class of devices with nothing...
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Hands-on with ZTE’s Spro Plus, a tablet that’s also a projector
If you thought the days of squeezing a projector into a relatively unexpected place were over, think again. ZTE has brought its latest tablet to MWC 2016, the Spro Plus, and inside its tubby little...
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Epson Moverio BT-300 hands-on: OLED switch for AR upgrade
If augmented reality is yet to make the market splash its VR cousin has, that’s probably down to the relative shortcomings of transparent displays, but Epson‘s latest Moverio BT-300 suggests a tipping...
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How Lenovo and Project Tango will reinvent your smartphone
Lenovo and Google couldn’t have picked a more impressive venue to demonstrate the latest iteration of Project Tango at MWC 2016 nor, indeed, one more suited to its indoor mapping capability. The Museu...
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FlexEnable’s sci-fi wearable previews a flexible display future
Flexible displays may be a mainstay of science-fiction, but it’s only recently that they’ve started to filter through into production. FlexEnable hopes to overshadow Samsung’s curved OLED with its own...
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How Samsung plans to take over your car (and maybe save you money)
Samsung isn’t the first company to embrace the smart car concept, but it’s certainly among those with the deepest pockets. The new Samsung Connect Auto platform starts out with a nondescript dongle...
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Jolla’s Aqua Fish swims into MWC 2016 to prove Sailfish OS isn’t dead
Jolla‘s hardware plans may have crashed and burned, but the company’s strategy of licensing its Sailfish OS has borne fruit here at Mobile World Congress. The first smartphone to run Sailfish 2.0 has...
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Xiaomi Mi 5 hands-on: The surprise buzz-maker
For a company which doesn’t officially sell its Android smartphones in the US or Europe, there’s an astonishing amount of buzz around Xiaomi here at Mobile World Congress. The Chinese firm has made a...
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Galaxy Note 7: compelling first device, disappointing upgrade
Samsung has finally removed the covers off the Galaxy Note 7, perhaps one of this year’s worst kept secrets. Unsurprisingly, the phablet is getting rather mixed reviews, with most of the negativity...
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LG G6 hands-on: It’s all about this amazing screen
If at first you don’t succeed, go back to basics and squeeze out the best of the best features minus all the gimmicks: that’s just what LG is doing with the highly anticipated G6. It’s 2017, and it’s...
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Huawei debuts P10 & P10 Plus smartphones with Leica cameras
At Mobile World Congress 2017 today, China’s Huawei unveiled its latest pair of flagship smartphones in the form of the new P10 and P10 Plus. Along with a typical assortment of new features and specs,...
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Samsung Galaxy Book hands-on: S Pen and Win 10 to scare iPad Pro
2-in-1 tablets are selling like wildfire, and the new Samsung Galaxy Book range is the company’s attempt to get in on the Windows 10 action. Offered in two sizes – the 10-inch Galaxy Book 10, and the...
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Samsung Galaxy Tab S3 hands-on: Premium Android with S Pen
Does anybody care as much about Android tablets these days as Samsung does? With the tablet segment in the doldrums and little but the iPad making any money, you’d be forgiven for questioning the...
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Lenovo Miix 320: a 2-in-1 portable Windows 10 workhorse
Lenovo has introduced its new 2-in-1 device, the Miix 320. This model is an update to the company’s previously launched Miix 310 model, and it aims to be the highly portable workhorse the average...
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Lenovo Yoga 520 and 720 convertible laptops are made for multi-taskers
Lenovo has taken the wraps off its next generation of convertible laptops, the Yoga 520 and the Yoga 720. Both models feature the same ultra-flexible designs we’ve come to expect from Lenovo’s Yoga...
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BlackBerry KeyOne hands-on: A keyboard, at a cost
I used to be a fan of QWERTY keyboards on smartphones, but as auto-correct for on-screen keyboards improved and devices slimmed down with a focus on touch, the charm of a physical ‘board faded....
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Nokia 3310 hands-on: Retro done right
One of the cheapest, most basic phones at Mobile World Congress this year has probably got more attention than all the smartphone flagships combined. The Nokia 3310 isn’t trying to squeeze the LG G6...
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ASUS ZenFone AR hands-on: Google Tango sells us a BMW
ASUS launched the ZenFone AR back at CES in January, but the Project Tango phone wasn’t quite ready for its augmented reality close-up. Turns out, there are some ZenFone AR handsets floating around at...
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LG G6 vs. Sony Xperia XZ Premium vs. Huawei P10 Plus – MWC 2017 Mobile Showdown
As the dust of MWC 2017 settles, we take stock of all the announcements, teasers, and devices that rained down in Barcelona. We definitely have enough interesting smartphones, high-end or otherwise,...
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