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Wednesday, March 08, 2017

MWC 2017 - Action packed as expected

Mobile World Congress 2017 or MWC 2017 as it is called was held in Barcelona this time from February 27 - March 2. As expected, it was action packed as ever. The biggest names from the mobile industry came out with their best launches of the year.

Huawei, LG, Motorola and Sony launched their flagships while Samsung launched tablets. What was great to see was Nokia being back in the smartphone race.

MWC 2017 Launches

Huawei P10


Huawei P10 is a 5.1 inch Kirin 960 powered smartphone with 20 MP main camera, 4 GB RAM, 32/64/128 GB storage. It runs Android 7.0 Nougat out of the box. Its camera supports dual tone flash and 4K Video Recording. 

Xperia XZ Premium


Xperia XZ Premium is an upgrade to last year's Xperia XZ. The premium version sports a 5.5 inch 4K display. Powered by Snapdragon 835 chipset, 4 GB RAM, 64 GB storage. The primary camera is 19 MP with laser auto-focus support, secondary camera is 13 MP which promises stunning selfies. Runs Android 7.1 Nougat and one of the features that sets this device class apart is the support for LTE Cat16 which can deliver download speeds of up to 1 Gbps.

Some of the other launches at MWC 2017 are Moto G5, Moto G5 Plus, BlackBerry KeyOne, Nokia 3310, Nokia 6, Samsung Galaxy Tab S3, Samsung Galaxy Book.