MWC , or Mobile World Congress , is a mobile tech show that has , in the past , been the domicile of huge releases by Samsung , Sony , LG and more .
In the past few years though , the centering of the show has changed slightly as most of the big players in the mobile space transitioned to their own dedicated events for major launch . It ’s unconvincing we ’ll ever see the next big Samsung Galaxy S equipment get its grand unveiling at the show .
MWC is now the home to a smattering of young sack , concept technical school and more of a focus on tablet , wearables and other mobile devices – including plenty of lecture of AI .
This is our feel at our favourite new technical school that our expert have laid their eyes on atMWC 2024 . Below you ’ll find everything from transparent laptops and ultra high - close phones to AI gadget and more .
( extra reporting from Adam Speight and Lewis Painter )
Lenovo ThinkBook Transparent Laptop Concept
Lenovo often arrives at MWC with a concept product , and this class is no different . TheLenovo ThinkBook Transparent Laptop Conceptmanages to completely fend out from the crowd thanks to its transparent display – yes , you’re able to count straight through the laptop computer screen door and see everything going on behind it .
The top of this laptop is a 720p 17.3 - inch show , while the bottom one-half is a piece of methamphetamine that provides a touchscreen keyboard and trackpad . Lenovo ’s latest conception feels like it ’s been pick flat out of sci - fi movies from the early 2000s and we ca n’t wait until it ’s a substantial Cartesian product .
Infinix E-Color Shift Technology
Infinix fetch a splattering of colour to MWC 2024 with its E - colour switch engineering . Its image Infinix E earpiece wear a customisable colour panel on its back , adding a dot of fervor and variety to a typically static portion of a phone .
We saw a curing of four different and vivacious intent , all extend 60 customisable areas and changing colours . They can be tailored to alter based on time , mood and more . The technology behind the Infinix E is the E Ink Prism 3 ; an access that uses different voltages to modify colouring material particle in the telephone set ’s casing without affect assault and battery power .
Xiaomi 14 Ultra
MWC is n’t completely devoid of true flagship sound , and the first to hitch our eye is theXiaomi 14 Ultra . We were disappointed when the Xiaomi 13 Ultra did n’t make it out of China , so we ’re relieved its follow - up is grow a much extensive departure .
The star of the show here is the quad 50MP television camera raiment on the back , which is design in partnership with Leica and feature a variable aperture on the 1 - inch main sensor . It has a dramatic textured back , a gorgeous flat video display and all the late element – including theSnapdragon 8 Gen 3 – on the interior .
Xiaomi 14
The smaller , cheaper appendage of theXiaomi 14family , this powerhouse is a verbatim rival to Samsung ’s Galaxy S24 . Like the Ultra , the Xiaomi 14 variation top - death components and a Leica - branded television camera raiment on the back with various shooting modes influenced by the German imaging medical specialist .
The 6.3 - inch display is lustrous and sharp , while the matt texture on the black colourway feels large to hold back .
Honor Magic 6 Pro
Another competitor to the ultra high - ending phone jacket crown that launched at MWC 2024 is theHonor Magic 6 professional . This is Honor ’s most successful effort yet to create a no - compromise smartphone , with one of the very best telephone set projection screen we ’ve ever laid our eyes on .
The zoom photographic camera skills are very telling too , there ’s tidy sum of AI attainment buried inside the software and we ca n’t help but be drawn to the spectacular gullible trimness and standout camera faculty .
Honor MagicBook Pro 16
TheMagicBook Pro 16is Honor ’s attempt to lend AI features into a laptop , hopefully without sacrifice the general sidereal day - to - day experience .
characteristic like Smart Picture Search , Smart Document Summary , Text Comprehension , AI Subtitle , and Magic Text tinge towards a fertile future where AI help take some of the strain out of daily chore . There ’s mass of big businessman available here too , plus a slick purpose and in effect display .
Humane AI Pin
Even if it might not be quick to replace our smartphone quite yet , theHuman AI pinis certainly an optic - catch piece of tech and one that we ca n’t look to right refresh .
This small-scale pin uses on - machine GenAI capabilities to leave you with information in a conversational way and it can deal general noesis queries , up-to-dateness conversion – and literal - sentence translation too . There ’s even a presentation that can be projected onto your helping hand .
There ’s a futuristic melodic phrase about the Humane AI Pin that we ca n’t help but get excited about .
Samsung Galaxy Ring
announce , or more accurately tease , alongside the Galaxy S24 , theGalaxy Ringhas been see in the flesh for the first time at MWC 2024 .
Details might still be scarce – it ’ll make it sometime this year , likely in three chromaticity and with many of the health tracking sport we ’d associate with the smartwatch – but this already feels like the futurity of wearable tech .
Lenovo ThinkBook 14 2-in-1 Gen 4
Lenovo ’s ThinkBook range of mountains delightfully blurs the line between its all - in - on - commercial enterprise - focused ThinkPad lineup and its more consumer - face options .
The result is idealistic for the hybrid actor . The late iteration of this is the enormously various ThinkBook 14 2 - in-1 Gen 4 .
It comes with Intel ’s modish Core Ultra chips along with a footmark of just 16.85 mm and a 1.64 kg weight . As a 2 - in-1 equipment , you get a 360 - hinge and an concomitant stylish , which can snuggly attach magnetically to the side of the equipment . It ’s a fashionable and adaptable simple machine for the home and the office .
Tecno MEGAmini Gaming PC
Ever fancied a powerful microcomputer in a form broker that is n’t going to dominate your screen background ? That ’s what Tecno is aiming for with this MEGAmini play personal computer .
It has all the classical gamer - y signs , with RGB and , even , a dose of cool down . Remarkably , it even has a full - size GPU too , not some reigned in mobile version .
Sure , there ’s got to be some compromises in damage of yield , it ’s just physics , but it manoeuver to an interesting time to come where you may not have to have a humongous gaming column on your desk to savour high - power play fun .
ZTE Nubia Flip 5G
The Nubia Flip 5 gee was a moment of an MWC surprisal from Chinese manufacturer ZTE , start into the foldable market with one of the best - specced grapple around .
It lark about the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 alongside up to 24 GB of RAM , the biggest clamshell assault and battery at 5000mAh and a unique orbitual covering fire display that could help it stand out in a fast - growing market .
Tecno Phantom Extreme rollable concept
Rollable concept have been floating around for the retiring few yr – Motorola had its own at MWC 2023 last year – but the Tecno Phantom Extreme is the most refined we ’ve seen to appointment .
It ’s a bang-up case of the concept tech , expanding its regular video display into a hearty display with the military press of a button , and it takes just 1.5 seconds . We belike wo n’t see it let go of , but it ’s a very interesting face at the potential future tense of phones .
