Lots of premium mobiles, robots and 5G: what we expect from the MWC fair

The mobile technology event started this Monday (27) in Barcelona. The leading mobile phone manufacturers will be present at the fair

OR Mobile World Congress (MWC), the largest mobile technology event on the planet, promises to bring together more than 80,000 attendees from hundreds of countries in Barcelona, ​​Spain. The annual fair resumes its face-to-face activities this Monday (27) and will run until Thursday (2).

Some new tech features highlighted in the 2023 edition are new foldable smartphones and a humanoid robot from Xiaomi, as well as connectivity for 5G and the metaverse. See key points provided.

Motorola, Xiaomi and other versions

Leading mobile phone manufacturers will be at the event, announcing new devices and market trends, such as foldable screens. the Chinese Xiaomi is revealing the new 13 lineup. The company is expected to bring more smartphone models from its cheapest lineup, Redmi, to MWC.

It will not be only the mobile phones that Xiaomi will present at the event. The Chinese giant would bring more information on its humanoid robot: the CyberOne has an autonomous technology and can be a competitor of the Optimala Tesla product, from Elon Musk.

It is expected that the Motorola present the new Moto Edge 40 Pro, a phone that has been tested by the brand. According to rumors it should arrive with Android 13 and the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 processor. Rizr, a smartphone with a roll-up screen that expands when the user needs it. With the click of a button, the screen switches from 5 to 6.5 inches in 22:9 aspect ratio.

Tecno also took advantage of the event to present a new technology to implement the look of mobile phones: Chameleon Coloring Technology promises to change the color of the smartphone.

The novelty will feature an electric prism controller, which uses a grid of material capable of changing through the application of an electric field.

Known to be one of the largest chip manufacturers in the world, Qualcomm announced a partnership with honor, Motorola, Nothing, Oppo, Vivo and Xiaomi to provide a solution that enables satellite communication on smartphones. It aims to leverage Snapdragon Satellite, as the solution of the Qualcomm it is the first to be able to work with two-way messages.

the producer honor it also promises to stand out at MWC with the international launch of the Honor Magic Vs foldable smartphone, already available in China.

A OnePlus has already started its participation by presenting its latest mobile: the OnePlus 11 Concept. It comes with Active CryoFlux technology, the first active liquid cooling system in a smartphone. The idea is to get significant temperature drops that would benefit activities that tend to stress the device, like playing games and charging the phone.

Reference in smartphones, the South Korean SAMSUNG It shouldn’t bring big launches, but it will have a stand with products launched at the beginning of the year, such as the premium line Galaxy S23 and the laptop series Galaxy Book 3.

connectivity

A 5G connection should be one of the main talking points, since some countries (such as Brazil) have just joined the network and there is already talk of switching to 6G.

The event is also expected to address the shutdown of 3G and 4G networks, although many believe the decision is rushed. After all, not all regions of the world have yet to receive full 5G coverage.

Metaverse

A theme that has been driving the world of technology in recent years, the metaverse appears among the highlights of MWC 2023. This is because this concept with virtual and augmented realities requires a greater effort from the infrastructure of telephony.

Telefónica is doing a testbed in the metaverse. It allows access to a virtual space inspired by the physical stand. Within the digital platform, the public can speak to specialists and attend presentations. It is available for mobile and web via links metaverso.telefonica.com AND www.telefonica.com/en/mwc.

great technicians

At the opening ceremony of the event, a message addressed to big techs was given by José Maria Álvarez-Pallete, CEO of Telefonica and adviser to the GSMA, the institution that brings together telecommunications and organizes the MWC.

Álvarez-Pallete said that “it is time for collaboration between technology companies, big technologies and industry”. According to him, “cloud computing has changed the bar, but it won’t be enough with all the traffic that Web 3.0 is expected to generate,” he said.

Source: Terra

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