All The New Phones At MWC 2019 From Samsung, Huawei, Xiaomi, Nokia And More

Here is a selection of the top stories from across the internet from this year's Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, where the global mobile industry gathered to show off their latest tech and innovations. The Huawei Mate X is the first foldable smartphone from Huawei with true 5G connectivity. Sony's mobile business has struggled to keep up with the market leaders of Samsung, Huawei and Apple in recent years, leading the company to explore new ways to appeal to mobile users.

As a pre-MWC bonus, LG announced three mid-range phones, the LG Q60, LG K50 and LG K40. While 5G speeds haven't been defined yet, Verizon is promising multiple gigabit per second speeds - hundreds of times faster than 4G. That would give your phone fibre-optic broadband performance wherever you are.

The Xiaomi Mi 9 is the first triple camera smartphone from Xiaomi, which is also the world's first smartphone with 20W fast wireless charging capability. At MWC, the Japanese firm announced its new flagship, the Xperia 1, a phone Sony says is the first to feature a 4K resolution OLED display, while also being set in 21:9 aspect ratio — similar in shape to a cinema screen.

Verizon, America's largest 4G network, announced it's started testing the next generation of mobile internet connection, 5G, in real-world scenarios. The winner was the Nokia 808 PureView, a Symbian-powered phone that boasted a camera with 41 megapixels. CNET claims LG will launch a phone with a case that has an additional screen , which may be a separate phone from the G8.

5G phones. Mobile Apps: Given that all the attention was on the 5G devices and 5G network announcements, mobile apps and related ecosystem had a dull presence, nothing interesting popped out. Alex Kipman, who's in charge of the HoloLens project, sent out media invites for a press conference with him and CEO Satya Nadella, just ahead of the Mobile World Congress event on February 24.

HMD Global announced nearly half a dozen phones just prior to MWC 2019. Part smartphone, part smartwatch, the Nubia Alpha is definitely one of the more out-there products unveiled at MWC 2019. It's designed to replace your regular home or office router, instead pulling in nubia the super-speedy 5G mobile signal to feed your devices with data.