Mobile World Congress: with invasion of Chinese brands -TechnoTron

OPPO, ZTE, Huawei and Lenovo will present their latest developments at the Mobile Worlds Congress

The Mobile World Congress (MWC) will be held once again in the Catalan capital of Barcelona, where smartphones, applications and consumer electrical products will be presented.

China is advancing positioning in this field every year, this year will present new models for this market, which is saturated and now faces a new challenge with 5G connectivity or Artificial Intelligence.

This event will last for 4 days, the country that presides over Xi Jinping show why it is shaking the world market of mobiles, Chinese companies like HUAWEI or OPPO, are located in the first places in sales globally.

Huawei company that is giving much to talk in these days before the fair, although it has not been sidocon confirmed, seems to indicate that Sun Yafang company will announce at the Mobile Worlds Congress in Barcelona its new model, the P10 . This would be for Huawei its new flagship brand, which promises to have exceptional features. Another product that could be appearing at the Mobile Worlds Congress is its smart watch Huawei Watch 2. The answer on the 26th, a day before the show begins, during the press conference of the technology conglomerate.

That is one of the biggest surprises of this Mobile Worlds Congress, as far as the manufacturers in China, this year is the absence of Xiaomi. A source from the company confirmed a few days ago to THE VANGUARD, that this year they would not have a stand at the fair. Its disruption in the global market and the attention given to other projects (next Tuesday will have its own processor in Beijing) perhaps this could be the reason why the company has not presented the interest to participate and has simply ignored the Capital of Catalonia in 2017.

"One of the biggest surprises of this Mobile Worlds Congres is the absence of Xiaomi."

OPPO, the largest mobile phone seller in China, has promised to unveil a new photographic technology called '5x'. Although not much is known about the Asian manufacturer has promised, everything indicates that it will be related to an improvement in terms of zoom.



The vice president of the company, Sky Li, said that the '5x' has been "the result of a long process of research and development that has lasted a whole year."



With the importance that OPPO is giving to photography in all its devices and recent achievements in models such as the R9s, you can be waiting for the company to give a surprise in this new edition of the Mobile Worlds Congress. The answer will be the next February 27. 



If there is something much that has been talked about all these days, it is 5G. These networks, which promise to be able to download HD movies in a few seconds, 4K continuous broadcasts with no interruptions and connection speeds of up to 5GB per second, are on the lips of all Mobile Worlds Congress participants.




The manufacturer ZTE could be presenting during the event the first phone capable of supporting 5G. The Gigabit Phone (name of the possible prototype) is not yet confirmed by the company, but if you pay attention to the strategy of the company regarding what this new technology will give, the appearance of the model in Barcelona can be given as A craving for that possible logical step.

"The 5G networks are among what is being eaten by all participants of the Mobile Worlds Congress."

Lenovo, every day giving more importance to the business of mobile phones, also has something prepared a special event for the day 26 in the city condal. In the invitation that the company has sent to the specialized media, it is possible to intuit the possible presentation of a mid-range phone, perhaps the Moto G5.





Since the Chinese company made with Motorola, its presence in the sector has multiplied exponentially. Recently it has also been speculated that Lenovo could introduce new Moto Mods (modular accessories with different functions that run the Moto Z series) during the Mobile Worlds Congress.

Other small brands of the Asian giant will also have their space in the event. One of them is the young Vernee brand. The company that is attracting a lot of attention to this new edition of the Mobile Worlds Congress, during this appointment the Shenzhen manufacturer will be unveiling its portfolio of new models: Apollo 2, Mars Pro, Thor E and Thor Plus.

Despite being a brand new brand, Vernee, which does not sell in China, is making a great reputation globally. The Apollo 2 that will present in the city of Barcelona is the first smartphone with the new Helio X30 processor from Mediatek. Taiwan's fabless bet by the Chinese company points to a promising future for the latter, thanks especially to prices almost unbeatable.

"Chinese manufacturers are playing their prestige in this new edition of Mobile World Congress."

Gionee, LeEco, Baidu and Tencent (these last two focused more on software and applications) are among the big Chinese names that will feature long-running in the city at the Mobile Worlds Congress. Finally HTC, from neighboring Taiwan, will unveil more in depth its new phone, the U Ultra, and its proposal of virtual reality.



The marks of the Asian giant are playing their prestige in this new edition of Mobile World Congress. It will be necessary to see if they surprise more than their Korean neighbors (Samsung, LG) or Japanese (Sony, Softbank). 




Already shortly after this event begins in the Catalan city of Barcelona speculation continues on the surprises that could be happening and also expect things that were already known in advance such as speed tests of 5G connectivity, connected cars, and More than all know the new models of the manufacturers of cell phones especially of the Chinese manufacturers.