This week we turned our attention to the world of mobile in the form of Barcelona’s Mobile World Congress show, aka MWC 2024 where lots of new phones, tablets and wearables break cover.
The show finishes today and we’ve been on the ground in Barcelona. During the expo, a bunch of brands take the stage to showcase their latest. The focus at this event is typically on smartphones, but in recent years, we’ve seen more announcements in different areas such as laptops and smart home.
We’ve now chosen the winners of our MWC 2024 awards – check out the best gear from the show!
MWC is always a bit of a weird hybrid of a show. Not only are there a bunch of product announcements, but it’s also where the mobile industry goes to do business. That means there are quite a lot of tedious announcements, too! That’s where we come in, to cut through the noise and bring you the really great launches, which is what we’ve done on this very page.
All the latest stories from MWC 2024
From AI-powered smartphone cameras to transparent laptops (and everything in between). Here are our MWC 2024 awards!
What to expect from Nothing’s next affordable smartphone with the design now revealed
I got a sneak peek of the device at an event during MWC 2024 in Barcelona – and it looks like it’ll be a great buy
Pre-orders are now live, and the Genshin Impact OnePlus 12R will be fully available from 31 March for $699/£699
Patent disputes meant Oppo halted smartphone sales in some European countries, but the brand’s next smartphone series will be available.
How Huawei’s ground-breaking XMAGE mobile imaging system was developed from the ground up
Android is rolling out a features update packing some extra functionality for the phone you’ve already got. Here’s what’s new.
Wallet-friendly model delivers on specs, but its styling divides opinion
The freshly unveiled Samsung Ring promises top health tracking features. But I don’t think it can do a better job than the Oura ring.
OnePlus has gone back to the drawing board, with the OnePlus Watch 2, enlisting Google’s WearOS 4
AR and VR headsets are about to get lighter thanks to this hub innovation
Tecno’s Pocket Go is one of the first handheld PC gaming experiences to go fully immersive with these AR glasses.
Take one and call me in the morning – you’ll have plenty of juice left
Qualcomm new modem will harness integrated AI to enable the next generation of 5G
Motorola’s last bendy concept phone is fun, but won’t hit the shelves. What’s really exciting is the display tech behind it
One ring to rule them all?
iPad Pro rival promises productivity like little else in the Android world
Classic looks and eye-catching colours
1in main sensor and creator-friendly camera kit set this flagship apart
The Barbie Flip Phone will arrive this summer 2024
With a special edition of the Magic V2 already available, Porsche and Honor will join forces to release another special edition phone.
The reveal came during an event at at MWC 2024 in Barcelona. As you might expect, it’s based around Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
This could be the smartwatch to beat in 2024 — if it lives up to the hype
The Pad 8 was an impressive tablet, with a huge display as a selling point. This time, the Pad 9 ups the specs for a more solid offering.
Lenovo’s concept transparent laptop has appeared in new leaked images ahead of MWC 2024, where it’s supposed to make its debut.
You’ll find improvements across the sensors themselves, and the computational thinking behind the scenes.
What can you expect from MWC 2024?
As in previous years, some companies prefer to launch things away from the show and Apple has always been a standout for not exhibiting at all. For example, Google attends but doesn’t generally announce anything consumer-related, instead leaving things for its Google I/O event which normally takes place in May (here’s what happened last year).
Last year we saw announcements such as OnePlus confirming it would release its first foldable phone, the OnePlus Open. There were also concepts, such as Motorola’s rollable phone. And we saw big reveals such as the debut of the Honor Magic 5 Pro.
It’s similar this time around – the Magic 6 Pro has been launched, for example. There was also the availability announcement of the Honor Magic V2 RSR Porsche Design edition. Honor also launched the Magic Book 16, too, (the Pad 9 appeared at the tail end of last week) while it also teased another Porsche Design phone in the form of the Porsche Design Honor Magic 6 RSR, set to debut in the coming months.
We’re certainly a long way from the times a decade or so ago when most new flagship phones would be launched at the show, particularly the year’s new Samsung Galaxy. Even Nothing’s 2a is set to launch the week after, on 5 March.
Samsung’s Galaxy S24 series has already been launched, as has the OnePlus 12. OnePlushas launched the OnePlus Watch 2 with a hugely long 100-hour battery life.
