Mobile World Congress 2014

[El Presidente]

So far we've seen:

• 3 New Nokias. Hands on here
• Sony announcing a new tablet, a new flagship and a dual SIM offering.
• Hands on with the Z2
• New Samsung smartwatches
• The next gen Yotaphone with an e-ink, touch enabled, rear display.
• The Qualcomm Snapdragon 801
• 2 New 64 Bit ARM SoC's by Qualcomm
• A 128GB SD Card!
• NAND Extreme
• Hands on with the LG Pro 2

And there's obviously a big announcement by Samsung later.

What are you all looking out for? Seen anything that has taken your interest so far?

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[breadnatty08]

2pm Eastern, Samsung event.
Doubtful I'd buy anything they announce, just really interested in seeing what they do. New new Xperias look pretty good, but doubtful we'll see them this side of the pond. Don't think LG is announcing much, they already outed the mediocre G2 Mini.

 

[davoid]

• A 128GB SD Card!

http://phandroid.com/2014/02/24/live-at-mwc2014/

Nice! I wish HTC would start using external SDcards again. A reason for getting the dual SIM HTC One?

 

[mikedt]

Here we go, if it's on BBC it's probably important..

Nokia launches first Android phones http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-26320552

 

[El Presidente]

Nice! I wish HTC would start using external SDcards again. A reason for getting the dual SIM HTC One?

[MWC 2014] HTC Unveils Desire 816 And 610 Midrange Handsets, Power To Give Initiative

They've just announced 2 mid range handsets with Micro SD Slots, so here's hoping they follow suit with their flagships!

 

[breadnatty08]

If anyone wants to catch the Samsung event live, starts at 2PM eastern here:
Samsung Mobile - YouTube

 

[funkylogik]

I want the Z2!

 

[funkylogik]

My head hurts trying to figure this out lol, the planet spins east so 8pm in central europe is 7pm in UK? Or 9?

 

[El Presidente]

I want the Z2!

Not a big enough leap over the Z1 for me, but it does look really, really nice.

My head hurts trying to figure this out lol, the planet spins east so 8pm in central europe is 7pm in UK? Or 9?

7PM, Barcelona is an hour in front.

Spoiler

The World Clock

 

[breadnatty08]

Of course my internet goes down an hour before the event. Ugh.
Having to tether to my phone until I can get this sorted out. Comcast.

 

[funkylogik]

Cheers Prez :beer:

*shock* it looks like a..... samsung

 

[breadnatty08]

Live blog from the Verge in case folks can't watch the YT video.
http://live.theverge.com/live-samsung-unpacked-5-mwc-2014/
They generally do a very good job there keeping pace.

 

[dibblebill]

And so it starts with a soft symphony. I don't care, I just want the HTC M8. Samsung can... Well, I can't say it here due to rules and politeness, ya know?

 

[El Presidente]

Cheers Prez :beer:

*shock* it looks like a..... samsung

I know....

One of the comments in the AP article asked if Samsung even had a design department any more.

Mind you, the last 3 Sony flagships have been virtually identical.

 

[funkylogik]

Yeah but theyre beautiful
Anyone getting the live stream on yt yet?

 

[dibblebill]

Me, and its largely meaningless, even for Samsung

 

[funkylogik]

Yeah i expect it to be crap but ill give it a chance. I cant find it though

 

[funkylogik]

Got it

 

[funkylogik]

"Modern glam look" glam lol

 

[breadnatty08]

Internet back up.
So far, meh. Am a bit jealous about a phone being waterproof. Hoping that becomes the standard going forward.

 

[funkylogik]

Ugh that settings menu! So much for them not skinning so much

 

[funkylogik]

So... anyone know the s5's internal specs yet?
That launch wasnt too bad for samsung. Anything is better than the s4

 

[Roadracer247]

S5 was a letdown for me. Who asked for a heart rate monitor? Seriously....

And why didn't we see any of the "innovation" in the fit, in the actual phone!

 

[Hadron]

So... anyone know the s5's internal specs yet?

Arstechnica and Phandroid give basic specs in their reports, Ars being a bit more detailed.

So, it's a spec-bump from the S4 with some notes from the S4 Active and styling following the Note 3. And as usual, a long list of rumours that turned out to be wrong.

 

[funkylogik]

I expected 3gb memory tbh. The wifi and 4g at same time thing is cool