Nokia 3, 5, 6

Once the king of cellphones, the Nokia empire was wiped out during the smartphone era, and has struggled to gain a foothold in the market. Nokia is officially making a comeback in 2017, announcing the Nokia 6 at CES and three more phones at MWC, including a throwback to a classic phone. These phones are manufactured by HMD Global, which is a Finnish company that has secured to rights to release phones and tablets under the Nokia brand.

Huawei P10 and P10 Plus

Huawei is currently the third largest smartphone maker in the world behind Apple and Samsung. To compete with these companies, Huawei has been releasing phones with premium build and specs. Ever since the success of the Nexus 6P, Huawei has taken great strides in an effort to conquer the global smartphone market. The P9 from last year was a very well-rounded phone from the design to the user experience, and they have just announced a followup, the Huawei P10 and P10 Plus.

LG G6

One of the most-anticipated phones at MWC is the LG G6, and it was officially announced this past weekend. Truth be told, LG G5 sales were disappointing due to cheap build quality, average overall performance, and a terrible approach to modular smartphones. A new design is now in place in hopes of regaining confidence in the LG G line of flagship smartphones. This time around, LG isn’t slapping on too many gimmicky features and is saying that they have listened to what users want in a smartphone.

Blackberry KeyOne

On Saturday, Blackberry kicked off a series of pre-MWC press conference events and announced the Blackberry KeyOne. Once again, Blackberry has partnered with TCL on this phone (just like with the DTEK 50 and DTEK 60), but the design was mainly done in-house by Blackberry. The phone was previously known by its code name, “Mercury”, and was speculated to be called the DTEK 70, but the official naming has surely caught many people off guard. The KeyOne isn’t a complete stranger us, because it was already shown off a month ago at CES, however, specs were only released at this weekend’s event. Let’s dive into a deeper look at Blackberry’s newest offering.

MWC 2017 Press Events Roundup

Mobile World Congress 2017 is dawning upon us, and by tradition, companies are expected to announce their flagship phones for this year, as well as phones in other price ranges. This year, we are expecting phones housing near bezel-less displays with big scree-to-body ratios, dual camera setups, and phones that are expected to make a comeback. Starting form today and all the way leading up to the start of the event, there are a couple press events we are looking forward to, so let’s dive in to each one and see what we are expecting.

Asus Zenfone AR

Aside from the Zenfone 3 Zoom, Asus released another interesting phone at CES 2017, the Zenfone AR. As its name suggests, this device has a focus on Augmented Reality, and is only the second phone (other than the Lenovo Phab 2 Pro) to run Google’s augmented reality platform, Tango. Aside from being able to run Google Tango, it can also run Daydream, Google’s Virtual reality platform.

Asus Zenfone 3 Zoom

Last year, Asus released the Zenfone 3 along with many variations of the flagship. At CES 2017, another variant to the Zenfone 3 family was announced, the Zenfone 3 Zoom. As the name suggests, the phone’s main feature is on the camera, but do be reminded that there is also the Zenfone 3 Laser. The Laser was released as being a budget phone with an emphasis on the camera, while the Zoom comes with better processing power, and an even better camera to go against flagship cameras from other companies.

Samsung Galaxy A-Series (2017)

The new year has just started, and Samsung has already kicked it off with an update to their Galaxy A-series lineup: A3, A5, and A7. These are positioned to be mid-range offerings, but will have a premium feel to them. Upgrades like improved cameras, faster processor, bigger battery, and IP68 water and dust resistance are the more noticeable additions to this year’s lineup.

Samsung Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge

Hot on LG’s heels, Samsung announced the Galaxy S7 on the same day LG announced the G5. Although Samsung didn’t really bring any game-changing feature to the table like LG’s modular-like design, the S7 does include many much needed upgrades from the S6 that fans will welcome and like. This time around, Samsung has decided to launch two phones at once, Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 Edge. Do note that this these phones do have almost identical specs and unless otherwise stated, I will be referring to the Galaxy S7. Let’s take a look at look at Samsung’s 2016 flagship.

LG G5

Mobile World Congress is upon us, and many phone have been released and announced already at the event, but on February 21, just one day before the official start of MWC, LG announced the highly anticipated LG G5. Seeing how LG has announced previous flagships around summer time, an MWC launch does seem to be a bit early, as the G4 was only launched eight months ago. Many are quick to point out that LG wants to be in direct competition with Samsung, and does not want their Korean rival to take the spotlight and sales away. Let’s take a look at LG’s newest flagship and how it attempts to compete with the other players.