Mobile World Congress 2023, the most interesting tech news in Barcelona. PHOTO

From 27 February to 2 March The Mobile World Congress 2023 was held in Barcelona. The world technology fair hosted almost 750 operators and producers and 2,000 exhibitors for 4 days. The inaugural event was attended by the King of Spain Felipe VI and the Iberian premier Pedro Sánchez. “The true value of technology lies in bringing people together, no one should be left behind in this great revolution,” said the latter

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Italy also participated in this year’s edition. 36 Italian start-ups and small and medium-sized enterprises were presented that have developed new technologies applied in various fields: healthcare, virtual and augmented reality, metaverse, business communication and advertising, sustainable energy, IT security, internet of things, connectivity , digital art, mobility and sharing economy, artificial intelligence, big data

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Samsung and Apple weren’t in Barcelona to launch their flagship phones, as they do so at dedicated events and at different times of the year. There were instead the Chinese brands Xiaomi, Oppo and Vivo, which occupy the other three places in the ranking of companies that sell the most smartphones in the world. And the charge of Chinese manufacturers doesn’t end there: they were there too Honor, Zte, Realme and OnePlus. Also present Huaweione of the main sponsors of the event

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As expected, at Mobile World Congress there were no disruptive news launches. But there have been smartphone “upgrades”, with an eye to foldable phones (a trend that is growing), ultra-fast top-ups, some innovations in the viewer sector, software solutions (such as the dynamic island already introduced by Apple) and much more. Here are some of the most interesting things seen in Barcelona

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Qualcomm has launched iSims (Integrated Sim): the new technology allows a smartphone processor to already integrate everything needed to activate a data and voice plan with supported operators. In fact, there will be no more mobile phones with a physical SIM card tray. Unlike eSims, the dedicated chip will not be needed because it is already present in the central hardware of the smartphone. The first platform capable of supporting iSim is the Qualcomm Snapdragon Gen 2 system, the result of collaboration with Thales and Vodafone

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Nokia presented 3 new smartphone models: Nokia G22 (photo), Nokia C22 and Nokia C32. The first is a user-repairable phone: thanks to the collaboration with iFixit, a community that promotes the cause of device repair, it has a repair kit and is equipped with a 100% recycled plastic shell. “It’s built to eventually be repaired from the comfort of your home.” Costs under 200 euros, mounting kits and spare parts will be available on the iFixit.com website in Europe, including display, battery and charging port

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The collaboration between Lenovo and Motorola continues. New models of the ThinkPhone and ThinkPad line were presented in Barcelona. But the prototypes of a notebook and a smartphone equipped with a rollable screen have attracted a lot of attention: just press a button and the screen extends, unrolling the part that was previously inside and increasing the diagonal by about 1.5 inches to the smartphone and about 3 for the notebook

Honor was also in Barcelona, independent rib of Huawei since 2020. The brand has brought both the new Magic5 Lite and Magic5 Pro and the Magic VS, its first foldable also destined for Europe: the latter, with a foldable display that becomes 7.9 inches, should arrive on the market in June and cost 1,599 euros. The Magic5 Pro, on the other hand, should arrive in May at a price of 1,199 euros

The group Tcl brought to Barcelona, ​​among other things, new versions of the NXT Paper tablet: Uses a technology that, with 10 layers of optical coatings, displays images with a paper-like effect, reducing glare and eye strain. The same technology has now been implemented in a smartphone, called NXT Paper Phone (in the photo, some visitors to the fair)

There are also many products presented by Oppo. Like the OHealth H1 medical meter, which looks like a wireless mouse and instead detects all kinds of biological parameters. Or the Xr Oppo Air Glass 2 augmented reality glasses, a more advanced version of the previous one. Then there is the foldable smartphone Oppo Find N2 Flip (in the picture)

Several smart glasses and visors were seen in Barcelona. As we said, Oppo has presented the new version of its augmented reality glasses. Tcl presented two models, for augmented and mixed reality. Then, for example, there were also the Xiaomi Wireless AR Glasses Discovery Edition: weigh 126 grams, connect to the smartphone with very low latency and have a “Retina Level” display

Then there is a very large stand from Huawei. Several products presented by the Chinese company, including smartwatches and smartphones. In particular, in the latter category, the Mate 50 Pro models and the foldable Mate Xs 2 (in the photo) were much photographed

Among the most interesting presentations of the fair is ZTE’s Nubia Pad 3D. It is a 12.4″ tablet with an Android operating system and a very particular display: using apps and viewing certain contents, the screen automatically activates the stereoscopic 3D mode and you can watch videos, photos and more in three dimensions without the need to wear glasses

Also present was the stand of the American-Chinese joint venture Segway-Ninebot. In addition to a renewed range of scooters (ranging from the most powerful model for commuters to the one with controlled speed for the little ones), there are also scooters. Like the self-balancing one which is difficult to “lay down” on the ground thanks to the gyroscopic system. There is also the E300SE electric scooter, which reaches a speed of 105 km/h and with its two batteries has up to 130 km of autonomy

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