The very name of Mobile rld Congress tips you off to its size importance. Every h, the biggest hardware makers in the world converge in Barcelona, Spain, dragging their latest greatest gadgets with them. The avalanche of new smartwatches, phones, tablets stretches far wide; just trying to see each device is difficult, much less touch them all.
But a small hful of gadgets inevitably st out from the crowd. This year was no different. These are the best smartphones, watches, gadgets we saw at Mobile rld Congress 2015.
th the Galaxy S6, it’s like Samsung is giving us almost everything we ever asked for—even if they’re taking away the removable battery SD card slot in the process. It’s got a gorgeous metal glass body, a touch fingerprint sensor you don’t have to swipe, an impressive new camera on the front back, a super high-res AMOD display, wireless charging that supports the two most popular stards, a new payment technology that works with any credit card reader that does magnetic stripe swiping.
The new One M9, on the other h, is all about subtle refinements.
HTC took its winning design from the One M8 made it better by tweaking button placement grip. Then they improved the already-stellar audio, moved the 4-megapixel Ultraxel camera to the front, put a high-res 20Mcamera on back. Themes dynamic app icons are highlights of the new Sense 7 interface.
Huawei’s Android ar watch does what other Android ar watches do. So what makes it so special? st look at it! This is the classiest watch in the Android ar family. The simple sleek body is dominated by a round, bright, sharp OD display. Available in stainless steel gold, with a few bs to choose from, we can’t wait for it to l this summer.
The camera is so important to novo’s new Vibe Shot that they made the back of the phone look like a camera. It’s an affordable phone with mid-tier specs, but sports a 16-megapixel camera with optical image stabilization, fast infrared autofocus, a tri-color flash. There’s a physical shutter button, a pro/smart switch that enables features like white balance ISO control for enthusiasts.
There are actually two Idol 3 phones—a 4.7-inch model a 5.5-inch version—but they share similar design. The nifty trick of these phones? They have a mic speaker on both ends of the phone, so you can use it flipped upside down or rightside up. Even to make phone calls! As a bonus, those two speakers enable stereo sound. These aren’t high-end phones: the smaller one should cost about $200, while the larger one will go for $250 when they go on sale in ne.
The specs aren’t super high-end, but it’s a lot of phone for that price, the stereo speakers hold-it-whatever-way design might help it gain notice.
really love Samsung’s mid-range devices. They’re stylish, cute, compact, they come with most of the same features as their flagship counterparts. It also just goes to show you that you don’t need to spend a whopping $600 to get a solid smartphone. The Galaxy E5 E version offers a bevy of selfie features, for instance, it runs on a quad-core 1.2GHz processor.
’s Firefox OS phone is seriously cool looking. First off, it’s see-through, like one of those first-generation Gameboy Color hhelds. It also has a very bright 4.7-inch I display a 2,370 mAh battery pack, the Home button is actually a gold-etched Firefox logo. You’ll likely never see this one in the , though: it’s currently only available in pan.
The Hero 2+ is catel’s first Cyanogen-powered phone, we got a peak at the hardware. It’s a 6-inch phablet with a 1080p display, 2GHz tek processor, 2GB of RAM, a 13-megapixel camera, as well as E support for AT&T T-Mobile when it arrives in the . It’ll also come equipped with a detachable stylus, which Cyanogen’s Steve Kondik says you’ll be able to use a la the Galaxy Note family. The phone we played with is still just a work in progress, however, the finished product won’t be revealed until later this spring.
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The surprise of the show, HTC’s SteamVR-powered virtual reality headset made this virtual reality noob into a virtual reality believer. Unlike sedentary alternatives like Samsung’s GearVR or the Oculus Rift, the HTC Vive was designed to let you wer around spaces up to 15 foot by 15 foot, with the help of a pair of base stations w-like controllers for each h.
For a more thorough list of all the gear gadgets at Mobile rld Congress, check out ‘s comprehensive guide to the major announcements. From HTC’s first wearable to ndows 10 phones smartphone chips with cognitive silicon brains, there was a slew of cool stuff on h.
