Mobile rld Congress is the world’s biggest mobile-centric trade show. Major manufacturers from around the globe come together to announce all their new stuff at the Fira Gran Via in Barcelona, Spain. Typically, we expect to see new devices from Samsung, , Sony, the like, but sometimes a dark horse company has a trick or two up its sleeve.
So, to get you revved ready for what’s to come, here’s a look back at some of the most memorable moments from M 2015.
Samsung Galaxy S6
Samsung’s Galaxy S6 stole the show in Barcelona.
After lackluster Galaxy reveals in 2013 2014, last year’s Galaxy S6 helped bring some pep back into Samsung’s step. The phone was not only a bold departure from the polymer-body hsets the company had previously produced, but it also felt like Samsung had finally listened to what its users wanted. The S6 introduced a fantastic camera, a Quad HD display, a metal–glass body, fingerprint sensing, mobile payment technology that’s even more widely accepted than Android y.
The Galaxy S6 ge, which featured most of the same specs, was also announced alongside the S6, that helped remind us of Samsung’s design ingenuity. st look at those curves!
HTC One M9
The HTC One M9 turned out to be a huge disappointment.
HTC’s M 2015 was actually a bust, as the HTC One M9 turned out to be quite a disappointment. Not every phone has to be a total reinvention of its predecessor, but we expected that HTC would have at least attempted to push the envelope. Instead, it showed the world a reprise of its last major hit.
The One M9 looked almost exactly like the One M8, its Snapdragon 810 processor was plagued by overheating issues. Its battery life paled in comparison to its competitors, its 20-megapixel camera was grossly mediocre. expected a ramp-up of some of the genius HTC put into the One M8, but all we got was a rushed-out device. It’s possible that after that shameful phone launch, HTC might steer clear of M for a while do their own thing at a later time.
HTC Vive
The Vive overshadowed HTC’s flagship phone announcement at last year’s M.
So, this probably explains why the One M9 was such a disappointment: HTC may have spent all its time prepping its big virtual reality announcement for M. Honestly, the company should have just led with the Vive to begin with, announced the M9 at a later time.
en I tried out the HTC Vive at M, I was completely sold. It was so incredibly immersive. I didn’t actually get to play any games when I tried it on, but I did get to experience a demo where I swam around in the ocean with a whale painted with all the colors of the rainbow in the sky—it was amazing.
Huawei tch
The Huawei tch proved that Android ar watches can be both stylish high end.
At last year’s M, Huawei announced that it was branching out into wearables introduced a collection of stylish Android ar watches. The specs were similar to most other smartwatches, but Huawei still offered a bit of style flair that no other manufacturer was showing off at the time. It took a while for the Huawei tch to eventually make it to market, but the Android ar world is better for it.
’re expecting a few other surprises to delight us this year in Barcelona, so be sure to follow all of our Mobile rld Congress coverage on starting February 21.
