News & Reviews:   MWC 2023

CelcomDigi today announced that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with South Korea’s SK Telecom to explore and develop Malaysia’s first operator-led mobile Metaverse platform. The MoU was signed at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2023 in Barcelona by Celcom Digi CEO Datuk Idham Nawawi and SK Telecom CEO Young-sang Ryu.

Previously, we reported that the Nothing Phone (2) will launch later this year and in the US first. Now, the company’s CEO Carl Pei has teased another information regarding the Phone (1)’s successor, confirming that it will be powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 series chipset.

Almost mirroring the colour changing BMW from CES2023, Tecno has come out with their Chameleon Coloring Technology which could allow a phone or device equipped with it to change between 1600 different colours. The tech itself is not a display but instead uses sub-micron prisms allowing it to change colours in just 0.03 seconds.

Qualcomm recently announced that they are working with Honor, OPPO, Motorola, Nothing, vivo and Xiaomi on a satellite based messaging/communication platform called Snapdragon Satellite at MWC 2023. No exact Malaysia release dates about when we’ll be able to send and receive messages via satellite but it could mean the ability to communicate in areas without any telco coverage.

realme recently announced that they have set up a new Research and Development (R&D) centre in Shenzen, China called the realme Global Institute of Leap-forward Technology. Another specialized branch will also be set up in India.

OPPO recently revealed that they will showcase their latest Core Technologies and Innovations at MWC 2023. This includes a new MariSilicon Y chip, OPPO Air Glass 2 Assisted Reality smart glasses, and OHealth H1 family health monitor. This year's theme will be "Inspire to Believe".

realme recently revealed a new teaser tweet confirming that their realme GT3 smartphone would indeed be coming to MWC 2023 on 28 February 2023 as part of its global launch. While they did not reveal anything specifically, all you have to do is take a closer look at the teaser image to confirm that it will come with 240W fast charging and a Qualcomm Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 chipset.

Honor recently confirmed on their site that they are bringing their Magic5 series and Magic Vs foldable phone to MWC 2023. Set for a reveal on 27 February 2023, not much is known about the Magic5 series, just that there may be 3 variations of the phone.