News & Reviews:   mwc2017

Building on the success of last year’s Xperia XA and XA Ultra, Sony had just announced the Xperia XA1 and XA1 Ultra as successors to the popular mid-range smartphones. While the XA1 is a 5-inch device, the XA1 Ultra is a 6-inch selfie-centric device.

GSMA have announced that the Samsung Galaxy S7 edge has been awarded the Best Smartphone 2016 for this year's MWC 2017. Previously named the best smartphone for last year's MWC, this year the Galaxy S7 edge went up against the Huawei P9, Apple iPhone 7 Plus, Google Pixel XL and Moto Z.

As some of you already know, Motorola has announced their latest smartphone - Moto G5 and G5 Plus .The phones also appeared in MWC 2017 today, we managed to drop by their booth and even though the phones are no longer modular like their predecessors, we still did a hands-on on the devices so check out the video below!

It's a strange and great time seeing Nokia back from the dead, as they set up their own booth in MWC 2017 showcasing the Nokia 3,  Nokia 5, Nokia 6, and the legendary 3310. The Nokia 6 is already available in Malaysia just recently, so we decided to have a look at the rest of the smartphones and the revamped 3310!

While Samsung is keeping "quiet" about their next Galaxy S8 flagship, their new tablets - Galaxy Tab S3 and Galaxy Book certainly made an impression at MWC 2017. We took some time checking out their Galaxy Tab S3, so here's our hands-on video on the device!

Aside from the recently announced Huawei P10 and P10 Plus in Barcelona, the Huawei Watch 2 also proved to be quite popular among the crowd on the first day of MWC 2017, we managed to get some hands-on on the wearable so check out the video!

Apart from announcing the Moto G5 and Moto G5 Plus, Lenovo also announced a number of other devices including the Yoga 720 and Yoga 520 convertibles, the all-rounder detachable Miix 320 and 4 budget Tab 4 series tablets. The Yoga 720 and Yoga 520 laptops convert into flip form with 13, 14 and 15-inch displays that are powered by 7th Gen Intel core i7 processor, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 discrete graphics and super slim 14.3mm thin bodies. The Miix 320 on the other hand is designed to be the all-rounder of the bunch with a detachable 10.1-inch full HD display, Windows 10, optional 4G LTE and 10 hour battery life.

Today, OPPO has finally unveiled their mysterious "5x zoom in" technology here in Barcelona at MWC 2017. Initially, many thought (including us) the company will unveil a new device, but it turns out that it was just a new proposal on a new zoom in technology that OPPO aims to integrate in their future flagship.

We managed to get some alone time with the recently announced Huawei P10, in this case, the graphite black and did a brief first looks hands-on and unboxing as shown in the images. We even did a comparison with the previous Huawei P9 which you can see in the video below but you can also check our Huawei P9 vs P10 comparison tool as well.