Mobile World Congress 2017: 5 things not to miss
MWC 2017 is almost upon us! Here are 5 happenings you won’t want to miss, from conference talks to product launches
Mobile World Congress. Three little words that are enough to get any tech industry follower excited. The mammoth mobile conference, held annually in Barcelona, Spain, sees over 2000 exhibitors reveal everything from new smartphones to the latest VR innovations and weird wearables, to crowds topping 100,000. While you won’t find anything from Apple at MWC (they prefer their own event WWDC), everything else mobile that matters happens at the Mobile World Congress before it happens anywhere else.
While it’s impossible for one person to see everything at MWC17 (27 February to 2nd March), some things are absolutely essential viewing. Here are Justinmind‘s 5 Mobile World Congress must-sees for this year.
ZTE’s gigabit smartphone
We move a step closer to fully functional 5G devices with ZTE’s announcement that it will launch the world’s first LTE gigabit phone at this year’s MWC. ZTE are keeping the details under wraps until the big reveal, obviously, but the Chinese brand has released enough to get mobile-watchers excited:
The ZTE Gigabit phone will revolutionize connectivity with a new standard of download speeds, 1Gbps, bringing a qualitative leap to a new world of mobile experience by making 360-degree panoramic VR video, instant Cloud storage, entertainment upgrades and fast cache of ultra Hi-Fi music and movies possible.
ZTE’s device comes off the back of new tech such as the Snapdragon 835 processor, which has a modem allowing for gigabit-ready connectivity. And of course ZTE isn’t the only one looking to leverage this new tech — Qualcomm already announced their first LTE modem. ZTE’s MWC launch looks set to be the first in a new era of infinite cloud storage and entertainment.
Read the rest of the MWC recommendations on Justinmind’s blog
