Here’s a brief look at the major announcements made at this year’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona: Smartphone developments: As expected, Samsung launched its flagship Android devices the Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge at the MWC. Similarly, Sony launched Xperia X, its latest smartphone as LG launched G5, a moddable smartphone. The G5 is the most interesting of the three as it offers various modules for audio, cameras etc., to modify the features of the phone, while Samsung went back a generation to reintroduce waterproofing on its flagship. Ubuntu launched a high end phone as well, however, the reviews haven’t been too good. Speaking of high end, Xiaomi launched Mi 5, the next iteration of its flagship device, and for the first time, with a non-iPhone look. Another interesting smartphone launched is Cat's S60, which features a thermal imaging camera. The phone, which will be available at $599, has otherwise ordinary specifications like a 720p screen. On the lower end of the scale ex-Apple CEO’s John Sculley company Obi Worldphone launched the low cost WV1 smartphone priced at $149. Lenovo launched a $99 Android tablet as well as a $229 Windows tablet. Other than the tablet, Microsoft also launched a Lumia phone, but since the Nokia write off, these have been slowly phasing out to obscurity. Interestingly, Nokia mentioned at the event that it would like to start making its own phones again, although there is no timeline on this one. Mobile software/infrastructure: OS maker Cyanogen launched a platform called…
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