From Samsung to LG, these are the most eagerly awaited of the Mobile World Congress – The Messenger

The battle to win a slice of the sales of mobile phones, which this year should touch the two billion units in the world, starts from Barcelona. The Mobile World Congress, the phone trade show, which will start the weekend, will see all the big names in the industry deployed to show the new smartphone. Everyone except Apple, as usual, will not take part in the event.

The novelty of 2016 is the participation of the “Apple China”: Xiaomi, which with its economic performance devices but has conquered Asia and now points to set foot in the West. The spotlights are turned on, however, Samsung, that Sunday night will unveil its Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge. The two top of the range smartphone you already know a lot: they will be more powerful, waterproof and fast battery charging.

But is LG who will move first: Sunday afternoon will present the high-end G5 with screen smartphone ‘always on’, always on to access some functions. Same characteristic also of one of the two mid-priced phones on display, the “Specialist”, who excel in a specific area. The other, designed for those who love the photos, will have two rear cameras. Between Saturday and Sunday, the trio “Chinese” Alcatel, Huawei and ZTE promises major announcements, and so is Lenovo, in an effort to be a part of the 1.96 billion mobile phones that will be sold according to Gartner in 2016. The wait, however, for the countrymen Xiaomi, the rising star. In the conquest of the West, the company, dubbed “Apple China” because of the similarity of the devices, will for the first time in Barcelona with the MI5 smartphone. Apple usual there will be.

According to rumors the Cupertino company will unveil on March 15 a small iPhone, 4-inch, with which drive sales of Melafonino that does not grow as before. So do not miss the news and interesting predict – there should also be the ProJect Ara smartphone Google, fitted like a Lego – but never like those that soon could upset the sector with the retirement of Sim cards with chips provided by telephone operators which fit into the cell. The GSMA, the association of mobile operators that organizes the event in Barcelona, ​​top of the industry, has released the specifications of ESIM, an integrated chip inside the device that allows you to change the company and calling plan with a touch on the screen. The standard is set for smartwatch, smartband and tablets, with the clock Gear S2 of Samsung will be the first in the world to adopt the technology. In June, arrive specifications for smartphones, and could actually give birth to a new revolution in the mobile space.