On February 22, the second day of the MWC which is being held in Barcelona until next February 25. After the presentations of the Samsung Galaxy S7 / S7 Edge and the LG G5, among others that took place in the previous day, perhaps the rest have not aroused so many expectations, still quite interesting gadgets have arrived.
Android mobiles like those of General Mobile, ZTE and BQ, which has also presented a new tablet, have been some of the most representative novelties of a first day that has left many headlines. All this in the midst of a large number of stands of the different brands, in which the virtual reality has been the great protagonist, without subtracting for that reason expectation to the smartphones.
MWC 2016: Summary of the presentations of day 1
ZTE
Although the highlight of the brand was the portable projector presented on the previous day, on the first day we were able to see the Axon Mini, a mobile that we have known for a long time, but that had not been officially presented. Among others, the specifications are Android 5.1, MSM8939 Octa-Core processor at 1.5Ghz, Mali-T720 MP4 GPU graphics processor, 32GB storage and 3GB of RAM. The screen is 5.2 inches IPS, 2.5D JDI touch screen and 1920x 1080 pixels FHD resolution.
It is a smartphone with quite powerful features and a mid-range price, 296 euros.
General Mobile
The Turkish company has just presented the 5 Plus, a smartphone that stands out, in addition to its large screen, for being one of the few that includes a flash on its front camera to take the best selfies.
Technical characteristics of the General Mobile 5 plus:
- 5,5-inch fullHD resolution screen
- Gorilla Glass 4 curved 2,5D
- Snapdragon 617 microprocessor
- 32GB internal storage expandable with microSD card
- 3GB RAM memory
- 13MP main camera with dual LED flash
- 13MP camera for selfies
- LTE-A Cat 7 connectivity
- 3.100 mAh battery
- USB Type-C connector
- Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow
Its benefits are to be taken into account and its price is quite competitive.
W
The French company turns 5 years old and does so by launching new versions of all its smartphones, especially highlighting the Fever that glows in the dark.
BQ
The great novelty of the Spanish brand has been its new smartphone Aquaris X5, in which the camera is improved, increasing to 16MP and the fingerprint reader is added, so praised today in the high range.
In addition, it has also been presented Aquaris M10 Ubuntu Edition, which stands out for being the first tablet in the world that uses Ubuntu OS as an operating system.
Of course, this is just a small summary of what was seen on the first day of MWC 2016, which is making a lot of headlines in tech news. If you want to discuss these releases with our community, leave us a comment at the bottom of the page.