#MWC18 Round-up: Samsung Galaxy S9, Nokia 8 Sirocco, Asus Zenfone 5, Huawei MateBook X Proand more

The Mobile World Congress 2018 recently concluded in Barcelona, Spain and there were many new announcements from several manufacturers across the globe. Samsung announced the much-awaited Galaxy S9 and S9+ with dual aperture camera, Nokia announced a new Nokia 8 with Snapdragon 835 SoC and 2 new Android One devices and Android Oreo(Go Edition), Nokia 1 and Nokia 8110 4G. LG announced the LG V30S ThinQ, which is an upgraded version of the V30. Also, there were many more launches happened at the event and we are listing out all of them in this post.

Asus Zenfone Max(M1) and Zenfone 5 Lite

Apart from announcing the Zenfone 5 and Zenfone 5Z at the MWC 2018, Asus also introduced the lite variant of the 5, Zenfone 5 Lite and the Max variant, which is centered on the battery. Both the smartphones come with Full HD+ 18:9 2.5D curved glass display, they are powered by Snapdragon processors. They run on Android 8.0 Nougat with ZenUI 5.0 on top. Also, both of them have a dual camera setup at the rear and comes with a fingerprint scanner. The pricing of these smartphones is yet to be announced.   

Asus Zenfone Max (M1)

• 5.7-inch (1440 ×720 pixels) HD+ 18:9 2.5D curved glass display
• 1.5GHz Octa-Core Snapdragon 430 SoC, Adreno 505 GPU / 1.4GHz Quad-Core Snapdragon 425 SoC, Adreno 308 GPU
• 2GB/3GB RAM
• 16GB/32GB storage, with microSD support up to 256GB
• Android 8.0 Nougat with ZenUI 5.0
• 13MP+8MP rear camera with LED Flash, PDAF, f/2.0 aperture, a secondary camera with 120-degree wide-angle lens
• 8MP front-facing camera with, f/2.0 aperture
• 4000mAh battery
• Rear fingerprint sensor
• Thickness: 8.7mm and Weight: 150g
• Dual SIM, 4G VoLTE, WiFi 802.11 a/b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.0, GPS

ASUS Zenfone 5 Lite 

• 6-inch(2160 × 1080 pixels) Full HD+ 19:9 2.5D curved glass IPS display, Corning Gorilla Glass protection
• 2.2GHz Octa-Core Snapdragon 630, Adreno 630 GPU
• 3GB/4GB RAM
• 32GB/64GB internal storage with microSD support up to 2TB
• 16MP rear camera with LED flash, PDAF, f/2.2 aperture, secondary 120-degree wide-angle camera, 4K Video recording
• 20MP front-facing camera with SOFT LED flash, f/2.0 aperture, Sony IMX376 sensor
• 3300mAh battery with ASUS BoostMaster fast charging and AI charging
• Android 8.0 Oreo
• Rear fingerprint sensor
• Dual speakers, Hi-Res Audi, dual microphones
• Thickness: 7.8mm and Weight: 168g
• 4G VoLTE, Wi-Fi 802.11 ac (2.4GHz + 5GHz), Bluetooth 5, USB Type-C

Sony Xperia XZ2 and Sony Xperia XZ2 Compact

Sony Xperia XZ2 specifications

• 5.7-inch (2160 x 1080 pixels) 18:9 Triluminos HDR Display, Corning Gorilla Glass 5 protection
• Octa-Core Snapdragon 845 Mobile Platform, Adreno 630 GPU
• 4GB RAM
• 64GB internal memory storage with microSD support up to 2TB
• 19MP rear camera with Exmos RS sensor, 1/2.3″ sensor, f/2.0 lens, Predictive capture, 5-axis stabilization, 4K video recording, 960fps slow-motion video
• 5MP front-facing camera with f/2.2 aperture
• USB Type-C audio, Stereo speaker
• Android 8.0 Oreo
• 3180mAh Battery with Qnovo Adaptive Charging technology, Qualcomm Quick Charge 3.0, Qi Wireless charging
• Rear fingerprint sensor
• Thickness: 11.1 mm and Weight: 198g
• IP68 Water Resistant
• Dual SIM, 4G VoLTE, Dual-band WiFi 802.11 ac, Bluetooth 5.0, GPS/ GLONASS, NFC, USB 3.1 Type-C

Sony Xperia XZ2 Compact specifications

• 5-inch (2160 x 1080 pixels) 18:9 Triluminos HDR Display, Corning Gorilla Glass 5 protection
• Octa-Core Snapdragon 845 Mobile Platform, Adreno 630 GPU
• 4GB RAM
• 64GB internal memory storage with microSD support up to 2TB
• 19MP rear camera with Exmos RS sensor, 1/2.3″ sensor, f/2.0 lens, Predictive capture, 5-axis stabilization, 4K video recording, 960fps slow-motion video
• 5MP front-facing camera with f/2.2 aperture
• USB Type-C audio, Stereo speaker
• Android 8.0 Oreo
• 2870mAh Battery with Qnovo Adaptive Charging technology, Qualcomm Quick Charge 3.0, Qi Wireless charging
• Rear fingerprint sensor
• Thickness: 11.1 mm and Weight: 198g
• IP68 Water Resistant
• Dual SIM, 4G VoLTE, Dual-band WiFi 802.11 ac, Bluetooth 5.0, GPS/ GLONASS, NFC, USB 3.1 Type-C

These smartphones will be available starting from March 2018, no word on the pricing yet.

Huawei MediaPad M5

Huawei announced the Huawei MateBook X Pro with 13.9-inch FullView display, 8th gen Intel core processor and also released the first 5G customer-premises equipment at the MWC. Also, they announced the Huawei MediaPad M5 with a 10.8-inch/8.4-inch 2K curved displays, Android 8.0 Oreo, and 4G LTE support. Here are the specification and features of the tablets. The Huawei MediaPad M5 (10) also has pogo pins on the back for keyboard support.

Huawei MediaPad M5 (10) 

• 10.8-inch (2560 x 1600) 2.5D curved display
• 2.4 GHz Octa-Core Huawei Kirin 960 processor + i6 co-processor, Mali G71 GPU
• 4GB  RAM
• 32GB / 64GB /128GB storage, with microSD support up to 128GB
• Android 8.0 Oreo, EMUI 8.0
• 13MP auto focus rear camera with PDAF
• 8MP front-facing Camera
• Fingerprint sensor
• 7500 mAh battery with fast charging
• Thickness: 7.3 mm and Weight: 498g
• Harman Kardon speakers, Hi-Res Audio
• 4G LTE, Wi-Fi 802.11 ac (2.4/5GHz), Bluetooth 4.2 LE, GPS, USB Type-C

Huawei MediaPad M5 (8) 

• 8.4-inch (2560 x 1600) 2.5D curved display
• 2.4 GHz Octa-Core Huawei Kirin 960 processor + i6 co-processor, Mali G71 GPU
• 4GB  RAM
• 32GB / 64GB /128GB storage, with microSD support up to 128GB
• Android 8.0 Oreo, EMUI 8.0
• 13MP auto focus rear camera with PDAF
• 8MP front-facing Camera
• Fingerprint sensor
• 5100 mAh battery with fast charging
• Thickness: 7.3 mm and Weight: 316g
• Harman Kardon speakers, Hi-Res Audio
• 4G LTE, Wi-Fi 802.11 ac (2.4/5GHz), Bluetooth 4.2 LE, GPS, USB Type-C

The MediaPad M5(10) starts at US$ 429, the MediaPad M5(10) starts at US$ 490 and will be available from March in European countries, and the US.

Lenovo Yoga 720 and Yoga 530

Lenovo introduced 2 new Yoga models at the event, the Yoga 720 and the Yoga 530. These models come with Alexa voice support and are powered by the 8th-generation Intel Core i7 processors, optional Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 discrete graphics.  The Yoga 720 comes in 2 variants: a 13-inch and 15-inch UHD (3840×2160) IPS touchscreen display and the Yoga 530 2-in-1 come with a 14-inch FHD IPS touchscreen display. Both laptops will come with an optional Lenovo Active Pen 2 with 4,096 levels of sensitivity to write, draw, or annotate with Windows Ink. They also come with fingerprint scanner with Windows Hello. Further, they also come with JBL speakers and Dolby Atmos immersive audio. The Lenovo 15-inch Yoga 730 weighs 1.89 kg and 1.12 kg for the 13-inch model. The 14-inch Yoga 530 weighs 1.6 kg. In the battery department, Lenovo claims up to 11.5 hours on the 13-inch model and up to 11 hours on the 15-inch variant of Yoga 730. It also supports Rapid Charge which can deliver 2 hours of battery life in just 15 minutes of charge on both the Yoga 530 and 13-inch Yoga 730.

The Lenovo Yoga 730 13-inch model with Lenovo Active Pen 2 start at EUR 999 (INR 80,000 approx) and will be available from April. The Yoga 730 15-inch model with Lenovo Active Pen 2 starts at EUR 1,099 (INR 87,920 approx) and also will be available in April. The 14-inch Yoga 530 will start at EUR 549 (INR 43,900 approx.) and will be available in June.

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