Mobile World Congress 2015 Preview: Key Products to Watch For

by Todd R. Weiss

Behind these doors visitors see it all unfold, as I did in this image taken at MWC 2014. Inside this huge and amazing event are flurries of activity everywhere, acres of the latest technology on display, and large crowds of journalists, analysts, vendor experts and other attendees.

For weeks, Samsung has been teasing the world about its upcoming new flagship smartphone, which will reportedly be called the Galaxy S6, succeeding the existing Galaxy S5. It will finally appear at a special March 1 Samsung Galaxy Unpacked 2015 event from Barcelona.

Even before MWC has begun, LG has unveiled its new luxury LG Watch Urbane and Watch Urbane LTE smartwatches, featuring all-metal bodies, leather wristbands and classic round watch faces. The Urbane LTE model can be used without an accompanying smartphone.

The HTC One M9, the replacement for the previous HTC One M8 phone, is rumored to include a 5-inch display, a 2GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 processor, a 20MP rear-facing camera, 3GM of memory, 32GB of on-board storage, Android 5.0 Lollipop and a price of around $850.

Lenovo has a slate of six new smartphones on tap at MWC, according to reports, including its new Lenovo Vibe Max phablet. The Vibe Max is reported to include a 6-inch QHD display and the first accompanying stylus to be incorporated into an Android phone.

LG will debut its four latest midrange smartphones, with displays ranging from 4 inches to 5 inches and with versions offering 3G or LTE connectivity. Announced on Feb. 23, the four phones—the Magna, Spirit, Leon and Joy—will be affordably priced in the midrange market.

The Huawei 4.5G Smartband, which incorporates next-generation 4.5 LTE-M connectivity, will be on display at MWC. Few details have been unveiled, but the devices reportedly include 1.4-inch OLED screens and fitness tracking.

This will likely be the scene at this year’s Mobile World Congress event as tens of thousands of attendees peruse the products on display in multiple conference halls. This image of one of the crowded show floors was taken at MWC 2014.