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it's Josh a fag are from Android authority what's going on everybody and here we're taking a look at our award that we gave out at MWC 2016 now it does feel pretty sharp in the hand and it's really hard to get a good grip around it so you're not really gonna be using one-handed just kidding guys let's take a look at what products we gave the award to this year we start off with the future of VR and 360 cameras starting off with the Samsung gear 360 now it came out alongside the galaxy s7 and the s7 edge and this is a camera that basically shoots 360 degree photos and videos now the wide-angle lens is on opposite sides of this little sphere allow it to stitch together a full 360-degree image in just a few moments there is a replaceable battery inside as well as a micro SD card slot and it is also splash and water resistant the camera is supposed to interact seamlessly with the s7 lineup and Nan Samsung smartphone users can use the device with eight PC application the pictures that are taken are 30 megapixel shots and the quality isn't that incredible but this is the beginning of an easily accessible ecosystem for 360-degree shots and for that so we give Samsung a Award for putting together a nice looking peripheral that might be able to show us what the future will be of digital imaging speaking of the future we bring our next award to remix OS buy guide technologies now we've been covering them a little bit since CES 2016 and at MWC 2016 the announcement was for a beta release that remix OS is able to get on two pcs and since we saw it at CES there have been a few big changes now you couldn't install remix OS on a computer's hard disk instead of having to use a USB Drive and the operating system has been given some extra optimizations now the main reason why remix OS makes our list is because it feels like a very original idea and it actually is pretty well done it brings Android multitasking to the next level not only allowing you to use a recent app screen but actually showing you all of the apps in real time running in conjunction with one another taking a look at this clip you can see a video running wild going on to social media networks and the fact that this just might be the way that Android tablet computing should be going in the future gives a good reason to give J technologies and remix OS a lot of recognition here at MWC 2016 xiaomi is a company that's already known for low cost high-end smartphones and they've taken the wraps off their latest device than me five combining a very low price and really great specifications the me5 was going to be a human for this particular list and we were lucky enough to get a look at hit and the me5 pro writing down the specs this phone actually has the Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 processor with 4 gigabytes of RAM and 128 gigabytes of on-board storage and even a fingerprint sensor on the front of device a 16 megapixel Sony IMX 298 sensor on the rear and a 4 megapixel sensor are up on the front the me 5 Pro which is the highest end of all these variants comes with a ceramic backplate rather than just a glass that's found on the other models now of course with the software we have the me UI and not everybody is always that down for the me UI way of looking at Android after all it doesn't have an app drawer but it is still one of the most updated and most regularly updated versions of Android that is available out there but really the me5 pro and its price are what make us very excited about it it costs just three hundred and sixty dollars without sales tax or 410 as a direct conversion now these prices might fluctuate a little bit but it is still much more affordable than plenty of other flagships that have been coming out recently in the last year or two speaking of affordable but still high-end we have Alcatel with the idol 4s last year's idol 3 was a great device and was very well received by pretty much everyone here at afterword Authority and two new smartphones were announced at MWC 2016 starting with the idol 4 but we're giving the award to the item 4 s it has impressive specifications and is rumored to have a sub 400 dollar price point overall however this 5.5 inch quad HD AMOLED display is a real bump up from the idol 3 and it comes with a snapdragon 6 5 - processor and 3 gigabytes of RAM 16 megapixels is in the rear camera with a 3000 milliamp hour battery and plenty of on-board storage with microSD expansion but they have added in what is called the boom key feature now the boom key is a physical button on the side of the device that allows users to perform different actions when the device is on various screens so for example pressing the boom key in standby mode can launch the camera or holding it down will immediately take a burst shot it can also shuffle through photos in your gallery or add special effects to videos and even allow you to do a cool parallax effect on the devices own home screen as a follow up to last year's wonderful offering by Alcatel the idol 4s looks like one of those phones you might be able to get for somebody in your life who doesn't necessarily need to have the best and the most expensive phones that are out there but speaking of those high-end and generally more expensive phones we can finally get into the heavy hitters of MWC and we start with the Samsung Galaxy s7 lineup in this particular case we have the s7 and the s7 edge the s7 edge is the larger of the two devices at 5.5 inches with its quad HD display we have the return of the two curves on the sides allowing the screen to pretty much be flush with the very sides of the device a Snapdragon 820 or annex II knows eight series processor and will be backed by four gigabytes of RAM and this time around we finally have microSD card expansion and an ip68 rating for water and dust resistance makes this a pretty resilient phone well we're really excited about however is the 3600 milliamp hour battery in the s7 edge and the 12 megapixel rear camera now 12 megapixels might sound like a bub down from the 16 that was in the s6 but it provides also larger by micron pixels that allow for even faster autofocus because phase detection autofocus is available in every pixel and even then having larger pixels allows for better low-light performance and better performance overall we also have to give recognition to the original s7 because at 5.1 inches we also have the curves that are all on the back of the devices which makes it sit so much easier in the hand and it definitely feels like what are the most pocketable high-end devices that are available out there we have extensive coverage on the galaxy s7 lineup including a look at the apps edge and the various edge features and even a color comparison available here at Android authority comm and the YouTube channel so make sure you check them out so you can see why it got one of our Ward's of MWC 2016 but if updates to the previous devices are not what you're looking for and you're looking for some real leaps forward you probably are going to be looking at the LG g5 it really surprised a lot of us not only because of its stark departure from the g4 design but also because of the features that not many other tech companies are doing overall for starters LG has managed to figure out how to make the removable battery may have even more capabilities as we have the modular design on the bottom of the LG g5 you are able to press a small area that slides out the entire bottom panel in there is the battery snap off the battery and you'll be able to put this battery into other modules that had even more capabilities to what is already a very powerful device the Snapdragon 820 is what you get in the LG g5 with a 5.3 inch quad HD LCD display with 4 gigabytes of RAM and expandable storage as well so LG is still keeping - the two main features that they had last year that plenty did not have dual cameras on the back provide a great imaging experience with sixteen and eight megapixel cameras for taking very regular or in the case of the 8 megapixel camera much wider 135° shots and it has a 2800 million of our removable battery which can be replaced quite easily and you're going to be snapping that thing off if you are going to work with the modules but then we have to give our last award to the LG friends these are the modules that are going to be used with the LG g5 and they are ultimately the trump card for what is considered in a way the underdog device of 2016 when compared to the Samsung Galaxy s7 the modular design of the LG g5 makes it incredibly expandable and one of the videos and features that we had at and rathore decom is a look at the camera module itself now the camera module has manual controls physical controls rather for the camera including a dial for zooming in and out of the viewfinder and it even adds 1200 milliamp hours more to the battery showing what kind of expansion you could have on the LG g5 now if this is going to be the new way that we look at smart phones moving forward we have to give a lot of credit to LG for making it come to the market before pretty much anybody else more modules are going to be created as we were able to look at even another one called the hi-fi Plus which allows for the LG g5 to have a high quality deck for those audio files out there who want even better audio from their device and finally the modular design is just simply one of the more innovative ideas we've seen in recent years and we're happy to see it in the smartphone world where LG at least believes that there is going to be some stagnation it means that we have a great year moving ahead from us and at MWC 2016 we just might have gotten our first look at what might be an incredible year for the future of tech so keep it tuned to Android authority for even more and don't forget to check out all of the content that we have at Android authorities YouTube channel and beyond in order to see for yourself all of the phones and devices that we gave the best of NWC 2016 award to this year keep it tuned here for even more because we are your source for all things MWC 2016 and of course we are your source for all things Android