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every year dozens of phone companies show off their latest designs at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona and this year was no exception these were some of our favorites from the show first up Samsung's Galaxy s 9 and s 9 plus the 5.8 inch s 9 and 6 point 2 inch s 9 plus may look a lot like their predecessors but they have some important upgrades for starters they fix the position of the fingerprint scanner they now have a faster processor and software upgrades and a new way to unlock but the biggest improvement is in the camera which now has a variable aperture that adapts to different lighting conditions the plus also got a second lens for better portraits and zoom Nokia also delivered a premium flagship phone with a Nokia 8 Scirocco a phone that may share the same name as last year's model but raises the bar everywhere else the curved edges and barely-there bezels make the look a lot like the s9 but the screen is slightly smaller and it has a dual and setup like the s 9 plus but the showstopper for Nokia may have been the 8110 or G Nokia brought back its popular slider phone from the 90s and gave it a refresh it got a banana makeover a color screen and a battery petal goal for 20 days straight and yes it does have snake it's the second revival of a classic Nokia phone next up Sony with the xperia x z2 and XE to compact both phones have been given a much needed design upgrade with slimmer bezels and a sleeker form factor both share the same specs but the X z2 has a 5.7 inch screen while the compact has a 5-inch display that's easier to maneuver with one hand the rear camera on both phones can shoot HDR video in 4k a first for a phone and super slow-mo in full HD oh yeah and if selfies are your thing you create one in 3d worried about security the android-powered seeker phone could protect your Bitcoin fortune there's a built-in cryptocurrency wallet inside the encrypted phone that the company says is hack proof and if you love the iPhone 10 but don't love the price the Asus zenfone 5 is pretty close it's the spitting image of Apple's 10th anniversary phone notch and all it's running Android and doesn't have wireless charging but you'll pay about half of what you would for an iPhone and finally there's the vivo apex it has an edge to edge display a dual fingerprint scanner that's embedded inside the screen for added security and a selfie camera that pops up like a piece of toast and while this one is still a concept it gives us a glimpse into what's coming to the next generation of phones and for more details on these newcomers and all the latest news for Mobile World Congress make sure to check out CNET com