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if you want to be the first to hear about the next generation of smart phones coming down the pipe there's no better place than Mobile World Congress which kicks off at the end of februari in Barcelona but for an early peek at what's in store i quiz seen that senior editors Jessica dole court and Brian Bennett on the products and trends they expect to see so here you go cnet's top 5 predictions for the 2013 Mobile World Congress as predicted by the editors who will be there starting off at number 5 quad-core smartphones with 1080p screens nvidia Qualcomm and Samsung all involved on a full encore war right now so quad-core will be the norm at this show and of course the other battlefront to screen quality and nothing says that better than 1080p in your pocket both of these specs will be all the buzz in Barcelona at number four windows phone 8 now that the Windows 8 desktop OS is out the door it's time from Microsoft to show how the latest Windows Phone devices will seamlessly tie it all in we'll be looking for some new flagship Windows smart phones but there's also a chance we'll see a few tablets running Windows Phone 8 i'm not sure if the world needs another windows tablet OS but maybe the third time's a charm coming in at number three a new Nokia phone now Nokia took some hard knocks over the past few years but phones like the Lumia 920 have shown that they can still crank out an exciting phone or two and now that Microsoft has their back you've got to underdogs with a chip on their shoulder and something to prove hopefully that's a recipe for awesome at number two a new Samsung Galaxy Note now if you're looking for an Android smartphone or tablet with an integrated stylus samsung has you covered this year the rumors are pointing to an eight inch version of the note but maybe you also get a peek at something smaller or maybe a giant 20 inch version or a helicopter or sea cow as long as there isn't an apple patent on it I think Samsung will try anything but there is one thing that they won't try at Mobile World Congress a launch of the galaxy s4 now according to our editors Samsung's flagship smartphone is a big enough deal to warrant a special party all its own later this year the good news is your brand new galaxy s3 won't feel outdated for at least a few more months alright and now the number one thing our cnet editors predict for the 2013 Mobile World Congress a new flagship phone from HTC Samsung dominated Android phones last year and now it's time for HTC to come back swinging in fact they've already had some rumors here bubbling up let's say it's going to be a quad-core phone with a 1080p display who could have guessed whatever it is let's hope it puts HTC back in the game so those are the predictions for Mobile World Congress which kicks off in Barcelona on Monday februari 25th our editors will be covering that show from top to bottom so check back here for our full coverage for more top 5s like this top 5 cnet com vonabell thanks for watching you