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Mobile World Congress kicks off February 22 in Barcelona Spain Jessica doll caught from CNET is gonna be on the ground now Jessica Bobo what Congress sets the tone for 2016 in terms of smartphones are we're expecting the galaxy s7 and s7 edge for Samsung and there's another rumor that the s7 edge plus will launch as well so Samsung is having an event on February 21st before the show officially kicks off that's when we think we're gonna see that and then LG did something really bizarre it outed its own phone so it created a case for the LG g5 a phone that has not yet been announced so it's pretty safe to say we're gonna see that phone there let's dive into some of the room it features around the galaxy s7 what do we know okay well we think that the phone could be slightly bigger it could get the micro SD card back for external storage it could also launch on March 11th and one rumor is that it will cost less than the s6 but we are still expecting it to have the same metal and glass construction as last year's s6 and what about anything from say the iPhone 6s launch we're going to expect Samsung to play the catch-up will do anything extra to our spy Caesar's yes some of the other rumors include the fact that the phone could have a pressure-sensitive display and then it could also have a version of Apple's live photos where the picture sort of move and 2015 was a big year for smartwatches are we gonna see the same trends continue through mobile or Congress all the phone makers and gadget makers are still making watches this is a growing category and there's a lot of interest obviously Virtual Reality was another hot topic from last year and it's only gonna get bigger this year what are we expecting in terms of any VR developments from the show right now I think we're probably it would be surprising to see the launch of a brand new headset player but we are expecting to see continuing development and a lot of really fun demos to bring everyone Jessica thank you and if you want to keep up to date we all of the Mobile World Congress developments check out cnet.com plus our live show before the Samsung unpacked event on February 21