Gadgetory

Mobile World Conference in Barcelona is going on right now and it looks like Huawei already managed to steal the limelight from Samsung’s Galaxy fold with their new Mate X Foldable phone. Huawei’s radically different approach to foldable phones does a much better job of dealing with that awkward U shape other foldable phones like the Galaxy Fold has to deal with when they’re actually folded. But at around a retail price of $2600 the Huawei Mate X carries a $600 premium over the Galaxy Fold. So I don’t know about you, but im going to be sticking to non foldable phones for a while. But if you don’t feel like shelling out $2600 on the Huawei Mate X, then Oppo might have you covered. They also showed off a foldable phone similar to Huawei’s, but unfortunately this one is still a prototype and Oppo will only actually sell the thing if they see theres enough demand for it. And LG is also sort of hopping on to the foldable phone hype train with their new LG V50 ThinQ. Under the hood the V50 is going to support 5G, its going to have a slightly larger 4,000 milliamp battery, and a snapdragon 855 processor. But LG is also going to be offering a new Dual Screen accessory for the V50. Its a 6.2 inch OLED display that attaches to your phone with a case but its also powered by the phones internal battery. So guess not having a separate battery means they can keep costs down but its also going to drain your phone’s battery faster. But sadly this accessory wont be going on sale in the states, but hey you can get almost anything on Ebay. But the LG V50 isn’t LG’s flagship phone… that honor belongs to the LG G8 which is making headlines cause of its new HandID technology that identifies its users by looking at the pattern of your veins in your palm. The LG G8 also has AirMotion gestures that allow you to open apps and adjust the volume sort of like Tom Cruise in Minority report. But early impressions is that the G8’s new features feel gimmicky and finicky. But Sony also had a pretty big showing at MWC with their new Xperia 10 and Xperia One phones. The Xperia 10 and Xperia 10 Plus are sony’s mid range phones that both feature a 21 by 9 aspect ratio and have pretty modest specs. But I feel that due to their forehead and thick bessels, these phones look pretty dated right out of the gate. But the Xperia One is where things start to get a little interesting. This phone is rocking a 6.5 inch 21 by 9 4K OLED HDR screen and a Snapdragon 855 processor paired with 6 gigs of ram. It also packs a triple-lens camera and is the first smartphone with eye autofocus tracking borrowed from Sony’s own A7 3 mirrorless camera. But unfortunately this phone only has a 3,300 milliamp hour battery which could struggle to keep up with its presumably power hungry 4K screen. And rounding out this video is Lenovo which is also in Barcelona showing off some of their new mid tier smart phones and laptops. But what did catch my eye were their new ANC headphones. Now these are on ear headphones with a retail price of $170 and there due out in the summer… but they are currently one of the few non premium ANC headphones with both bluetooth 5.0 and USB C Charging. So at least Lenovo is getting off on the right foot with their new headphones. Still no word if theres going to be an Over ear version, but personally I would like to see them cute the on ear version look pretty promising. Mobile World conference 2019 in Barcelona is just kicking off and these are some of the things I found interesting. As more information comes out and more products get released I’ll try to keep you guys posted.