Foldable phones are not a niche anymore, and everything else we saw at MWC 2023

Europe's most relevant event for connected devices is back to (almost) pre-Covid levels, with lots of new announcements, including foldable phones of all forms and shapes and a Nokia smartphone that's super-easy to disassemble and repair.

Mobile World Congress, the world's largest telecommunications tradeshow, is back this year in full swing. Attendance (80000 people expected) and the number of exhibitors are not yet those of 2019, the show's peak year, but they're getting there. The aisles are packed, while dark, unattended hall corners with no stands or exhibitors are a memory of a pandemic past.

The biggest difference we've noticed compared with previous editions of the show is a strong shift towards B2B applications and infrastructure, with fewer and fewer consumer-focused announcements by a limited group of (mostly Chinese) brands.

Nevertheless, it was still possible to find some interesting news here and there beyond the talk about 5G adoption acceleration, industrial IoT, and network infrastructures. Here's Domus' selection of six “Best in Show” news from Barcelona, joining the recent launch of the new Oppo Find N2 Flip to confirm that 'foldable' smartphones are less and less of a niche.

The biggest difference we've noticed compared with previous editions of the show is a strong shift towards B2B applications and infrastructure, with fewer and fewer consumer-focused announcements by a limited group of (mostly Chinese) brands. Nevertheless, it was still possible to find some interesting news here and there beyond the talk about 5G adoption acceleration, industrial IoT, and network infrastructures. Here's Domus' selection of six "Best in Show" news from Barcelona.

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