Mobile World Congress has drawn to a close and the CNET team has seen everything from backflipping robots to furry AI companions. It's been a packed few days, with pretty much every major tech company doing something at the show. But covering all those announcements is no easy task. CNET's team on the ground had to really pull out all the stops to bring you the sort of quality journalism you've come to expect from us.
Instead of telling you about awesome camera phones or incredible hypercar concepts, I wanted to show you a rare glimpse behind the curtain at what goes on during trade shows such as CES. Scroll through to see the CNET team in action, doing what they do best.
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First up, Andrew Lanxon (that's me, hi!) captures a shot of video producer Celso Bulgatti creeping on Abrar Al-Heeti's Galaxy S26 Ultra. He's not normally this invasive -- it's just a way of demonstrating the phone's new Privacy Screen.
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Allyza Umali does a great impression of a statue.
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Tara Brown and Katie Collins had their press passes ready to enter Honor's conference, where they saw Honor's backflipping robot.
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Tara had a packed conference schedule. Here we're waiting for Xiaomi's keynote to begin. I look thrilled, don't I?
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