What to expect at Mobile World Congress 2025: Nothing, Samsung, Xiaomi and more

On March 3, Mobile World Congress will kick off in Barcelona, Spain. While it’s not the premier show it once was, many of the smartphone industry’s leading players still attend the conference and frequently launch new devices there. Typically, we hear from companies like Lenovo, Arm, Xiaomi, Dell and more at the conference, as well as standards organizations like the GSMA on developments in areas like 5G or SIM technology. And judging by the event agenda on the MWC website, we will be seeing at least some kind of presence from Meta about Whatsapp, though it's unlikely anything major gets announced at that event. Below, you’ll find a list of the more notable devices we expect to be launched at MWC 2025. Nothing Phone 3a series At MWC 2022, Nothing’s Carl Pei showed off a prototype of what would become the company’s first handset, the Nothing Phone 1, behind closed doors, and at last year’s event, Nothing announced the Phone 2(a). This year, we’re definitely getting at least one new de ... Read full article.