MWC Barcelona 2025: What to Expect From Samsung, Xiaomi and More

The annual phone fiesta known as Mobile World Congress is almost upon us once again, and it's set to be one of the most exciting tech events of 2025. The mobile show runs March 3-6, and I'll be on the ground in Barcelona with my colleagues Andrew Lanxon and Abrar Al-Heeti, checking out all the new product launches and zooming in on the breakthroughs that will define mobile tech through the next year and beyond. I've been attending and covering the show for 11 years, writing about everything from the very first demo of the HTC Vive headset to rescuing an old Nokia 3310 from a backstreet market on the same day HMD launched a 2017 update to the iconic phone. This year, we'll be watching for Chinese phone makers such as Xiaomi and Oppo to dominate MWC. "This will be an extremely strong show for them, and we expect a very strong presence on the show floor," says Ben Wood, chief analyst at CCS Insight. Smaller players such as HMD and Nothing are also set to unveil new phones that we can't ... Read full article.