Two of America’s renowned prepaid carriers, Boost Mobile and Virgin Mobile have now announced the availability of the Samsung Galaxy S5 smartphone. This is in addition to AT&T, Sprint and T-Mobile announcing the arrival of the smartphone shortly after the official announcement was made by Samsung this Monday.
Sony’s miserable run in the consumer electronics industry is not news to us. This has reached a whole new level now with the Japanese manufacturer deciding to close down 20 of its retail outlets in the U.S. which amounts to about two thirds of its business in the country. Unfortunately, this will also result in over a 1,000 job cuts.
Going into Mobile World Congress this year, the one device everyone was waiting to see was Samsung’s new Galaxy S5. We knew it was coming — the South Korean company made that pretty clear with all of its teasers beforehand — and we couldn’t wait to see what the 2014 flagship would bring.
The Galaxy S5 wasn’t the only smartphone on show that was worth getting excited about, either. Sony brought its new Xperia Z2, HTC unveiled the impressive midrange Desire 816, there were some nice new additions from LG and ZTE, and of course, we also saw the first Android-powered handsets from Nokia.
Smartphones certainly stole the show for another year, then, but there was another product category we couldn’t help but take note of. No, I’m not talking about tablets — which were just as disappointing this year as they were in 2013; I’m talking about wearables.
Samsung showed off the ‘Ultra Power Saving Mode’ feature from the Galaxy S5 during its announcement earlier this week. A new report now details how this feature works with three separate battery saving technologies reportedly being used.
We covered Mobile World Congress a little differently this year; rather than writing up single posts for every interesting thing we came across, we threw everything together in a live blog where it would be easier to find. This meant we could get the news out quicker from the show floor, and make things a little more casual and entertaining.
It certainly worked well for us, but we want to know what you thought about it. Was it good to see more frequent updates and get an insight into what it’s really like at MWC, or would you have preferred to see more traditional news posts? Take our poll below and let us know.
