At the end of February, MWC (Mobile World Congress) can be said to have attracted the attention of many people, as one of the most famous exhibitions in the global technology industry, this year's MWC 2022 also has many manufacturers launched a series of new products, new content. In the case of the cancellation of the MWC conference in 2020 due to the new crown and the poor response in 2021, this time MWC 2022 has not been able to restore the previous specifications under the influence of the epidemic, so is there any interesting and interesting content in MWC 2022 this time worth paying attention to? This issue brings you a summary of some of the highlights from MWC 2022.
At the MWC 2022, Huawei, a manufacturer from China, held the Huawei Smart Office Spring Conference on MWC and launched a number of products for the office field, including laptops. All-in-one machines, printers, speakers, tablets and other products.
In terms of notebook products, Huawei released a new MateBook X Pro notebook for the world, equipped with an 11th-generation Core i7 + 16GB memory + 1TB SSD, priced at 1899 euros (about 13516 yuan). This notebook uses oled screen, with a resolution of 3120*2080 and 500nit brightness and 90Hz high refresh rate, support for P3 wide color gamut, Huawei advertised it as the best screen on Huawei notebook products so far. In addition to the MateBook X Pro, Huawei also launched the MateBook E notebook, which is a product that can be selected at least 11 generations of i3 processors, priced at 649 euros (about 4619 yuan), and the highest optional i7 processor + 16GB + 512GB version, priced at 1399 euros (about 9957 yuan). In addition to notebooks, printers and goose all-in-one equipment have been related to last year's domestic conference, this time only for the global market release.
In addition to the update of notebook products, Huawei has also launched the ink screen tablet MatePad Paper equipped with harmonyOS 2 system, this MatePad Paper is equipped with a 10.3-inch e-ink electronic ink screen, Kirin 710A processor, 4GB +64GB memory and capacity configuration, built-in 32-level brightness adjustment reading backlight, support Huawei's own second-generation M-Pencil, support 4096 levels of pressure sensitivity. In terms of price, Huawei's official pricing is 499 euros (about 3515 yuan).
In addition to the conference held by Huawei, Honor also held a chip conference at MWC 2022 and launched the flagship Magic4 series of mobile phones.
Honor's Honor Magic4 series launched on MWC 2022 has two models, Honor Magic4 and Honor Magic4 Pro, with porcelain blue, flow gold, bright black, glazed white, burning orange (plain leather) 5 color matching options, in terms of configuration are used Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 chip + LPDDR5 + USF 3.1 combination, of which honor Magic4 provides 8GB + 256GB storage capacity, Honor Magic4 Pro provides 8GB+ The 256GB capacity is priced at 899 euros and 1099 euros (6373 yuan and 7790 yuan) respectively.
In terms of specific configuration, Honor Magic4 uses a 6.81-inch 2664*1224 resolution centered single-hole curved screen, adopts a domestic 120Hz LTPO screen, 360Hz touch sampling rate, and supports 1920Hz high-frequency PWM dimming, the front camera is 12 million pixels ultra-wide angle, the rear camera is 50 million pixels wide-angle main camera IMX766+50 million pixel ultra-wide angle + 8 million pixel periscope telephoto (5x optical zoom). Built-in 4800mAh battery, support 66W wired charging, do not support wireless charging.
Honor Magic4 Pro uses a 6.81-inch 2848*1312 resolution quad-curved OLED screen, using a pill mining shape to accommodate ultra-wide-angle lens and 3D depth of field lens, supporting payment-level secure unlocking. The screen achieves an adaptive refresh rate of 1-120Hz, a 360Hz touch sample rate and a peak brightness of 1000 nits, supports Motion-Sync technology and MEMC functions (standalone MEMC chip), and also uses high-frequency PWM dimming at 1920Hz. In terms of rear camera, the Honor Magic4 Pro uses a 50MP main camera (7P lens) + 50MP ultra-wide angle (1/2.5", 122°) + 64MP periscope telephoto (1/2", 3.5x light change, OIS+EIS) and a combination of an 8x8 dToF laser focus sensor and Flicker sensor. Honor Magic4 Pro has a built-in 4600mAh battery, supports 100W wired fast charging, and can support 100W wireless charging as fast as possible.
It is understood that Honor will also hold a new product conference in China on March 17, which is expected to further introduce the Honor Magic4 series of products to functional users, and will launch the Honor Magic4 to the best version.
OPPO exhibited two charging technologies at MWC 2022, with speeds of 150W and 240W respectively. In these two charging technologies, OPPO's 150W charging technology uses OPPO's charge pump direct charging technology, which can charge the equivalent 4500mAh battery from 1% to 50% in 5 minutes, and the fastest 15 minutes to fully charge. OpPO's longevity version of the super flash charging technology is the use of OPPO's self-developed battery health engine for management, at a charging speed of 150W, after 1600 full discharges, OPPO officially measured that the battery can also have 80% of the capacity, which is twice the current industry standard.
OPPO/OnePlus/Zhenmei, a subsidiary of the Oujia Group, officially announced that it will adopt this new 150W charging technology, and it is expected that the actual application can be seen on the flagship model launched by OnePlus as soon as April. The 240W charging technology released by OPPO will support up to 24V / 10A charging, and the mobile phone equivalent to 4500mAh battery energy can be charged up to 100% in about 9 minutes, but the actual application time has not yet been announced.
The global mobile phone industry giant - Samsung, is in this MWC 2022 officially confirmed to the outside world that its Galaxy Note has been officially cancelled, Samsung smartphone director Roh Tae-moon to the outside world in response to the Note series of news announced that the Galaxy Note will appear in the name of Ultra. The Ultra referred to here is the recently launched Galaxy S22 Ultra. The cancellation of the Samsung Galaxy Note proves to the outside world that a combination series featuring a large screen and a stylus has officially not been suitable for the needs of the market, announcing a change of era.
In the upstream industry chain, Qualcomm has released a series of products, including a new generation of 5G modems and a new generation of Wi-Fi 7 solutions.
Qualcomm this time in MWC 2022 launched the Snapdragon X70 5G modem, according to Qualcomm official introduction, Snapdragon X70 5G modem is the world's first integrated 5G AI processor modem and RF system; support 10Gbps 5G transmission speed, that is, 10 Gigabit transmission speed, and the same amazing 3.5Gbps uplink rate. Snapdragon X70 5G modem For operators and mobile phone manufacturers around the world, it can support coverage of all 5G commercial frequency bands from 600MHz to 41GHz, and realize the aggregation of millimeter wave and Sub-6GHz. Qualcomm expects this one, Snapdragon X70 5G modem will begin to supply customers in the second half of 2022, and there will be many products using Snapdragon X70 5G modem on the market at the end of 2022.
In addition to releasing the new Snapdragon X70 5G modem, Qualcomm also brought a commercial Wi-Fi 7 solution, Qualcomm launched this solution - FastConnect 7800 mobile connection system, can provide Wi-Fi 7 and Bluetooth links, in terms of WiFi links, support 5GHz, 6GHz and 2.4GHz band access, and can use two Wi-Fi radios at the same time, in 5GHz and /or 6GHz The frequency band enables high-frequency connections of four data streams. According to Qualcomm's official introduction, the peak speed of the FastConnect 7800 can reach 5.8Gbps on the 320MHz channel or the paired 160MHz channel; for the 6GHz spectrum is not available, the peak speed can reach 4.3Gbps.
To summarize:
In the current situation of repeated epidemics, the holding of MWC 2022 and the series of content released are not as heavy as before the epidemic, but there are still some new technologies and new products that bring us a different feeling, and this part of the new content may further enter our actual use in the future period of time, bringing us an upgrade in the experience. Many of the technologies and products at this conference come from China, rather than the traditional European and American regions, which to a certain extent also shows that the technology and products of the mainland are steadily moving forward.