MWC 2023: all the phones, gadgets, and announcements coming out of Barcelona – The Verge

Google Keep’s new Android widget makes it easier to check off items on your to-do list

2023-03-02T16:20:17-05:00

Google’s Keep’s new single note widget on Android | Image: Google

Google is introducing a new widget for its notes and lists app Keep, which lets you put a single interactive note on your home screen. With it, you can check items off a list, which could be handy for a to-do or grocery list.

While you can force one of Keep's current widgets to show just a single note using the tags system, doing so isn't as simple as just selecting one to display on your home screen. Plus, Keep's existing widgets don't have the level of interactivity that Google's promising with its new widget; if you try to mark off checkboxes, it'll just open the app instead of actually checking it off like the single note widget does.

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MWC 2023 was a preview of what future phones could (and should) look like

2023-03-02T10:47:25-05:00

Trade shows like Mobile World Congress are filled with one of my favorite kinds of phones. They're the ones that have a single amazing, standout feature to offer to the world, even if their overall package might not represent something you'd want to buy and use as your everyday smartphone.

They're phones like the Vivo X20 Plus UD, which we tried out at CES 2018 and was the first phone to ship with an under-display fingerprint sensor. And although it wasn't announced at a trade show, I'd put the OnePlus 7 Pro in the same category for being one of the first mainstream smartphones with a 90Hz display. Sometimes, it feels like all it takes is f …

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Motorola’s new Razr foldable is arriving this year

2023-03-01T12:14:40-05:00

The 2020 Motorola Razr is the most recent one released in the US. | Photo: Dieter Bohn / The Verge

Motorola's launching yet another Razr this year, according to a report from CNBC. Yang Yuanqing, the CEO of Motorola's parent company Lenovo, told the outlet that the next-gen foldable would arrive "very soon" with some improvements to the device's hinge.

In an interview with CNBC, Yang didn't expand much on what's new with the upcoming Razr but said its inner display could have a less notable crease when unfolded - an issue that just about every foldable maker has to contend with. "I think it's much better," Yang told CNBC in reference to the new device.

"As YY [Yang Yuanqing] mentioned, we are committed to the foldable space and dedicat …

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Realme’s ridiculous 240W fast-charging phone is getting an international release

2023-02-28T10:50:23-05:00

The Realme GT3. | Image: Realme

The Realme GT3, the latest smartphone to make me ask myself whether phones can ever charge too quickly, is being officially announced today at MWC Barcelona. It supports 240W SuperVOOC charging, which Realme says is capable of completely filling its 4,600mAh battery in just nine and a half minutes.

The Realme GT3 will be available in select markets starting at $649 for a version with 8GB of RAM and 128GB of storage. It'll be available to buy internationally in May and June this year, Realme vice president of global marketing Chase Xu confirmed in a Q&A session after the event.

Well, I say "announced," but in truth, the phone has been avail …

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Redmi’s latest 300W charging feat powers your phone in under five minutes

2023-02-28T10:24:31-05:00

Redmi's fast-charging technology just got even more ridiculous. In this post on Weibo, the Xiaomi-owned phone maker shows off its new 300W fast-charging technology that can power up a phone in just five minutes flat, as spotted earlier by Android Authority.

If you don't believe it, you can see it here for yourself. Redmi hooks up a modified version of its Note 12 Discovery Edition, which comes equipped with a 4,100mAh battery instead of a 4,300mAh one, to its superfast charger.

The dual GaN device manages to charge half of the phone's battery in just a little over two minutes, and by the time the five minutes are up, it reaches 100 percent …

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OnePlus is launching a foldable later this year

2023-02-28T10:05:04-05:00

The Oppo Find N2 Flip pictured here might give us some clues as to what subbrand OnePlus’ foldable will look like. | Image: Jon Porter / The Verge

This year's Mobile World Congress is shaping up to be a real fiesta for unconventional form factors, and OnePlus is the latest company to join the celebration. At a panel discussion today, the company announced its intentions to launch a foldable phone in the second half of 2023. That's about the extent of the details we have for now, though it seems like a safe assumption that the device will look a lot like one of the existing foldables on the market from Oppo - OnePlus' parent company.

With companies like Apple and Google yet to enter the foldable market, Oppo is now on its second round of folding phones - though they've mostly been limi …

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The Xiaomi 13 Pro is going global

2023-02-27T13:59:50-05:00

The Xiaomi 13 Pro offers a big image sensor and very fast wired charging. | Photo by Jon Porter / The Verge

The Xiaomi 13 and 13 Pro are making their global debut today, starting with a launch event at Mobile World Congress. The 13 series phones were announced in China late last year, each with Leica co-branded cameras and top-shelf Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 chipsets. Based on previous releases, they won't be coming to the US, but will be available in the UK, Europe, and other parts of Asia.

Given that we've known the phones' specs since December, there's nothing surprising there, but here's the recap: they're both upper midrange phones, but the 13 Pro stands out with a 1-inch-type sensor borrowed from the Xiaomi 12S Ultra and 120W wired fast charging.

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Nokia reveals new logo to remind you it doesn’t make phones anymore

2023-02-27T09:12:09-05:00

The new Nokia logo. | Image: Nokia

Finnish telecoms firm Nokia has redesigned its logo to remind the world that it doesn't make mobile phones anymore.

"In most people's minds, we are still a successful mobile phone brand, but this is not what Nokia is about," Nokia CEO Pekka Lundmark told Bloomberg. "We want to launch a new brand that is focusing very much on the networks and industrial digitalization, which is a completely different thing from the legacy mobile phones."

Nokia revealed its new brand identity on Sunday at MWC - the first major redesign of the firm's logo in nearly 60 years. The company has come a long way since its founding as a single paper mill operation i …

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Honor’s Magic VS foldable will get a global release starting at €1,599

2023-02-27T08:40:58-05:00

Honor’s Magic VS, partially folded.

We finally have global pricing for the Honor Magic VS, which is the first foldable from the company that it'll sell outside of China. During its presentation at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, the company said it'll be available to buy in global markets starting at €1,599 (around $1,690) for a model with 12GB of RAM and 512GB of storage. It'll be available in the UK in June, but release dates in other global markets are yet to be announced. For reference, at €1,799 (£1,649 / $1,799), Samsung's competing Galaxy Z Fold 4 was priced a little higher at launch last year.

Alongside it, the company announced a more traditional flagship smartph …

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Google Chrome’s new zoom on mobile blows things up by up to 300 percent

2023-02-27T03:30:00-05:00

Google Chrome's giving its page zoom feature a boost, which should make it more helpful for people who have difficulty reading the smaller screen on Android devices. With the improved feature, you can increase the size of text, images, videos, and interactive controls on mobile web pages by up to 300 percent while preserving their original formatting.

While the feature hasn't yet become available for all Chrome users, you can access it now if you download the Chrome beta on your phone or tablet. To enable the feature, tap the three dots icon in the top right corner of the browser, hit Settings > Accessibility, and then adjust the zoom level …

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