Mobile World Congress has kicked off in Barcelona with press conferences announcing a variety of both budget and flagship smartphones.

One phone conspicuous in its absence was Samsung Electronics Co.’s Galaxy S8, the much-anticipated followup to the disastrous, recalled Note 7. But the company did announce that it will unveil the S8 in New York on March 29.

Here’s what was introduced on the weekend, with all the features:

LG G6

LG Electronics Inc. has unveiled its 2017 flagship smartphone — the LG G6 (pictured left) — at MWC this weekend. The 5.7-inch LG G6 has a resolution of 2,880 x 1,440 with an aspect ratio of 18:9, instead of the standard 16:9. 

The device comes with dual 13MP rear cameras and a 5MP front-facing camera. Camera features allow users to take square photos in a 1:1 ratio for social media platforms like Instagram, with other ratio options including 4:3, 16:9 and 18:9. The LG G6 also allows users to combine between two and 100 photos from their gallery into a GIF.

LG’s latest smartphone is dust and water-resistant with an IP68 rating. It has 4GB of RAM and up to 64GB of internal storage and a microSD card up to 2TB. It comes with an embedded 3,300-mAh battery and the company has added Dolby Vision and HDR 10 to its video playback.

Note: The voice-activated Google Assistant, which was launched last year with the Pixel and Pixel XL smartphones, will also be available on the LG G6. In addition, Google Inc. announced that the digital assistant will be rolled out to nearly all Android 6.0 and later phones (in certain regions) starting next week.

One drawback of the LG G6 is the inclusion of a 2016 Qualcomm Snapdragon 821 processor and therefore a lack of gigabit LTE speeds.

Lenovo

Lenovo Group Ltd. also unveiled the Moto G5, G5 Plus and new Moto Mods for the Moto Z.

Lenovo’s two new Android 7.0 Nougat smartphones, will start shipping in March. Both the 5-inch Moto G5 and 5.2-inch G5 Plus have full HD, LCD 1,080p displays.

The G5’s rear camera is a 13MP f/2.0 system with phase detect autofocus and can record Full HD. The G5 Plus has 12MP f/1.7 camera with dual-focus pixels and records 4K video.

Under the hood, the G5 has a Snapdragon 430 processor, 16GB or 32GB of storage (depending on region), expandable up to 128GB. The G5 Plus gets the Snapdragon 625 processor, 32GB or 64GB of storage, which is also expandable.

Both devices have between 2GB and 4GB of RAM, support for dual-SIMs and Android 7.0 Nougat. The G5 has a 2,800mAh removable battery while the G5 Plus has a sealed 3,000mAh battery. Other features include a fingerprint reader and Google Assistant.

Only the G5 Plus will be sold in the U.S. but will lack NFC support. It does support NFC internationally. The G5 Plus will start at $229.      

Amazon.com Inc. announced that it is working on a Moto Mod that will bring Alexa support, with an interactive display on the back, to the Moto Z series. Other Moto Mods announced by Lenovo include a snap-on portable gaming console, VR headset concept, turbo charger and more.

Huawei P10

Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. unveiled its flagship device the P10 and P10 Plus at MWC this weekend.

The 5.1-inch P10 and 5.5-inch P10 Plus has a 20MP rear Leica Dual-Camera 2.0, f/2.2 for the P10 and f/1.8 for the P10 Plus. The camera’s image processor provides 3D face detection with up to 190 points of recognition.

Both devices come with Kirin 960 octacore processors, up to 128GB of storage, 4GB of RAM on the P10 and up to 6GB on the P10 Plus. The battery in the P10 is 3,200mAh while the P10 Plus has a 3,750mAh battery.

The devices come in a range of eight pantone colours.

Nokia and HMD Global

HMD Global OY, the company behind the new Nokia smartphones, announced three budget Android smartphones at MEC, the Nokia 3, 5 and 6. Its biggest news, though, was the reintroduction of the iconic Nokia 3310.

The refreshed Nokia 3310 now includes a full-color screen and slimmer build, but with only a 2.5G network it will only be good for calls, texts, basic internet access and an upgraded version of Snake. It does have an impressive one-month battery life when on standby and will cost just $51.

“The launch of the new re-imagined Nokia 3310 feature phone threatens to overshadow HMD’s modern smartphones,” Ian Fogg, head of mobile analysis at IHS Markit Ltd., said in an email. “HMD must avoid the Nokia brand being seen as purely a nostalgia brand.”  

BlackBerry and TCL

In addition to showing off the BlackBerry Mercury, which was initially showcased at the Consumer Electronics Show, TCL Corp., which owns the BlackBerry handset manufacturing license, unveiled the KEYone.

The 4.5-inch BlackBerry KEYone has a 1,620 x 1,080 resolution display that combines a touch display with a physical keyboard. The device runs Android 7.1 and comes loaded with BlackBerry Hub, which consolidates emails, texts and social media messages into a single place.

Images: LG; Lenovo