February 13th was this years best day for mobile phone enthusiasts. At the Eve of MWC in Barcelona, many manufacturers present their latest models. This year, most of the new came from Samsung and Sony Ericsson.
Sony Ericsson launched three new handsets, all with Android 2.3 Gingerbread. Two of them already leaked: The Xperia Play and Xperia neo. The Japanese-Swedish brand succeeded to keep a secret: the Xperia pro, a phone with a full QWERTY keyboard. The phone has a Gigahertz processor, just like the Xperia Play, a phone that is also known as the 'PlayStation Phone'.
Samsung
Samsung presented two new devices: the Samsung i9100 Galaxy S II is the successor to the successful Samsung i9000 Galaxy S, while the Galaxy Tab 10.1 is a brand new tablet, the larger brother of the current Galaxy Tab. The screen size grew from 4.0 inch to 4.3 inch for the smartphone, and from 7 to 10.1 inch for the tablet. The smartphone runs Android 2.3 Gingerbread, the tablet Android 3.0. Both the phone and the tablet have a dualcore processor.
LG and Nokia
More news came from LG, presenting the Optimus 3D, a dualcore phone with a 3D screen, which will have its actual presentation on Valentine's day. Nokia also gave a press conference, in which Stephen Elop affirmed that he was not a Trojan from Microsoft, and stated that the decision to switch to Windows Phone 7 was taken by the entire board.