MWC 2022: Samsung Galaxy Book2 Business launched for enterprise users. MWC, the world’s biggest mobile-focused tech show, is back as an in-person event and while Samsung has already showcased its Galaxy Book2, more announcements are expected from other brands. Realme has introduced its most premium GT 2 Pro and GT smartphones and announced that the 150W fast charging will come to its GT Neo 3 smartphone.
OnePlus, Realme, Oppo, Qualcomm and others will showcase some upcoming products soon. Every February, the mobile technology industry gathers in Barcelona, Spain for the Mobile World Congress (MWC), a trade show that focuses on the latest smartphones and what’s new in networking and infrastructure. This year’s MWC will end on March 3. We will focus on the key announcements from MWC in this live blog.
Live Blog
Realme has introduced its GT 2 Pro and GT smartphones, the company's most premium phones till date. The GT 2 Pro is taking a stab at the $800 price segment, though it starts at around Eur 649, which puts it at $730 price mark. It comes with dual 50MP cameras at the back, the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 processor, a 150-degree wide angle camera, as well. The vanilla GT 2 runs the Snapdragon 888 processor. Read more details here.
Lenovo has announced a series of laptops as part of this year’s MWC presentation, in the ThinkPad and IdeaPad range. The new ThinkPad X13 is powered by the premium Snapdragon 8cx Gen 3 processor, and comes in an ultra-slim, fan-less design that delivers next-level silence. Weighing at just 1.06kgs, the company boasts of multi-day battery life of up to 28 hours, an enhanced 5G connection, and a 5MP webcam with auto-framing and intelligent noise suppression for conference calls. The display measures 13.6-inches and comes with touch control and Eyesafe low blue light options.
Lenovo has also launched the ThinkPad Extreme X1 Gen 5, which is a powerhouse gaming laptop, packed with the latest Core i9 processor and 64GBs of RAM. The ThinkVision M14d is a 14-inch USB-C monitor that connects to any system at less power, via an elegant one-cable solution. The new IdeaPad Flex 5 2-in-1 series is a convertible laptop that can be turned into a tent, a tablet, or a laptop. The Flex 5i comes installed with a 12th Gen Core i7 processor, while the Flex 5 is powered by an AMD Ryzen 7 processor.
TCL has been regular at MWC, and this year it is showing off some crazy concept devices. Its "roll and fold" concept is a folding phone which looks a lot like the Galaxy Z Fold 3, but when unfolded, it can stretch on further and have more screen real estate. Another concept has a 360-degree design, which unfolds completely flat. The Chinese company, best known for its TVs, has been experimenting with foldable phones but is yet to ship an actual device yet.
Samsung has introduced its Galaxy Book2 Business at the MWC 2022. This is a new PC built on the Intel vPro platform of processors designed for businesses. The laptops comes with tools to help keep them secure for enterprise users, especially in the hybrid environment when some employees might be doing work from home and working on non-enterprise networks. Samsung claims these come with the company’s own “defense-grade security technology,” Intel Hardware Shield Technology, and secure embedded processor to protect BIOS.
They are “equipped with a Tamper Alert function that detects and tracks malicious attempts to interfere with security-critical data and stop PC attacks before the operating system is infiltrated,” according to the company.
Further, if the laptop does come under attack, Samsung claims that the “valuable data is secured with BIOS auto-recovery, which can detect threats during the PC’s boot process and automatically restore the BIOS to a backup copy before corruption strikes.”
The laptops are built on Intel vPro processors an Intel Hardware Shield that protects against hardware and OS attacks and reduces the chances of malware exploiting the OS, states the company.
“By monitoring both BIOS and OS levels, Galaxy Book2 Business helps enterprises evade attacks and keep sensitive data safe. Plus, Microsoft Secured-Core PC (SCPC) protects each device from kernel and firmware attacks, so malicious codes can’t corrupt the system,” adds the release.
The laptop also come with an auto framing feature to keep the camera focused on the faces on-screen while Background Effects like blurred background and virtual office settings minimise distractions. Each laptop in the segment “automatically filters static and background sounds, so voices come through clearly and every word is heard and understood,” during video calls.
The laptop has a Business IR Camera, and only authorised users can log in with facial detection for easy access that saves time.
Specifications include 14-inch FHD display, Intel vPro with 12th Gen Intel Core i3, i5 or i7 processors. Non vPro versions will also come in markets such as India. Only Europe will get versions with 4G LTE connectivity. RAM offered is 8GB, though it can be increased to 64GB. Storage is 256GB which can be increased to 1TB.
Samsung will live stream the Galaxy MWC 2022 event through the company's YouTube and social media channels and we have embedded the link for your convenience. While no details are available as to what exactly Samsung will launch, it's likely thin-and-light Windows-based Galaxy Books running either Intel or Snapdragon chips.
Will OnePlus 10 Pro ever come to India? OnePlus has already unveiled the OnePlus 10 Pro, but the company hasn't confirmed the global launch yet. Although we are not expecting any new announcements, we would expect OnePlus to confirm the debut of the OnePlus 10 Pro outside of mainland China.
Realme has confirmed that it will launch its high-end Realme GT2 at this year's MWC, featuring a 150-degree ultra-wide camera and a bio-polymer based back cover, which serves as an eco-friendly alternative to plastic. The company was first to include 65W charging support on its X50 Pro, and this year will unveil a new charging technology.
With the Galaxy S22 lineup already announced and the next Galaxy Z Fold smartphone won't be coming before August, Samsung might use this year's MWC to announce new Galaxy laptops and updated Galaxy A-series. Not to forget, Samsung did launch Galaxy A-series devices at MWC in past, so there’s a chance we will see the next-generation mid-premium Android smartphones at the world's biggest mobile-focused tech show.