Chinese phone maker Nubia takes the gaming smartphone concept a step further with the Red Magic 3-- a device featuring a built-in cooling fan, a first according to the company.

The fan spins up to 14000 rpm, and works in conjunction with a "liquid cooling" copper heat pipe system to ensure the handset stays frosty even while playing the most demanding games. An isolated chamber houses the fan, and Nubia says it is rated for up to 30000 hours of continuous use (although it fails to specify the speeds the fan is running at during tests).

The next flagship device from Chinese smartphone maker Oppo is the Reno, launched in a choice of 3 versions-- Standard, 10x Zoom and, teased for an upcoming launch event in Zurich, a 5G version.

The Reno is perhaps most notable for the pop-up selfie camera, housed together with a soft light flash in a wedge-shaped panel. The design allows for a notch-free display, even if the camera lacks a 3D Face ID-style mechanism. Instead, an in-display fingerprint scanner handles security duties. As for selfie camera specs, it carries a 16MP sensor and an f/2.0 lens, and Oppo claims the motorised mechanism lasts up to 5 years even if one flips it up and down 100 times a day.

An event in Paris brings all the details on the P30, a series of flagship smartphones Huawei claims will do nothing less than "rewrite the rules of photography" through the addition of a four-camera setup.

The P30 comes in 2 variants, regular and Pro. The Pro is the model with the most photography chops, since it features a 40MP Super Spectrum sensor, an ultra-wide 20MP sensor, a "Periscope zoom" allowing for 5x optical zoom and a flight depth-sensing camera. The 40MP sensor swaps the regular RGB colour filter for RYYB (red, blue, yellow), an arrangement the company says absorbs 40% more light to allow for cleaner photos. In addition, the company says a combination of the 5x periscope zoom with data from the other sensors produces a 10x lossless zoom.

It takes a lot to impress at the crowded halls of MWC 2019, but HMD Global might have managed to do exactly that with the Nokia 9 PureView-- a smartphone with 5 cameras in the back, arguably the most put in a phone yet.

The 5 cameras share the same specifications, since each features a 12MP sensor and an f/1.8 lens. Two of the cameras shoot in colour, while the other three are in monochrome. To snap a photo, the cameras shoot at different exposures at the same time, before the phone merges all the image data into a single, ultra-detailed shot. Nokia even claims the individual cameras can shoot multiple exposures on their own, adding even more data to the final image.

Sony hopes the flagship Xperia 1 stands out at MWC 2019 with a striking 6.5-inch display-- one featuring not only an unusual 21:9 aspect ratio, but also what the company claims is the first 4K OLED HDR panel.

As a result the Xperia 1 features a display taller (or longer, depending how you look at it) than all the other 6.5-inch handsets available. The display is not bezel free, but it does offer 3840 x 1644 resolution and a Gorilla Glass 6 coating. In addition, Sony says it will optimise some movies and games for the handset for a full ultrawide experience, as well as allow users to take advantage of the tall screen for easier and more efficient multitasking.

Following months of teasing and speculation Samsung takes to the Unpacked stage to officially present its foldable phone-- the simply named Galaxy Fold, a smartphone customers can open into a 7.3-inch tablet-style display.

The Fold consists of two displays, a main "Infinity Flex" 1536 x 2152 resolution and a smaller 4.6-inch 1600 x 900 display on the back. When closed, the Fold acts like any other smartphone, but once opened content from the small display seamlessly appears on the larger screen. Samsung claims the backbone holding the device together can withstand thousands of folds, thanks to a hinge system consisting of multiple interlocking gears hidden at the rear of the device.

Qualcomm is set for the eventual rollout of commercial 5G networks with the Snapdragon X55-- a 2nd generation 5G New Radio (NR) modem integrated within a single-chip 7-nanometer design.

The X55 features a 5G to 2G multimode modem with support for 5G NR mmWave and sub-6GHz spectrum bands. It supports download speeds of up to 7Gbps and upload speeds reaching 3Gbps over 5G, as well as Category 22 LTE with up to 2.5Gbps LTE download speeds. Designed for global 5G global rollouts with support for all major frequency bands, the X55 is capable of both standalone (SA) and non-standalone (NSA) network deployments.

Motorola announces the next iteration of the popular mid-range G series smartphones-- the G7, with 4 models in the shape of the regular G7, higher-end G7 Plus, lower-cost G7 Play and long-lasting G7 Power.

All the four smartphones share the same design, with an notch housing the front-facing camera and a bottom bezel featuring a Motorola logo. The back features the camera array and fingerprint scanner, while the right side carries a pair of buttons, namely the power/lock button and volume rocker. Construction is in glass in the G7 and G7 Plus, while the G7 Play and G7 Power are in plastic, and all models are covered in a water-repelling nano coating.