Mobile World Congress is currently happening in Barcelona, and everyone over there is very busy drinking sangria and talking about all the announced new phones. Like the LG G6 with its wacky aspect ratio and the Nokia 3310 with its nostalgic design. No one is talking about Samsung phones, because Samsung did not announce a single phone at the event. Instead, it hinted at the announcement for the eventual Galaxy S8.
Image: Samsung press release
Which is why everyone is confused over this press release Samsung dropped this morning.
Mobile World Congress 2017 in a nutshell. pic.twitter.com/87VyRubYwn
— Antonio Sabán (@Ansamor) February 27, 2017
Samsung’s big win comes courtesy of the Global Mobile Awards, which already gave the top honour to the Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge in 2016. Why? It could be a random Oscars joke — what with La La Land winning and the losing the Best Picture award yesterday to Moonlight. Or it could be a serendipitous accident and these two different award shows fail at awarding. Or the Global Mobile Awards could just be terrible.
We’ve reached out to Samsung and GSMA (who hosts the Global Mobile Awards) for comment.