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Now playing: Watch this: Sony OLED TV promises supreme picture, hides speakers 1:27 Nobody said Sony’s OLED TV would be cheap. Well, somebody did, but they were wrong. The storied Japanese TV maker will start shipping its first large-screen, mass-market OLED-based TVs this April in the US, and they’re available for preorder now. The A1E …

Now playing: Watch this: LG G6 vs. LG G5: What’s new? 2:09 LG has given its latest flagship phone, the G6, a major makeover. But the sleek new look of the G6 comes at the expense of a few useful features we will miss from last year’s G5. How does the G6 stack up against the old G5? Let us …

Now playing: Watch this: The LG G6’s camera has a few new tricks 2:08 Hello, millennials? The phone world is calling with a bunch of Insta-worthy camera tech that it wants you to adopt right now. One of the quieter themes of this year’s Mobile World Congress, the biggest phone show on the planet, was the phone industry trying to …

Now playing: Watch this: The LG G6’s camera has a few new tricks 2:08 The LG G6 has the same dual-lens setup as its predecessor, but the camera app is packed with new features for video pros and Instagram lovers. Tweaks to the dual camera The G6’s predecessor, the G5, had two rear cameras: a 16-megapixel standard lens and an …

Mobile World Congress 2017 has been a whirlwind of new phones, old phone nostalgia and the Samsung Galaxy S8: the elephant in the room that wasn’t actually there. If you couldn’t be in Barcelona to take it all in, these videos will make you feel like you’re there — just without the siestas. For everything else MWC, see CNET’s complete …

Nostalgia ruled at last week’s Mobile World Congress trade show. While planet’s biggest phone show traditionally showcases the latest from the mobile industry, it was an update to a 17-year-old phone that got people excited. A reboot of the old candy-bar Nokia 3310 hogged most of the headlines, even overshadowing new Nokia smartphones. The lack of Samsung’s Galaxy S flagship …

Now playing: Watch this: Google Assistant rolling out to Android devices now 1:05 Check your phone: Today, Google Assistant is available to more devices running Android 7.0 Nougat and Android 6.0 Marshmallow. The rollout was announced last week, but Google just released a video ad (see it above), signaling that today’s the day more people can start using Google’s helper. …

Want a sip of water? With most VR headsets, you’ll need a straw. But LG’s new prototype has a clever solution: the entire visor flips right up. LG is perhaps the biggest, best-known company to totally screw up virtual reality on its first try — take it from us, the LG 360 VR was terrible. But it seems the company …

There’s a Samsung-shaped hole in the new crop of phones we saw this week at Mobile World Congress, the industry’s largest mobile show. And that’s because Samsung didn’t launch one. Instead, it introduced a tablet and a two-in-one, and tacked on a disappointing video teasing the Galaxy S8 event, taking place March 29 in New York. Samsung pushed the Galaxy …

Now playing: Watch this: Hottest phones unveiled at MWC 2017 2:50 That’s a wrap for another Mobile World Congress. With the exhibit halls in Barcelona cleared out and the press conferences long done, it’s time to look back on the week that was — and what it means for the future of the wireless industry in 2017 and beyond. 1. …