MWC 2014: The best phones, gadgets, booths, and babes in the mobile world

The GSMA's Mobile World Congress, held in Barcelona each year, is the largest mobile industry conference in the world. It used to be a rather small affair, but thanks to the truly insane growth of the mobile industry over the last 10 years, MWC is now one of the largest conferences in the world. (We don't have the exact attendance figures yet, but it's around 80,000). The Fira Gran Via conference center, where MWC takes place, has 45 restaurants, a couple of heliports, and 1,700 exhibitors spread out across eight exhibition halls totalling 240,000 square meters (2.6 million square feet) - and I'm proud to say that I traversed every last square foot of it, just so I could tell you all about it.

The photos on the next few pages chronicle my experience at Mobile World Congress 2014. Most of the photos are from the convention center itself, but there's also a few from various press events at swanky hotels around Barcelona. There are photos of the most exciting upcoming products, booth babes, silicon wafers - and probably a few too many of yours truly as well. I've thrown in a few fun videos for good measure, too. Let's go!

Setting the scene

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