This year’s edition of Mobile World Congress will be one of the most memorable ones for years to come, no thanks to the deadly coronavirus that has caused several manufacturers to pull out of the show or cancel their press events. In the past week, quite a number of manufacturers including Sony, Amazon, NVIDIA, have announced that they will no longer be in Barcelona for Mobile World Congress 2020. It has now been reported that TCL will be canceling its global launch event too.
XDA-Developers reports that the Chinese manufacturer has released a press statement to inform attendees that it will be canceling its global press event scheduled for February 22 due to the virus outbreak. The company had to make the decision as a cautionary move to protect its staff, customers, and guests.
However, TCL says it will still attend the show and will still announce its new devices, it just will not have a launch event. Attendees will be able to see its latest products at its booth in Hall 3 (Stand D311), probably from behind a glass. This is the same decision ZTE made last week.
The press event was to be for the launch of its TCL 10 series of 5G devices as well as Alcatel products. TCL has also said that it will continue to monitor the situation and share any new updates to its plans.
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