Prior to the cancelation of MWC 2020 yesterday, Xiaomi had issued a press statement on Tuesday, February 11, reaffirming it will be in Barcelona for the event though it will take extra precautions to protect its staff, guests and media partners. Unfortunately, since the GSMA has canceled this year’s edition of the event, Xiaomi has been left with no choice other than to announce the cancelation of the global launch event of its Mi 10 and Mi 10 Pro phones scheduled for February 23.
The official statement put up on Twitter says a separate launch event in Europe will be arranged for a later date. This launch event will be for the Mi 10 series and “more amazing products”.
To all our Mi Fans, users, partners and friends from the media, following GSMA's decision to cancel #MWC2020, #Xiaomi will also delay our global product launch of the latest flagship #Mi10 series.
Thank you all for your understanding. #NoMiWithoutYou pic.twitter.com/hOFgk9gE3G
— Xiaomi #First108MPPentaCam (@Xiaomi) February 13, 2020
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This is the first time the event has been canceled since it was renamed to Mobile World Congress in 2008. Prior to 2008, the event has been called multiple names including GSM World Congress and 3GSM World Congress.
It was also first held in Brussels and then moved to different cities including Nice, Berlin, Lisbon, Athens, and Madrid. In 1996, the event was held in Cannes and it remained that way for 10 years before finally settling in Barcelona.
Earlier today, Realme announced that its product launch scheduled for February 24 at MWC will now be an online event. This year should have been the manufacturer’s first time of attending MWC but it has now been forced to cancel the offline event.
OPPO has also rescheduled its Find X2 launch event that was originally set for February 22 at a pre-MWC event. The much-awaited flagship will now be unveiled in March. However, the exact date remains unknown.
HMD Global also announced yesterday, prior to the cancellation, that it will not be attending MWC 2020 and will announce a new date for the launch of its products.
Surprisingly, Huawei announced yesterday it has a pre-MWC event set for February 23. The event will most likely get canceled now that MWC will no longer hold this year.
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