Sony Xperia 2 will still launch, despite the company's withdrawal from MWC 2020

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We had expected the Sony Xperia 2 to be one of the biggest phones to launch at the annual MWC 2020 tech event, but with news of Sony pulling out of the event in due to coronavirus fears, some feared the phone might not see the launch either. day light. However, Sony has confirmed that the rollout is going ahead, more or less. Sony confirmed in a statement that it will not host a physical event at MWC 2020, but added that it will host an online launch at the same time, so people around the world can tune in live to the Sony Xperia YouTube channel. to see their new phones unveiled for the first time. It should be noted that Sony has announced that it will "be withdrawing from exposure and participation" at MWC, so there will apparently be no phone on the site 39 display outside of the press conference - our hands-on review of the Sony Xperia 2 may have to wait then

Final toilet?

A few different companies have given up on MWC 2020, including LG, NVIDIA, Amazon and Ericsson, but Sony is the biggest name for phones that have given up (at the time of writing). These companies pulled out due to coronavirus concerns: Many phone companies are based in China, where the disease originated, so there will likely be a large delegation from the country. As such, many companies have reduced or canceled their exposures to reduce the risk to many people in the same area. As of this writing, there are still two weeks to go before the event, and it remains to be seen if more companies will give up. If many more companies leave, MWC 2020 might not be the big event that it normally is.