[Golodryga:] Samsung has unveiled its new smartphones at the world's biggest phone show, the Mobile World Congress. The Galaxy S9 and S9 Plus are designed to rival Apple's new iPhone X. The new phones are sure to face increased scrutiny. After all, the trouble Samsung had with the Galaxy Note 7 catching fire. Samuel Burke reports from Barcelona.
[Samuel Burke, Cnn Tech, Correspondent:] Bianna, Samsung didn't take a lot of risks here, but they've managed to improve on their previous models. The smartphone market globally is actually contracting. In 2017, all these companies together sold less phones than they did in 2016. And Samsung appears to be conscious of the possibility that the price tag of a lot of these phones may have been one of the reasons. So, the new phones the S9 cost $720. The S9 plus, $840. A lot of money, but less than the nearly $1,000 iPhone X. Where Samsung's gotten the most attention for their new phones is the camera with augmented reality. Unlike the iPhone X where you can turn your face into an animal emoji, the augmented reality on the new S9s allows you to turn your face into a more human-looking emoji. Some people say my color is a bit off on the emoji that I created. Now, other innovations that we're seeing here have to do with privacy and security. This new Huawei laptop has a hidden webcam. Can you spot it? It's called the Huawei Matebook X Pro, it will cost you about $1,850. And you don't see a webcam up here, but Bianna, if you look closely between the f6 and f7 button is a little camera, you click it, and then it pops up there. I used to make fun of my dad for putting tape across his webcam. But now it looks like Huawei is trying to capitalize on security-conscious people like my dad. And the banana phone is back. The Nokia 8110 made famous in the matrix film back in 1996, well a Finnish startup called HMD, has purchased the rights to bring it back. Although this time it's actually yellow like a banana. It doesn't use android or iOS. You'll have some mainstream apps like Facebook, Google Maps and Twitter. But what it lacks in apps it makes up for in battery life, 25 days of standby time. Can't do anything on a smartphone for 25 days and it will cost you just under $100 for this blast from the past. Hello.
[Golodryga:] You had me at 25 days' battery life. All right. Well that's it for the show. But first, we're going to go over to Europe where stocks closed slight higher. They were followed on from Friday's rally on Wall Street as well as comments from the president of the ECB. Mario Draghi said the slack in the economy may be bigger than previously thought. That means it's unlikely that the ECB will quickly draw down its stimulus program. That's QUEST MEANS BUSINESS. I'm Bianna Golodryga, thanks for watching. END