Windows Central's Best of MWC 2022

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Mobile World Congress 2022 has officially wrapped up and, while we weren't able to take part on the show floor this year, there were a ton of great announcemenets. Lenovo and Huawei, in particular, showed up in force with a peek at their upcoming laptop slates for 2022. It may be a few weeks or months before we start seeing these laptops hit the market, but it's a fun look at what lies ahead.

While MWC 2022 may be over, we wanted to share our picks for the products that caught our eye from the show. Here's a look at our MWC 2022 award winners, as chosen by the Windows Central staff.

Best of MWC 2022

Best Mobile PC

<p>The 13-inch ThinkPad X13s is a big deal for Lenovo as it's the first Qualcomm-based laptop for the prestigious ThinkPad line. With the brand-new Snapdragon 8cx Gen 3 processor, zippy PCIe 4.0 SSD, and LPDDR4x RAM, this will be the fastest Windows ARM PC yet. Combined with a sizeable 50WHr battery, up to 28 hours of video play, and 4G LTE/5G (including mmWave), there's no wondering why AT&T and Verizon are also going to be selling this always-connected productivity laptop. Look for the ThinkPad X13s later in May, starting at $1,100.

Best Overall PC

<p>The X1 Extreme is Lenovo's answer to Dell's XPS 15 laptop. It's a powerful rig with 12th Gen H-series processors and up to RTX 3080 Ti graphics, along with that famed Lenovo keyboard and TrackPoint. You still get the taller 16:10 display, but there's a non-touch option now. Rounding out specs for performance is new DDR5 RAM (up to 64GB), a 90WHr battery, and up to 8TB of PCIe 4.0 storage thanks to the dual SSD slots. You'll have to wait until June 2022 to get one, and the pricing starts at $2,049.

Best Portable Display

<p>The ThinkVision series of portable displays have always been great, but the new M14d is a new model that features a taller 16:10 14-inch display that matches Lenovo's new 16:10 ThinkPads. It's non-touch, but the resolution jumps from just full HD to a better 2240 x 1400. And besides Type-C pass-through, it also doubles as a Type-C hub for all your peripherals. A total must-have for road warriors who need more screens at the hotel. You'll have to wait a bit for the M14d, as it's slated to hit the street in July 2022 for a starting price of $299.

Daniel Rubino is the Editor-in-chief of Windows Central. He is also the head reviewer, podcast co-host, and analyst. He has been covering Microsoft since 2007 when this site was called WMExperts (and later Windows Phone Central). His interests include Windows, laptops, next-gen computing, and wearable tech. He has reviewed laptops for over 10 years and is particularly fond of 2-in-1 convertibles, Arm64 processors, new form factors, and thin-and-light PCs. Before all this tech stuff, he worked on a Ph.D. in linguistics, performed polysomnographs in NYC, and was a motion-picture operator for 17 years.