As someone who hasn’t set foot inside an exhibition hall since my dad took me to the London Motor Show in Earls Court in 1995, I was intrigued to see what my visit to this year’s Mobile World Congress (MWC) at the Fira de Barcelona would throw at me.

Back in ‘95, I was keen to see the latest GTi. In 2019, I was fully prepared to be wowed by 5G and the latest artificial intelligence (AI) and augmented reality. I was promised a world dedicated to technology while keeping one eye on