CES 2019 is upon us \u2013 and Creative Bloq is here in Vegas to bring you all the latest news, highlights and hands-on reviews from one of the world\u2019s largest consumer tech shows.\u00a0<\/p>\n
We\u2019ll be focusing on the most exciting new innovations for designers, artists and creatives \u2013 from laptops to foldable phones and 8K cameras \u2013 so stay tuned throughout the week. You\u2019ll find all the latest news right here.<\/p>\n
The Consumer Electronics Show<\/a> is an exhilarating glimpse into the future of tech, with the latest and greatest names in the business (apart from Apple) showcasing their new innovations. The annual trade show covers everything from drones and driverless cars to cryptocurrency, smart homes and beyond \u2013 and it\u2019s massive.<\/p>\n This year, more than 4,500 exhibiting companies are spread out over 11 venues with over 180,000 attendees from 150 countries expected, plus 6,500 media. It isn\u2019t open to the public, though; only industry and journalists. \u00a0<\/p>\n The Consumer Electronics Show 2019 officially starts on Tuesday 8 Jan and will run until 11 January. However, Monday is packed with press events so expect exciting news and announcements then \u2013 and we’ve seen some new tech already. Confirmed press conferences to come include Intel, Panasonic, Samsung and Sony, with LG due to present the first presentation on Monday.\u00a0<\/p>\n As mentioned, we\u2019ve already seen some exciting new tech at CES 2019. And although the show hasn\u2019t yet officially started, a number of companies have made some exciting early announcements \u2013 both today, and in the recent run up to the show. Here’s are our CES 2019 highlights so far…<\/p>\n Asus announces new StudioBook S for pro designers<\/strong><\/a> LG to reveal two \u2018ultra\u2019 monitors at CES 2019<\/strong><\/a> 01. Foldable phones<\/strong><\/p>\n Multiple device-makers are expected to tease foldable smartphones at CES 2019. Samsung, LG and Huawei all have an iron in the fire \u2013 will we see Samsung\u2019s folding Galaxy smartphone make its debut this week? All being well, CES will provide a preview for this year’s big phone launches ahead of Mobile World Congress in Barcelona next month.<\/p>\n 02. 8K closer to your home<\/strong><\/p>\n 8K is almost set to go mainstream, with the likes of Samsung, Sony, LG, Toshiba and Sharp widely expected to show off 8K TV displays at CES 2019. That said, these TVs will be ridiculously expensive, so don’t worry if you’ve only just stepped up to 4K \u2013 you’ll have a bit of breathing space yet.\u00a0<\/p>\n Meanwhile, LG has already announced what it claims to be the world\u2019s first OLED 8K display<\/a>. And there’s a rumour that Sony will be launching an 8K camera, as well as an 8K TV, projector and its own processing platform this week, as our sister site Digital Camera World reports<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n 03. The year of 5G\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Will 5G become reality this year? We\u2019re expecting the giants to show us what 5G\u2019s really capable of this week \u2013 not just faster smartphones and download speeds, but immersive virtual reality worlds without lag, robotic surgery, secure smart-home devices, reliable self-driving tech and more.<\/p>\n On a smartphone front though, just remember that although 5G-ready handsets and devices will start shipping this year, 5G wireless networks won\u2019t be available nationwide until 2020 \u2013 and the first ones won\u2019t give you those tempting 10-gigabytes-per-second data speeds.<\/p>\n Also read:<\/strong><\/p>\n Powered by WPeMatico<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" CES 2019 is upon us \u2013 and Creative Bloq is here in Vegas to bring you all the latest news, highlights and hands-on reviews from one of the world\u2019s largest consumer tech shows.\u00a0 We\u2019ll be focusing on the most exciting new innovations for designers, artists and creatives \u2013 from laptops to foldable phones and 8K… Read the full article…<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[371],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-58324","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-user-experience"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\tWhen is CES 2019?<\/h3>\n
CES 2019: news and highlights for creatives so far<\/h3>\n
\nAsus has announced an exciting new 15-inch workstation-class laptop for content-creation professionals. Made for on the move, it packs an Intel Xeon processor and NVIDIA Quadro P3200 graphics into an incredibly thin chassis with an even larger display. Read more about the Asus StudioBook S<\/a>.<\/p>\n
<\/strong>Back in December, LG announced that it will be showcasing two new ‘ultra’ monitors. One, a whopping 49-inch ultrawide monitor, will be aimed at business professionals; while the other \u2013 a 38-inch gaming monitor \u2013 will have a curved 4K display, and be of most interest to creatives. Here’s what you need to know<\/u><\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\nCES 2019: trends we expect to see<\/h3>\n
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