The phones of MWC 2012

BARCELONA, Spain--Attendees of the Mobile World Congress trade show here were deluged with a flood of new handsets. Vendors ranging from Nokia to HTC to ZTE announced new wares, ranging from the Android variety to the Windows Phone persuasion and stretching from the absolute high end of the market to the sub-$100 area. The news yet again reflects the white-hot market for mobile phones and vendors' intense desire to stand out from the crowd. (To be clear, this list is not exhaustive-in fact putting together a list of all the phones unveiled at Mobile World Congress would be just that: Exhaustive!-but it is a look at some of the higher-profile gadgets intended to make a splash or statement.)

Click here to check out the phones from MWC.