Consumer Electronic Show the World's Most Influential Tech Event

CES or Consumer Electronic Show is the world's most influential technology event that serves as a proving ground for global breakthrough technologies and innovators. CES has been held for 50 years, and usually takes place in early January every year.

D-day

This year, CES 2023 has been held on 5 - 8 January 2023 at Las Vegas, United States of America (USA). The event held at the two floors of the Las Vegas Convention Center (LVCC) and the Sands Expo Center, with an area of 255,485 square meters, was attended by more than 3200 participants from 140 countries.

The event

Why this event is so important? Just like the name, Consumer Electronic Show, this event exhibits various kinds of electronics which will be sold directly to customers. If you are a fan or someone who keeps up with technology, this event satisfies your curiosity about the products that are likely to be released this year. For the media, this is an opportunity to preview the various products that are likely to be released this year. This event is open to the public, but the ticket price is quite high. If you are a member of well-known media, you can be invited and get tickets to this event for free, but not with the transportation costs.

The topic

So, what electronics are there? The electronics at the CES event cover more than 20 topics, such as 5G Technology, Accessibility, Artificial Intelligence, Augmented & Virtual Reality, Cryptocurrency & NFT, Design, Procurement & Packaging, Digital Health, Entertainment & Content, Family & Lifestyle, Fitness & Wearables, Food Technology, Games & Esports, Home Entertainment, Marketing & Advertising, Robotics & Drones, Smart Cities, Smart Homes, Space Technologies, Sports Technologies, Startups, Sustainability, Travel & Tourism, Vehicle Technologies and Web3 & Metaverse.

One of the most awaited is the appearance of a smartphone. Samsung as one of the big brands announced their two new smartphones, namely Samsung Galaxy A14 and Samsung Hybrid Flex. Samsung Galaxy A14 is an entry-level class smartphone with a price of 200$, a 6.6 inch screen with 90hz refresh rate, 5000 mAh battery, 3.5mm jack audio and micro SD port. Meanwhile, the Samsung Hybrid Flex is a prototype of future smartphone. Just like it’s name, “Hybrid” this phone screen combine 2 screen technology. This phone’s screen can be fold and scrollable expand. This mobile form factor phone has a 10,5 inch screen with 4:3 ratio and 12,4 inch screen with 16:10 ratio when expanded.

Samsung also announce their future laptop, Samsung Flex Slidable Solo and Flex Slidable Duet. It also has the folded and scrollable screen, but in laptop form factor. Speaking of laptops, Lenovo also announce their new gaming laptop, Legion Pro 7 and Legion Pro 7i. This time, the “pro” in the name just moved right after Legion. Both Legion Pro 7 and Legion Pro 7i has the new RTX 40 series. The difference between Legion Pro 7 and Legion Pro 7i just it’s processor. Legion Pro 7 is powered by AMD Ryzen™ 9 7945HX, while Legion Pro 7i powered by 13th Gen Intel® Core™ i9-13900HX or 13th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-13700HX.