Most of the handset makers were present and correct at the IFA trade show in Berlin, over 90 years old and even busier than January’s Consumer Electronics Show (because it is open to the public too). It has become an increasingly important event for mobile device makers in recent years, with good timing, in the first week of September, for launching products for the holiday season. This year there were plenty of mobile-oriented themes, including a focus on midrange, sharply priced handsets, which reflected the ongoing shift of the market towards emerging markets and price wars. Huawei’s Nova and Nova Plus secured the highest profile, but there were plenty of others, such as the HTC One A9s, another iPhone lookalike.…