The best mobile tech announced at MWC 2026 so far

The Verge · Mar 2, 2026 · Collected from RSS

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Mobile World Congress 2026 opened its doors today in Barcelona, Spain, but some of the biggest announcements from the mobile-focused show were already made over the weekend.To make sure you don’t miss the best new smartphones, laptops, concepts, and accessories, we’re rounding up all the most newsworthy gadgets that have debuted so far at MWC 2026. And if you want to stay on top of all the news, you can follow our full coverage of the show right here.Photo: Dominic Preston / The VergeAfter first announcing it last October, Honor shared more details about its Robot Phone at MWC 2026 while also demoing a functional unit. The company confirmed plans to launch the phone, which features a folding gimbal-stabilized camera arm stored on its back, in China in the second half of this year. That main camera will have AI-powered tracking capabilities and a generous 200-megapixel sensor, but other specs remain a mystery for now.Photo: Antonio G. Di Benedetto / The VergeLenovo’s latest concept capitalizes on a bunch of different tech trends at once. It’s a Windows-based handheld built around an 11.6-inch POLED display that can be folded in half, creating a more compact portable console with a 7.7-inch screen. Like the Nintendo Switch’s Joy-Cons, the Legion Go Fold Concept’s controllers can be removed, letting you attach the folding screen to a folio-style case with a built-in keyboard, trackpad, and stand, effectively turning it into a laptop.Photo: Dominic Preston / The VergeHonor announced its latest book-style folding phone at MWC, and while an international release isn’t expected until the second half of the year and pricing is still TBA, the new Honor Magic V6 could be worth waiting for. The V6 is just 4mm thick when open, and 8.75mm when folded, making it slightly thinner than last year’s model and Samsung’s Galaxy Z Fold 7. What’s more notable is that the Magic V6 is the first folding smartphone with an IP69 rating. While Google’s Pixel 10 Pro Fold was the first foldable to boast an IP68 rating, the V6 is even more durable and can survive both water jets and a complete dunking, meaning it’s safe for big screen doomscrolling in the tub.Photo: Dominic Preston / The VergeIf you care more about a smartphone’s photography chops than any other feature, Xiaomi’s Leica Leitzphone is a co-branded special edition of the company’s 17 Ultra flagship featuring a rotatable camera ring and Leica’s iconic red dot. The Verge’s Dominic Preston calls it their “favorite phone of 2026 so far” that takes excellent photos with its single 1/1.4-inch type 200-megapixel sensor. As part of the Leica branding, the phone features a customized interface with extra Leica widgets, expanded Leica filters, and simulation modes for the Leica M9 and M3 cameras. However, the rotating camera ring that’s designed to quickly zoom or cycle through filters or exposure settings isn’t as useful as it sounds, given how close it sits to the back of the phone.Photo: Antonio G. Di Benedetto / The VergeThe most interesting feature on Lenovo’s ThinkBook Modular AI PC Concept isn’t its pair of 14-inch 4K OLED touchscreens that can be configured as a dual-screen setup with its keyboard and trackpad connected wirelessly over Bluetooth. What’s more interesting are the concept’s interchangeable plug-and-play ports so you can swap between USB-C, USB-A, and even HDMI ports as needed. There’s no timeline for when this concept may ever see the light of day, but it could be an intriguing alternative to Framework’s modular laptops.Image: HonorAt just 4.8mm thick, Honor’s MagicPad 4 takes the crown of thinnest Android tablet. It’s thinner than the 5.1mm thick Samsung Galaxy Tab S11, and even Apple’s 6.1mm thick iPad Air. But with a 12.3-inch, 165Hz OLED screen and a Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 chipset under the hood, it’s not a cheap tablet. It’s priced at £599.99 / €699.99 (around $820) configured with 12GB of RAM and 256GB storage.Follow topics and authors from this story to see more like this in your personalized homepage feed and to receive email updates.Andrew Liszewski