Best of MWC 2026: We found the biggest news from Lenovo, Xiaomi, Honor, more

By Kerry Wan, Editor successful Chief / Mar. 2

By gathering Nxtpaper implicit AMOLED, TCL says its phones tin present execute much vivid visuals portion retaining the level of oculus comfortableness we've travel to expect. In a warm, naturally-lit room, I picked up a moving exemplary and saw the quality myself.

Since the beginning, TCL Nxtpaper has been rooted successful LCD panels, partially for the easiness of airy absorption (to make that earthy e-paper appearance) and cost. The downside of LCD backlighting, however, is reduced opposition and colour accuracy. That's wherever AMOLED comes in. 

Also: TCL showed maine its Nxtpaper AMOLED telephone astatine MWC, and my eyes couldn't judge it

With a paper-like representation illustration set, the AMOLED portion and an LCD 1 (albeit an older TCL model), the erstwhile was noticeably much colour accurate, portraying the brownish tones nary substance if it was dimmer oregon brighter. 

In fact, the brightness of the AMOLED portion was conscionable a small past the 50% people erstwhile it matched the LCD one's max. That's different large gully of the sheet upgrade.

By Kerry Wan, Editor successful Chief / Mar. 2

If you're based successful the US, Lenovo sneakily released a big of caller laptops and concepts overnight, including ThinkPad, Yoga, and Legion models. Let's absorption connected immoderate of the concepts here.

It's debatable which 1 of the galore concepts is the astir bizarre, but my ballot goes to the Modular AI PC, which has a detachable secondary show that tin beryllium mounted onto the backmost screen of the laptop, the basal of the laptop (by removing the keyboard), oregon acceptable connected a kickstand. 

You tin freely configure your workflow's setup. The ports, including USB-C, USB-A, and HDMI, are hot-swappable, too.

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Then there's the Legion Go Fold, featuring a 7.7-inch show that tin grow to 11.6 inches and tin beryllium connected to detachable controllers successful vertical oregon horizontal orientation. When not utilized arsenic a gaming tablet, the Legion Go Fold tin beryllium mounted onto a keyboard case, becoming an ultraportable, 2-in-1 computing device.

Lenovo besides showed disconnected the AI Workmate Concept present successful Barcelona, a table robot with an articulating caput that tin converse with you and task images and documents arsenic requested. It won't beryllium the quietest workmate, nor tin it question with you arsenic you navigate a hybrid workflow, but Lenovo believes it's a imaginable avenue for aboriginal spatial capabilities.

By Kerry Wan, Editor successful Chief / Mar. 1

Honor besides unveiled the Magic V6 foldable phone, which ZDNET's Jason Howell tested up of the motorboat and says is the thinnest yet almighty of its kind. 

The Magic V6 measures 8.75mm bladed erstwhile closed, is rated IP68 and IP69 for h2o and particulate resistance, and someway packs a 6,660mAh artillery acknowledgment to its silicon-carbon material. That's compared to the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7's 4,400mAh. It's not adjacent close.

Also: I held the thinnest foldable telephone astatine MWC 2026, and it sets a satisfying caller standard

But there's more: Honor says the Magic V6 outer and interior displays tin scope a highest brightness of 6,000 and 5,000 nits, respectively. That lone applies to HDR content, but is inactive a fig we've yet to spot connected foldables, raising the barroom for media consumption.

Powering the telephone is Qualcomm's caller Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 chipset, the aforesaid 1 recovered successful the precocious released Samsung Galaxy S26 series.

By Kerry Wan, Editor successful Chief / Mar. 1

We're officially connected Day 2 of what I'll telephone "MWC Preview Weekend," and Honor is starring the quality question contiguous with its AI Vision keynote. There, the institution announced respective caller hardware products, including immoderate caller accusation connected its chaotic Robot Phone, which debuted astatine CES.

The Robot Phone whitethorn beryllium the richest embodiment of AI successful a handset that we've seen frankincense far, for amended oregon worse. It's shaped similar a accepted phone, with a slab-like design, but features a rotating camera gimbal that extends from the backmost of the device.

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There are immoderate originative usage cases with specified a feature, similar body-tracking during video calls and much stabilized recording. Then, determination are immoderate much questionable usage cases, similar its playful nods and caput shakes (and Honor says it tin adjacent creation to music), that springiness it much personality. Because we each privation our phones to person a small much character, no?

Honor hasn't shared a definitive merchandise day for the Robot Phone yet, but it positions the marque good successful an AI hardware abstraction that's perpetually seeking retired what's next.

By Kerry Wan, Editor successful Chief / Feb. 28

I conscionable got retired of Xiaomi's Saturday motorboat event, wherever the Chinese electronics shaper announced a barrage of products, ranging from flagship phones and Gemini-supported wearables to a next-generation Gran Turismo hypercar. 

Judging by the assemblage reaction, 1 merchandise was intelligibly the prima of the amusement -- the Leica Leitzphone. While built connected the model of the Xiaomi 17 Ultra, meaning astir of its wide specs are the same, the ultra-premium handset features 3 cardinal differences: 

1. Leica's signature silver-and-black plan (with the reddish dot logo)
2. A customized Essential Mode UI with dual-tone app icons and widgets, on with exclusive Leica movie simulations (such arsenic M9 and Monopan 50)
3. A mechanical camera ringing that lets you power zoom, aperture, and much settings with a twist.

I person much to accidental astir the instrumentality successful an upcoming story, but it's up determination for 1 of the astir amusive camera phones I've tested lately. Not everyone should bargain one, though, arsenic the Leica Leitzphone won't motorboat present successful the US, and adjacent if you are based successful a portion with availability, Xiaomi says it'll outgo 1999 euros (roughly converting to $2.362).

By Nina Raemont, Wearables and Health Editor / Feb. 28

Will immoderate telephone astatine MWC beryllium arsenic beauteous and pinkish arsenic Nothing's Phone 4a? Ahead of the company's March 5 telephone launch, it unveiled a pastel pinkish colorway that I can't assistance but beryllium perfectly obsessed with. 

It'll beryllium adjacent amended if that's conscionable 1 of galore pastel hues Nothing plans to connection the Phone 4a in, arsenic the expected midrange instrumentality volition request immoderate spot of charm to entreaty to the masses.

By Kerry Wan, Editor successful Chief / Feb. 28

I conscionable touched down successful Barcelona and was not prepared for the migration enactment to widen each the mode to the walking belts. Either MWC is much bustling than ever, oregon the BCN airdrome is severely short-staffed. It mightiness beryllium a spot of both.