MWC 2026: all the phones, gadgets, and announcements from Barcelona
The Verge
February 27, 2026
The Verge is heading to Barcelona, Spain, for Mobile World Congress, the biggest phone show of the year.
CES may dominate the headlines when it comes to TVs, computer components, and AI inanity, but for all things mobile, MWC has it beat. Since it’s a global show, that includes all manner of announcements of phones, tablets, and wearables that won’t necessarily release in the US.
Xiaomi has already teased a European launch for its 17 and 17 Ultra flagships, Honor is promising not only its Robot Phone but a full pivot to humanoid robotics, and Nothing is almost certain to drop more details on its Phone 4A ahead of a planned London launch on March 5th.
The likes of Samsung and Google will be there too, but mostly to talk about the already-announced 10A and S26 models, while Apple is launching something during the same week as MWC, but not actually in Barcelona.
We’ll also be looking out for oddities. Last year featured camera phone concepts with detachable lenses, a Lenovo laptop with a folding screen, and an Infinix handset with a solar panel in its back. We’ll be hoping this year gets just as weird.
Keep this page bookmarked for all the news, commentary, and first looks from the show floor.
Phones are going to get weird next week
Xiaomi’s magnetic power bank is incredibly thin
Honor’s new MagicPad 4 is the world’s thinnest Android tablet
Tecno is doing a modular phone (again).
Taara Beam provides 25Gbps connectivity over invisible beams of light
Honor is pivoting to robots.
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Originally published on The Verge on 2/27/2026