Lenovo’s wild foldable gaming handheld, Honor’s Robotic Cellphone, and extra

MWC 2026 formally will get underway on March 2 and can proceed by March 5, however the bulletins are already pouring in forward of its begin. We will all the time depend on the annual tech occasion to convey tons of latest telephones, laptops and tablets, and we’re anticipating to see some robots and different devices too — plus loads of AI information, in fact. Along with the bulletins, MWC is our probability to get hands-on time with a few of the most attention-grabbing new gadgets, just like the Xiaomi 17 Ultra and Honor’s Robot Phone.

Engadget’s Mat Smith is on the bottom in Barcelona, and we’ll be updating this story because the week goes on to maintain you within the loop on every thing that caught our consideration. Maintain checking again right here for the newest MWC information.

Lenovo

Lenovo pulled as much as MWC with a bunch of latest merchandise and ideas, but when there’s one factor everybody’s going to be speaking about, it is the Legion Go Fold. (Try Sam Rutherford’s protection of the Legion Go Fold here). Briefly, the Legion Go Fold is an idea foldable gaming handheld with a versatile show that may unfurl to an enormous 11.6 inches. Or, it may be folded in half to turn into a 7.7-inch show. It has removable controllers, and there are a number of mounting factors alongside the pill so you’ll be able to swap issues up between panorama and portrait mode. The left and proper gamepads will also be mixed into one controller with an adjunct, and the show might be propped up kickstand-style with the folio cowl.

You assume we’re completed right here? We’re not. The Legion Go Fold can go laptop computer mode too, with a strip of pogo pins the place a wi-fi keyboard might be related. Its proper gamepad can function a mouse, because of the inclusion of a bit scroll wheel and a hidden sensor. That gamepad additionally encompasses a tiny round OLED show beneath the buttons, which may each present widgets such because the time and be used as a touchpad.

It’s a idea, although, so do not get your hopes up an excessive amount of about this one going into manufacturing. And if it does ever turn into an actual, buyable product, it’s going to little question be costly.

Lenovo additionally introduced its Modular AI PC idea — a laptop computer with two shows and a removable keyboard. As Sam Rutherford, who bought an opportunity to test it out in individual, defined, “This lets you transfer its keyboard and secondary show round at will, so the system can higher modify to its atmosphere or workload.” Maybe much more thrilling is that it has scorching swappable ports. Lenovo demonstrated it with USB-C, USB-A and HDMI connectors, however stated others might be attainable too.

Nonetheless, whereas every thing regarded fairly polished within the demo, Lenovo says this one will stay an idea.

It hasn’t all been ideas at MWC. Lenovo additionally refreshed a few of its current pill and laptop computer lineups for 2026. The corporate launched the Yoga 9i 2-in-1 Aura Edition Gen 11 (with the brand new Canvas Mode configuration), beginning at $1,949, and the brand new 15.3-inch Yoga Professional 7a, which begins at $2,099. It is up to date its extra inexpensive IdeaPad Slim 5i Extremely laptop computer ($799) as nicely. All of these new laptops include Copilot+ options. For college kids, Lenovo is launching the 13-inch Thought Tab Professional Gen 2, beginning at $419, with its Quira AI assistant and AI instruments. You will discover all of the specs and launch dates for these here.

Upgrades are right here for Lenovo’s ThinkPads too, together with the Yoga-like ThinkBook 2-in-1. And, Lenovo introduced a $499 industrial pill, the ThinkPad X11.

Lenovo’s 8.8-inch gaming pill is getting a spec enhance with the newest model introduced at MWC 2026, the $849 Legion Tab Gen 5. The pill has a Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 chipset, 16GB of RAM and as much as 512GB storage. It additionally has a 9,000mAh battery to help longer gaming periods, and two USB-C ports. The Legion Tab Gen 5 is available in three colours: Eclipse Black, Glacier White and the lime-green Surge. It launches in Could. That’ll be adopted shortly after in July by the launch of the brand new 15-inch Legion 7a Gen 11 gaming laptop computer, beginning at $2,299.

And we’re again to the ideas. Lenovo confirmed off two work-oriented AI devices: the AI Workmate Idea, a desktop robotic, and the AI Work Companion Idea, a clock/show that may sync duties throughout gadgets and set up them right into a day by day plan. The robotic has a cute little face, and its head doubles as a projector that may show photographs and paperwork on close by surfaces.

Honor

Honor teased its Robot Phone this previous fall and we simply lastly bought a correct have a look at it at MWC. And it is fairly freakin’ cute. The cellphone is supplied with a digicam that is mounted on a extremely cell 4-degrees-of-freedom gimbal, which tucks away right into a compartment on the again when it isn’t in use (making for a fairly beefy digicam bump). In a demo at MWC, the digicam, which behaves like a bit robotic head, bobbed alongside to music and confirmed off a few of its gesture expertise, like cocking its “head” and nodding in settlement.

Honor did not reveal an excessive amount of spec-wise, however the firm says the first digicam makes use of a 200-megapixel sensor. The gimbal will provide three-axis stabilization, which shall be coupled with digicam modes equivalent to Tremendous Regular Video and AI Object Monitoring. The Robotic Cellphone is not fairly prepared for launch in the mean time, however the firm says it’s going to launch later this 12 months.

You’ll want to try Mat Smith’s writeup on the Robot Phone for a extra in-depth look.

It is not a humanoid robotic reveal with out some backflips and a choreographed dance efficiency. Honor launched its robotic at MWC with all of the spectacle we have come to anticipate (although the bot did not do any speaking).  It’s merely known as the Honor Robotic, and the corporate has plans for it for use in each industrial and home settings.

The Robotic Cellphone is not the one cellphone Honor confirmed off at MWC. The corporate additionally introduced its Magic V6 smartphone, which it says is the thinnest cellphone in its class, measuring 8.75mm folded and 4.0mm open within the white colorway. The opposite three colours — black, gold and pink — are barely thicker, at 9mm folded and 4.1mm open.

Not an excessive amount of has modified from the V5, although, which solely got here out in August 2025. It does nonetheless have the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5, with 16GB RAM and 512 GB storage. As for the cameras, there are two 50-megapixel lenses and a 64-megapixel telephoto, plus a 20-megapixel f/2.2 selfie lens on the duvet and inside show.

The worldwide model of the Magic V6 can have a 6,660mAh battery with 25 % silicon content material, whereas the model offered solely in China will boast a battery with a rated capability of greater than 7,000mAh and 32 % silicon content material. Honor hasn’t but shared particulars about pricing and availability.

Forward of MWC, Honor additionally introduced what it claims is the thinnest Android pill on the planet: the 4.8mm thick MagicPad 4. We’re anticipating to listen to extra about this at Honor’s press convention on Sunday, however to this point we all know it encompasses a 12.3-inch 165Hz OLED show and weighs simply 450g. It comes with as much as 16GB of RAM and 512GB of storage, and is powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 chipset. The thinness does not depend the digicam bump, Honor notes. The MagicPad 4 has 13MP rear and 9MP entrance cameras. It additionally boasts spatial audio, with eight audio system.

Simply because the show is barely smaller than the earlier MagicPad, the MagicPad 4 has a smaller battery at 10,100 mAh. It comes with a 66W quick charger. The MagicPad 4 will run Honor’s MagicOS 10. We do not but know the way a lot it’s going to price, however we’ll replace this after Honor’s press convention (the place we’re additionally anticipating to see the corporate’s robotic) with any new particulars.

Xiaomi x Leica

Xiaomi kicked off MWC this 12 months by asserting the worldwide launch of its 17 Extremely smartphone, which debuted first in China again in December. It is unclear if the cellphone will ever come to the US, nevertheless it’s now rolling out in Europe. Xiaomi teamed up once more with Leica to make a photography-focused smartphone, and the 17 Extremely sports activities a 1-inch 50-megapixel digicam sensor with a f/1.67 lens, a telephoto setup with a 200MP 1/1.4-inch sensor, and a 50MP ultrawide digicam. There’s additionally a guide zoom ring across the digicam.

Try our palms on for our first impressions of what it is like taking pictures with the Xiaomi 17 Ultra. And there is extra to it than simply the digicam. The 17 Extremely has a 6.9-inch OLED 120 Hz show that peaks at 3,500 nits of brightness, and a 6,000mAh silicon-carbon battery. The Xiaomi 17 Extremely begins at £1,299 (roughly $1,750).

Leica additionally introduced a brand new cellphone made in partnership with Xiaomi at MWC. It seems to be a complete lot like Xiaomi’s 17 Extremely, however is not the 17 Extremely, precisely.

Just like the 17 Extremely, Leica’s Leitzphone by Xiaomi has a 1-inch digicam sensor and bodily controls for zoom and different settings, utilizing a mechanical ring across the digicam unit. It encompasses a Leica-designed intuitive digicam interface with the choice to indicate simply the necessities while you’re taking pictures, hiding all of the modes and labels. There is a monochrome taking pictures mode and Leica filters.

The Leica branding is splashed throughout it in design and wallpapers, nevertheless it’s in any other case fairly just like the 17 Extremely, with the identical specs. Just like the 17 Extremely, it has a Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 chip and a 6.9-inch 120Hz show. This one’s priced at €1,999 (roughly $2,362).

Along with the 17 Extremely, Xiaomi introduced two new tablets at MWC this 12 months: the Xiaomi Pad 8 and Xiaomi Pad 8 Pro. There’s nothing revolutionary right here, however they’re light-weight and skinny, with each being 5.75mm thick and weighing 485g, and have a 9,200mAh battery. The Professional mannequin is powered by a Snapdragon 8 Elite chip, whereas the common Pad 8 makes use of the Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 chipset.

Xiaomi additionally unveiled a brand new 5,000mAh powerbank, the UltraThin Magnetic Power Bank 5000 15W. The 6mm thick energy financial institution is available in three colours with an aluminum alloy shell: orange, silver and charcoal grey. Together with that, the corporate launched the Xiaomi Tag, its personal tackle the Bluetooth merchandise tracker. The Xiaomi Tag has a built-in hanging loop so it may be connected on to a keyring, and the corporate says it’s going to work with each Apple Discover My and Google’s Discover Hub for Android.

Tecno

We will all the time anticipate to see some wild cellphone ideas at MWC, and this 12 months we’re beginning with one from Tecno. The corporate unveiled a modular idea smartphone design that may be as skinny as 4.9mm in its base configuration. There’d be 10 modules to select from primarily based on the announcement, together with varied digicam lenses, a gaming attachment and an influence financial institution, counting on magnets to maintain all of it collectively — or Modular Magnetic Interconnection Know-how, as Tecno is looking it.