Lenovo’s wild foldable gaming handheld, Honor’s Robot Phone, and extra

MWC 2026 kicks off at present, working from March 2 via March 5, however bulletins have been pouring in all weekend within the lead-up to its official begin. We can all the time depend on the annual tech occasion to deliver tons of recent telephones, laptops and tablets, and we’re anticipating to see some robots and different devices too — plus loads of AI information, in fact. In addition to the bulletins, MWC is our probability to get hands-on time with a few of the most attention-grabbing new units, just like the Xiaomi 17 Ultra and Honor’s Robot Phone, and ideas just like the Legion Go Fold.

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. Keep checking again right here for the newest MWC information.

Lenovo

Lenovo pulled as much as MWC with a bunch of recent merchandise and ideas, but when there’s one factor everybody’s going to be speaking about, it is the Legion Go Fold. (Check out Sam Rutherford’s protection of the Legion Go Fold right here). In brief, 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 develop into a 7.7-inch show. It has removable controllers, and there are a number of mounting factors alongside the pill so you possibly can 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 will be propped up kickstand-style with the folio cowl.

You assume we’re carried out 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 will be linked. Its proper gamepad can function a mouse, due to the inclusion of a bit of scroll wheel and a hidden sensor. That gamepad additionally includes a tiny round OLED show beneath the buttons, which might each present widgets such because the time and be used as a touchpad.

It is an idea, although, so do not get your hopes up an excessive amount of about this one going into manufacturing. And if it does ever develop 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 obtained an opportunity to test it out in individual, defined, “This allows you to move its keyboard and secondary display around at will, so the system can better adjust to its environment or workload.” Perhaps much more thrilling is that it has sizzling swappable ports. Lenovo demonstrated it with USB-C, USB-A and HDMI connectors, however mentioned others could possibly be attainable too.

Still, whereas every thing seemed 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 firm 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 Pro 7a, which begins at $2,099. It’s up to date its extra reasonably priced IdeaPad Slim 5i Ultra laptop computer ($799) as effectively. All of these new laptops include Copilot+ options. For college students, Lenovo is launching the 13-inch Idea Tab Pro Gen 2, beginning at $419, with its Quira AI assistant and AI instruments. You can discover all of the specs and launch dates for these right here.

Upgrades are right here for Lenovo’s SupposePads too, together with the Yoga-like ThinkBook 2-in-1. And, Lenovo introduced a $499 industrial pill, the SupposePad 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 assist 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 May. 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 units: the AI Workmate Concept, a desktop robotic, and the AI Work Companion Concept, a clock/show that may sync duties throughout units and arrange 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 pictures and paperwork on close by surfaces.

Honor

Honor teased its Robot Phone this previous fall and we simply lastly obtained a correct take a look at it at MWC. And it is fairly freakin’ cute. The cellphone is provided with a digicam that is mounted on a extremely cellular 4-degrees-of-freedom gimbal, which tucks away right into a compartment on the again when it is not in use (making for a fairly beefy digicam bump). In a demo at MWC, the digicam, which behaves like a bit of 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 can be coupled with digicam modes reminiscent of Super Steady Video and AI Object Tracking. The Robot Phone is not fairly prepared for launch in the intervening time, however the firm says it is going to launch later this yr.

Be positive to take a look at Mat Smith’s writeup on the Robot Phone for a extra in-depth look.

It’s 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 Robot, and the corporate has plans for it for use in each industrial and home settings.

The Robot Phone is not the one cellphone Honor confirmed off at MWC. The firm 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 different 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 could 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.

Ahead 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 up to now we all know it includes 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.

Just 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 understand how a lot it is 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 yr by asserting the worldwide launch of its 17 Ultra smartphone, which debuted first in China again in December. It’s unclear if the cellphone will ever come to the US, however it’s now rolling out in Europe. Xiaomi teamed up once more with Leica to make a photography-focused smartphone, and the 17 Ultra 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 handbook zoom ring across the digicam.

Check out our palms on for our first impressions of what it is like taking pictures with the Xiaomi 17 Ultra. And there’s extra to it than simply the digicam. The 17 Ultra 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 Ultra begins at £1,299 (roughly $1,750).

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

Like the 17 Ultra, 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 includes a Leica-designed intuitive digicam interface with the choice to indicate simply the necessities whenever you’re taking pictures, hiding all of the modes and labels. There’s a monochrome taking pictures mode and Leica filters.

The Leica branding is splashed throughout it in design and wallpapers, however it’s in any other case fairly just like the 17 Ultra, with the identical specs. Like the 17 Ultra, 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).

In addition to the 17 Ultra, Xiaomi introduced two new tablets at MWC this yr: 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 Pro 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. Along 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 hooked up on to a keyring, and the corporate says it is going to work with each Apple Find My and Google’s Find Hub for Android.

Tecno

We can all the time anticipate to see some wild cellphone ideas at MWC, and this yr we’re beginning with one from Tecno. The firm 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 Technology, as Tecno is asking it.