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MWC 2026

Mobile World Congress is traditionally one of the biggest phone and mobile events of the year. The Verge will cover the show live in Barcelona from March 2–5, where we’re expecting to see new phones from Xiaomi and Honor, among others.

The MV1 is a cute and capable smartphone made for emerging markets

The next billion people are coming online, and Obi wants them

Sean O'Kane
HTC adds a Micro Splash of color to new Desire smartphones

You have to absolutely not care about specs to like these phones

Vlad Savov
Samsung’s Gear 360 camera looks like an eyeball and shoots 360-degree video
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Spherical content for the Samsung masses

Sean O'Kane
Samsung’s Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge bring refinement to a proven design
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Bigger batteries, better cameras, and waterproofing are the highlights of Samsung’s flagship this year

Dan Seifert
Nokia CEO: ‘We don’t want to just put logos on somebody’s devices’Nokia CEO: ‘We don’t want to just put logos on somebody’s devices’

After selling its phone business to Microsoft, Nokia had quite the identity crisis.The company remained Finland’s biggest and best-known company, but was a shell of its former self with disparate businesses in mapping, network equipment and patent licensing.CEO Rajeev Suri, who had been running the networking area

HP’s Elite x3 is designed to be your Windows phone, laptop, and desktop
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A powerful phone meant to be your one and only device

Jacob Kastrenakes
Huawei’s first Windows 2-in-1 is stylish and incredibly thin
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The MateBook mixes sharp design with some clever features

Sean O'Kane
LG’s G5 is a radical reinvention of the flagship Android smartphone
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The beautiful G5 and its plug-in Friends have arrived

Vlad Savov
Alcatel enters the high-end with two new handsets

The packaging for the new Idol 4S even doubles up as VR headset

James Vincent
Cat’s next rugged phone will be the first with a built-in thermal camera

Cat integrates a Flir camera into the world’s most waterproof smartphone

Vlad Savov
Samsung helped create these new smart shoesSamsung helped create these new smart shoes
Jacob Kastrenakes
LG’s new mid-range X phones get one flagship feature each

Dual cameras on the X cam foreshadow one of the G5’s leading features

Vlad Savov