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The best mobile tech announced at MWC 2026 so far

2026-03-08T11:47:11-04:00

Mobile World Congress 2026 is still in full swing in Barcelona, Spain, with announcements continuing to come from the mobile-focused show that runs until March 5th.

To make sure you don't miss the best new smartphones, laptops, concepts, and accessories, we're rounding up all the most newsworthy gadgets that have debuted so far at MWC 2026. And if you want to stay on top of all the news, you can follow our full coverage of the show right here.

Lenovo AI Workmate Concept

Lenovo didn't skimp on the concepts at MWC this year, but its AI Workmate might be the most peculiar. The device looks like a tiny robot arm but instead of a manipulator o …

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Tecno’s latest concept phone is lit by neon

2026-03-04T10:01:23-05:00

The Neon supposedly includes actual neon lighting in the rear. | Image: Tecno

After teasing a magnetic, modular smartphone concept the other day, Tecno has followed that up with another two phone designs centered around color-changing finishes: one with E Ink, and the other incorporating neon.

I'm the most taken with the Pova Neon, which the company says includes genuine neon lighting, not just bright colors: it uses "ionized inert gas lighting technology" to create a glowing effect.

By contrast the AI EInk builds color electronic ink into the rear of the phone, allowing you to change the phone's color on the fly. Perhaps more impressively, you're able to set the color using the camera, so you could make your phone …

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A robot arm with puppy dog eyes is just one of Lenovo’s new desktop AI concepts

2026-03-08T11:47:49-04:00

The AI Workmate Concept can move and rotate to accomplish various tasks, but can it ever truly know love? | Image: Lenovo

Alongside a handful of new laptop concepts (and a range of real products too), Lenovo used MWC to announce a pair of AI-based productivity companion concepts. Both are standalone desk devices designed to boost productivity while providing office workers with a bit of artificial dystopic companionship.

Lenovo describes its AI Workmate Concept as an "always-on desk companion," but it looks like a tiny robotic arm on a swiveling base with a bulbous screen on the end displaying an expressive pair of eyes. It doesn't look as engaging as a human coworker, but through local AI processing you can interact with the device as a smart assistant via vo …

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Lenovo made a Framework-like laptop with modular ports — and a second screen

2026-03-02T07:05:11-05:00

Lenovo goes a little Franken-laptop. | Photo: Antonio G. Di Benedetto / The Verge

One of Lenovo's big laptop concepts for MWC 2026 is a modular ThinkBook with two screens. Officially called the ThinkBook Modular AI PC Concept, the proof-of-concept is a 14-inch productivity machine with two plug-and-play interchangeable ports and a second 14-inch display magnetically attached to the rear of its lid. The second display is removable and can be propped up on a magnetic kickstand (stored under the laptop) and plugged in via USB-C.

But this concept PC has one more trick: removing the keyboard / trackpad deck and replacing it with the second screen, turning the whole thing into a dual-screen laptop you use with the keyboard and …

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Lenovo’s new concept rollable could be the ideal gaming laptop

2026-01-07T03:45:43-05:00

Wider is better.

Lenovo is at it again with wild laptop concepts for CES 2026, and the biggest one is the Legion Pro Rollable gaming laptop. It has a flexible OLED display that expands horizontally - as opposed to Lenovo's ThinkBook Plus Gen 6, which rolls up and down. The Legion Pro Rollable's screen goes from a conventional 16-inch 16:10 aspect ratio to an extra-wide 21.5 inches, all the way to an ultrawide 24 inches. That's even bigger (diagonally, at least) than the ridiculous $9,000 21-inch gaming laptop Acer once made.

The Pro Rollable concept is based on the Legion Pro 7i, and it'll come with an Intel Core Ultra processor and Nvidia's flagship RTX 50 …

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Lenovo’s new concept laptop has a rotating screen that’s perfect for doomscrolling

2025-09-04T17:54:40-04:00

This is what going 90 looks like on a laptop.

Lenovo has made laptop screens that roll, flip, and go transparent, and now for IFA 2025 it's announcing a new concept with a screen that can rotate into portrait mode. The Lenovo ThinkBook VertiFlex Concept is a pretty standard-looking 14-inch productivity laptop, but if you nudge the screen's edge from its top-right corner, the whole display rotates 90 degrees within its chassis, realigning itself into a better view for documents, coding, or doomscrolling.

That's it. That's its whole trick. It's both utterly delightful and a touch mundane - much simpler than other, wilder Lenovo concepts. There isn't some fancy flexible OLED display or wh …

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This stand can automatically lift, tilt, and turn your laptop toward you

2025-09-04T22:01:56-04:00

Laptop stands are a dime a dozen, but this one adapts to you. It also “dances.”

Lenovo's Smart Motion Concept laptop stand, announced at IFA 2025, automatically raises and lowers itself and turns and tilts to position your laptop at an ergonomic eye level. It's a lot like an amped-up Apple Center Stage webcam, but the whole laptop adapts to you and your posture.

That's basically what it felt like when it was demoed for me at a recent preview event, where it tracked me side to side and up and down around a table. In another demo, it did a "dance" where it ran through its full range of motion to some cheesy music. (More Elaine than any TikTok-level choreography.)

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The stand's other featur …

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The best stuff we’ve seen at MWC so far

2025-03-05T14:40:31-05:00

Mobile World Congress 2025 is well under way in Barcelona, Spain, and while there's still one day left, the mobile-focused show has already delivered lots of new laptops, smartphones, concepts, and innovative accessories.

Some of the biggest announcements were made over the weekend, so we want to make sure you didn't miss anything. Here are the best gadgets that have debuted at MWC 2025 so far, but there's still more to come. You can catch up on all of our coverage of the show right here.

Newnal AI phone

Undeterred by the failure of the Humane AI pin, the creators of the Newnal AI phone still believe AI has the potential to become a very …

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Lenovo’s new concept laptop can be charged by the sun

2026-02-09T11:11:56-05:00

The Lenovo Yoga Solar PC concept will let you work while touching grass. | Photo: Antonio G. Di Benedetto

Lenovo has announced a new concept laptop at Mobile World Congress that encourages you to work outside by reducing your dependence on power cables. The Yoga Solar PC is an early proof of concept device featuring a solar panel integrated into the laptop's lid. It can harness light from any source to boost its battery, but as with most solar-powered devices, you'll get the most power while working outside on a clear, sunny day.

The company hasn't announced any plans to put the Yoga Solar PC into production. However, its ThinkBook Plus Gen 6, featuring an expanding and rollable OLED display, initially debuted as a concept at Mobile World Congr …

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Jaguar’s bizarre rebranding continues with the Type 00 concept electric car

2024-12-02T21:44:19-05:00

Jaguar's new ethos is "copy nothing," and the first concept car of its new era is trying to deliver.

The leaks earlier were accurate, with the Type 00 two-door coupe presenting a long hood that leads to a low roof and fastback rear profile that forgoes any rear window. Jaguar chief creative officer Gerry McGovern said in a presentation that "when Jaguar was at its best, it threw away the design rulebook and created E-Type and the XJS…objects of desire." This car is supposed to be another step in that direction.

There are plenty of details, like its 23-inch wheels, oval steering wheel, three brass bars running through th …

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