MWC 2026 formally will get underway on March 2 and can proceed via March 5, however the bulletins are already coming forward of its begin. We will all the time rely 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 likelihood to get hands-on time with a number of the most fascinating new gadgets, just like the Xiaomi 17 Extremely.
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 most recent MWC information.
Xiaomi x Leica
Xiaomi kicked off MWC this 12 months by saying the worldwide launch of its 17 Extremely smartphone, which debuted first in China again in December. It's unclear if the telephone 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 Extremely sports activities a 1-inch 50-megapixel digital camera sensor with a f/1.67 lens, a telephoto setup with a 200MP 1/1.4-inch sensor, and a 50MP ultrawide digital camera. There's additionally a handbook zoom ring across the digital camera.
Try our palms on for our first impressions of what it's like capturing with the Xiaomi 17 Extremely. And there's extra to it than simply the digital camera. The 17 Extremely has a 6.9-inch OLED 120 Hz show that peaks at 3,500 nits of brightness, and a 6000mAh silicon-carbon battery. The Xiaomi 17 Extremely begins at £1,299 (roughly $1,750).
Leica additionally introduced a brand new telephone made in partnership with Xiaomi at MWC. It seems a complete lot like Xiaomi's 17 Extremely, however isn't the 17 Extremely, precisely.
Just like the 17 Extremely, Leica's Leitzphone by Xiaomi has a 1-inch digital camera sensor and bodily controls for zoom and different settings, utilizing a mechanical ring across the digital camera unit. It contains a Leica-designed intuitive digital camera interface with the choice to point out simply the necessities once you're capturing, hiding all of the modes and labels. There's a monochrome capturing 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 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 Professional. 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 9200mAh 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 5000mAh powerbank, the UltraThin Magnetic Energy Financial institution 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 would work with each Apple Discover My and Google's Discover Hub for Android.
Honor MagicPad 4
HonorForward of MWC, Honor introduced what it claims is the thinnest Android pill on this 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 contains 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 doesn't rely the digital camera 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 10100 mAh. It comes with a 66W quick charger. The MagicPad 4 will run Honor's MagicOS 10. We don't but know the way a lot it would value, 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.
Tecno
We will all the time anticipate to see some wild telephone 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 based mostly on the announcement, together with varied digital camera lenses, a gaming attachment and an influence financial institution, counting on magnets to maintain all of it collectively — or Modular Magnetic Interconnection Expertise, as Tecno is looking it.
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