MWC 2026 is in full swing here in Barcelona, Spain, and while my usual beat for TechRadar is all things computing, I’ve been walking around the show floor of this huge tech event on the lookout for a new smartphone to get excited about.
I’ve felt for a while that smartphone designs and technology have hit a plateau. The hardware and form factor are now pretty much perfect for what we currently use our phones for (doom scrolling, taking photos, and making the rare phone call, essentially, in my case), which has left phone makers scrambling to find a reason to convince us to upgrade from our perfectly fine handsets.
