One of the biggest events in the tech fan’s calendar is Mobile World Congress, and MWC 2026 this year was chock-full of phones as you’d hope. Over several days, I tested about 30 different mobiles, to see what’s new in the smartphone world and what might hit our list of the best smartphones in the future.
I’ve seen phones that fold, phones that flip, phones that turn and phones that survive a tumble. Many slipped straight from my mind, but to help you follow the comings and goings of the show, I’ve boiled down the dozens of devices I saw into six interesting picks.
