The Mobile World Congress in Barcelona is where the world’s biggest technology companies gather to showcase their latest gadgets. At MWC 2026 we saw some amazing products, including Xiaomi’s Leica Leitzphone and the Honor Magic V6 foldable phone. But this show always offers a wealth of quirky concept devices and this year is no exception.
From wild cars to revolutionary phones, these are the most exciting concepts we’ve seen on the MWC show floor so far.
The Vision GT looks amazing but I don’t think I’ll ever drive it.
Xiaomi Vision GT
Xiaomi is well-versed in EVs, but this is the first time the company has built a hypercar specifically to be used as a digital asset in the PlayStation 5 racing game Gran Turismo. But Xiaomi didn’t stop there — it actually built the car literally and gave it pride of place in the conference center.
The Vision GT, as it’s called (GT stands for Gran Turismo, obvs) is an all-electric hypercar that Xiaomi says is “sculpted from the wind.” That is, it is designed with all kinds of swooping lines and flow inlets that allow it to pass through air with minimal resistance. It has a large back section… umm…? Whatever it is, one big hole to allow air flow.
The car looks amazing and I would have loved to have been able to sit inside the LED-filled cockpit but sadly the doors remain closed. This is a concept model made for the game, and the company has not made a statement about whether it plans to put something like this into production.
One thing is for sure: It sure as hell won’t come cheap.
This modular is really a “lens” in itself for photography
Tecno modular camera phone
I may have been outdone this year by Xiaomi and Leica’s amazing phone camera capabilities but Tecno’s idea may be able to take things a step further. At its heart it’s a skinny Android phone but a series of electrical connectors on the back allow you to slap on a variety of modular accessories to completely change what the phone can do.
One module that caught my eye in particular was the camera unit, which not only added a large zoom lens to the phone, but actually had its own large camera sensor. It basically turned the phone into a full-fledged camera that just used the display as a viewfinder.
Hopefully that larger image sensor will also allow the phone to take better photos, though I’ll have to reserve judgment on how its images look by the time Tecno puts it into production.
The robot peeks out from the back of the Honor phone.
Respect the Robot phone
Honor first showed off its Robot Phone concept back at CES in Las Vegas but we managed to get a lot closer to the thing this year. It looks like the love child of an Android phone and the DJI Osmo Pocket 3, with a rugged camera unit that folds inside the phone.
As someone who works for YouTube, I love the idea of having a compact way to shoot my photography videos. Honor actually had to make its own tiny motors — based on the technology it uses in foldable phones — and CNET’s Katie Collins was impressed when the camera’s built-in AI complimented her on “soft, shiny hair.”
While the robot phone is currently in the concept stage, Honor said it will go into full production and we may be able to buy it in the second half of the year.
We got hands-on experience with the Yoga Book 3D concept — this photo of a mouse turned into a fully rendered 3D model right before our eyes.
Lenovo Yoga Book 3D concept
Lenovo and its sister brand Motorola often show exciting concepts at the show, my favorite being Motorola’s wrist-worn phone from 2024. This year Lenovo is leading the way with its Yoga Book 3D laptop display concept, which displays images in 3D — and you don’t even need to wear those stupid glasses to see it.
Like any technology item launched recently, the device relies on AI to achieve its goals. In this case, AI will work to help convert 2D sketched objects into full 3D renderings. It has two displays, with the bottom display being your “active screen” where you’ll draw and interact with your creations while the top uses stereoscopic screen technology to give your images a three-dimensional look.
We tested it at an event before the show and CNET’s Tyler Graham noted that “if you’re not standing directly in front of the computer, the projection feels awkward and causes a headache.” This has been my experience using any glasses-free 3D technology so I don’t see this type of technology being rolled out into a mass market product yet. But it’s nice to see it tested.
Honor CEO James Li greets the company’s robot on stage at MWC
Respect the Humanoid robot
Did you think Honor was made by the robots behind the aforementioned Robot Phone? Well, the company has big plans for robots and it clearly laid its cards on the table at this year’s show. Its first humanoid robot took to the stage during the company’s press conference, dancing, moonwalking and even going backwards to demonstrate how easily it can walk compared to, say, a 38-year-old tech reporter whose knees struggle to stand, let alone walk backwards.
The robot will be packed with AI smarts, of course, and instead of focusing on industrial applications, Honor is aiming its robot firmly at the consumer world. It says it will be able to help us at work, as a co-worker at home and help with shopping. Although if I hear one word in it that maybe there is no need to buy a packet of biscuits I just kick them into the sea.
