The 2025 Cellular World Congress (MWC) has accomplished its first day, and already we have seen some superb new gadgets and ideas.
As an illustration, we have checked out a telephone powered by the solar, a modular digital camera telephone with magnetic lenses and a laptop computer that may flip open to disclose an 18-inch show.
That is solely the beginning of MWC, and there is extra on the horizon for all you tech followers. If you wish to hold updated, take a look at our MWC 2025 dwell weblog for all the most recent information.
Nevertheless, for these on the lookout for a extra fast breakdown, here is the 7 most superb devices from MWC Day 1.
Lenovo’s ThinkBook “Codename Flip” idea is a 2-in-1 breakthrough
Final 12 months, it was the clear laptop computer idea. However for 2025, Lenovo has gone huge with the ThinkBook “Codename Flip” — a easy, unassuming 13-inch pocket book you could actually flip open into a huge 18-inch vertical OLED panel.
From standing proudly without having a kickstand (in contrast to the Asus Zenbook Duo), the flexibility of the way you should use that 18.1-inch 2000 x 2664-pixel 3:4 facet ratio show, to the eye paid to ergonomics in that touchpad, there’s rather a lot to like right here.
In fact, this alongside the solar-powered laptop computer and monitor with AI built-in are solely ideas. But when Lenovo desires to launch this system, I am all for it!
Might photo voltaic powered telephones be the wave of the longer term?
Solar energy has lots of advantages, and we have seen it added to every thing from vehicles to properties. Nevertheless, MWC 2025 has revealed what could possibly be the primary telephone that makes use of solar energy to continuously cost itself.
The system in query comes from Infinix, and our Tom Pritchard acquired to spend a while with the telephone to see how nicely the thought works.
The tech is presently restricted to solely 2W, so it is not going to be changing a charger anytime quickly. Nevertheless, Infinix says the purpose of this idea is to gather the vitality wanted to increase the telephone’s personal standby time, or as a “sensible backup” if extra conventional types of energy are out of fee.
Sadly, Infinix is not planning on promoting the idea system but, however the mere reality it exists is doubtlessly nice information for anybody who desires a telephone that limits their vitality footprint.
Xiaomi is seeking to change smartphone cameras we all know it
If there’s one widespread criticism about smartphones, it is that the digital camera bumps have been getting larger and larger. Admittedly, no telephone’s reached the extent of the Galaxy S4 Zoom, however nonetheless it is an issue. Nevertheless, Xiaomi unveiled one thing that would change how we view cameras on our telephones: the Modular Optic System, or MOS.
Tom’s Information’s Tom Pritchard acquired to see what, precisely, this new system is supposed to do and the way it’s meant to work. The idea mannequin seen on the occasion allowed customers to connect a small, compact digital camera to the magnetic ring on the again of a telephone. In concept, this may imply customers might have much more choices than simply the cameras on the system.
In a quick hands-on, Tom mentioned that the telephone felt fairly snug to carry and wasn’t too heavy. He additionally famous that the connection course of was seamless and did not require any particular case or attachment to work. MOS is an fascinating idea, and hopefully Xiaomi continues it sooner or later.
Samsung is bringing again the A-series in a robust method
Samsung has formally introduced the Galaxy A56, Galaxy A36 and the Galaxy A26. All three of those telephones have a shot of creating our greatest low cost telephones listing, and so they all supply a good quantity for buyers on a finances.
The Galaxy A56 is the clear standout, with a 6.7-inch show and 120Hz refresh fee. It is also acquired a 50MP primary digital camera, a 12MP huge angle lens and a 5MP Macro. All of that is powered by a 5,000mAh battery that enables for 45W wired charging.
If you happen to’re frightened all this would possibly imply a worth improve, don’t have any concern, because the Galaxy A56 is launching with the identical $499 price ticket because the earlier telephones. That is $100 lower than the iPhone 16e.
Admittedly, the Galaxy A36 and the Galaxy A26 are rather less spectacular, though they do function full HD shows with 120Hz refresh charges. Sadly, each telephones are nonetheless working a single 50MP primary lens, alongside an 8MP ultrawide and a 5MP macro.
Nevertheless, costs for the A36 and A26 begin at $399 and $299, respectively.
TCL is bettering its augmented actuality glasses with the TCL RayNeo X3
Augmented actuality glasses are slowly getting higher and higher, and will quickly attain a mixture of peak design and spectacular options. TCL is seeking to take an enormous step in that path with the TCL RayNeo X3 Professional, the follow-up to the TCL RayNeo X2 proven off finally 12 months’s MWC.
TCL has clearly taken among the viewers reactions to coronary heart, having slimmed down the frames in order that they are much much less noticeable. The TCL RayNeo X3 Professional additionally incorporates a beautiful micro-LED show with a brightness of as much as 2,500 nits. Nevertheless, the massive addition is definitely helpful multimodal AI help.
Sadly, the battery life does go away one thing to be desired, particularly as a lot of the options cease working as quickly because the glasses attain 10%. Jason needed to continuously cost the glasses as much as 20%, however the low battery warning would flash after solely 10 minutes of use.
Honor pronounces its newest smartwatch: The Honor Magic 5 Extremely
Honor used the primary day of MWC to disclose a number of merchandise, in addition to its plans for AI. What has us most excited was the official announcement of the Honor Watch 5 Extremely.
Whereas standing out within the smartwatch market is fairly tough, the Extremely Watch 5 impressed us a lot we gave it a rating of 4.5 stars in our evaluate.
A part of the rationale for this rating is the general design of the Honor Magic 5 Extremely, which simply matches any of the most effective smartwatches in the marketplace. It is glossy, trendy and options a big, clear AMOLED show and a snug watch band.
Honor has additionally labored to enhance each the sleep and health monitoring on the watch. Final however not least, the Honor Watch 5 Extremely is rated for 15 days of battery life.
Whereas Honor has introduced that the telephone will value €279 at launch, there is not any phrase on U.S. availability or pricing.
Xiaomi 15 Extremely supply a classy design, however not for everybody
Talking of latest releases, Xiaomi took the time throughout MWC to lastly announce the Xiaomi 15 Extremely, which is able to launch March 4. We scored the telephone a tremendous 4.5 stars in our simply revealed evaluate attributable to a number of fairly implausible options.
The Xiaomi 15 Extremely sports activities a nostalgic design with a beautiful shiny display screen. This retro look hides the precise energy of the telephone, which comes with the Snapdragon 8 Elite and 16GB of RAM.
Nevertheless, all of this does not come low cost because the Xiaomi 15 Extremely will set you again a minimal of €1,499.
Whereas there’s rather a lot to like in regards to the telephone, there are some points with it. Probably the most urgent is that the Xiaomi 15 Extremely seemingly will not launch within the U.S. We do anticipate the telephone to look within the UK and European markets.
