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Jess Weatherbed
Jess Weatherbed
Will Oppo have the first creaseless foldable?

Like Apple’s rumored foldable iPhone, the upcoming Find N6 will reportedly sport a creaseless inner display like the one we saw at CES last month. Oppo is shown testing a demo unit with no trace of a crease after 170,000 folds. The Find N6 is rumored for a China unveil on March 17th.

Sean Hollister
Sean Hollister
Samsung’s mirror-covered magnetic popsocket looks like fun.

Want a phone grip that doubles as a mirror? Samsung had two hiding away upstairs at Galaxy Unpacked, one folding retractable clamshell and one ring grip. Also, some fidget toy cases for your new Galaxy Buds. I don’t have prices or dates, but suspect one is the Magnet Mirror Tok mentioned in this Singapore press release.

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Nathan Edwards
Nathan Edwards
I am once again asking for Samsung to put the magnets in the phones.

Like last year, the Galaxy S26 phones are “Qi2 Ready,” which means you’ll need a magnet case to use Qi2 accessories. Which is fine, I guess, since you were gonna get a case anyway. Fifty bucks seems a little steep, though.

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Nathan Edwards
Nathan Edwards
Everything announced at Samsung Galaxy Unpacked 2026 in 12 minutes.

The Galaxy Unpacked keynote ended less than an hour ago, and with it the announcements of the Galaxy S26, S26 Plus, and S26 Ultra. We watched the whole thing, but you don’t have to. Got twelve minutes?

Jess Weatherbed
Jess Weatherbed
Nothing looks good in pink.

The upcoming Phone 4A will be available in a gorgeous blush colorway, a pretty late (but welcome) addition to the pink phone trend. Nothing designer Lucy Birley says the transparent chassis is actually tinted red:

“Because of how the light interacts with the resin underneath you get this incredible sense of depth which makes our products look really lively.”

Dominic Preston
Dominic Preston
Tecno is doing a modular phone (again).

Every year someone invents the modular phone; this time it’s Tecno’s turn. The company will bring a modular magnetic concept device to next week’s MWC 2026, with options like a power bank, telephoto lens, or action camera to add on. We’ll only really believe it if Tecno actually lets me test the thing at the show.

Render of Tecno’s MWC 2026 modular phone concept laid out on a brown background
Render of Tecno’s MWC 2026 modular phone concept laid out on a white background
Render of a group of people holding parts of Tecno’s MWC 2026 modular phone concept, but the image has clearly been edited
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Dominic Preston
Dominic Preston
Honor is pivoting to robots.

The Chinese smartphone company says it will reveal a humanoid robot at MWC this week, which I’m told will focus on domestic tasks. It’s a big change for the company, even with the Robot Phone also on the way, but makes more sense when you know it has an IPO in its future.

Dominic Preston
Dominic Preston
An early S26 Ultra.

YouTuber Sahil Karoul claims to have bought a Galaxy S26 Ultra early at a market in Dubai, and is slowly revealing all: camera samples, benchmarks, and confirmation that the S Pen doesn’t include Bluetooth. Most interesting is this look at the new Privacy display in action ahead of the official reveal this Wednesday.

Dominic Preston
Dominic Preston
Nothing confirms the Phone 4A arrives on March 5th.

CEO Carl Pei had previously teased the date in a playful response to Apple’s recently announced event on the 4th, but now it’s official. With no Phone 4 this year, the 4A, and likely 4A Pro, should be Nothing’s biggest releases in 2026.

Nothing Phone 4A teaser image
Image: Nothing
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Dominic Preston
The telephoto is the only phone camera that really matters

Phone manufacturers are throwing everything they have at long-distance lenses in order to stand out.

Dominic Preston
Dominic Preston
Dominic Preston
Air in name only.

Redmagic’s new 11 Air just launched in China. Sounds thin and light, right? Well, sort of — at 8mm thick and 207g it’s smaller than Redmagic’s liquid-cooled 11 Pro, but a far cry from the 5.6mm, 165g iPhone Air. Still, not bad for a phone with a 7,000mAh battery and built-in fan.

Render of Redmagic 11 Air in black or white versions, with CGI rings around them.
The 11 Air is svelte for a gaming phone, but still pretty big — and it’s no smaller than the previous 10 Air.
Image: Redmagic
The best tech announced at CES 2026 so far

Smart lights that know where they’re placed in a room, wild designs for next-gen routers, and a glowing inedible donut.

Andrew Liszewski
The Verge Awards at CES 2026

Rollable laptops, twice-folding phones, and a ‘longevity station.’ This is the CES tech we come back for.

Verge Staff
Honor steps up to the big leagues with the Magic 8 Pro

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The company’s best phone camera yet can compete with anything around.

Dominic Preston
Thomas Ricker
Thomas Ricker
Realme moves under Oppo.

Realme is once again an Oppo subbrand in a bid to save money. Both were once brands under the Chinese consumer hardware behemoth BBK Electronics, which was also responsible for brands like Vivo, OnePlus, and a few more. But BBK consciously uncoupled a few years ago to avoid regulator scrutiny, creating a myriad of legal entities that occasionally shared supply chains, R&D efforts, and even marketing teams.