These MWC 2026 Telephones Current Canada Continues To Be Up To Now

There have been a litany of smartphones available at Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona, some with fascinating twists, and others with intriguing and exquisite outcomes.

MWC is a gift that, individually, highlights merely how isolated and stagnant the North American cell market is. Precise innovation is coming from the East, not the West, and whereas a couple of of the ideas beneath are wacky and conceptual, most are merchandise each merely launched or coming to market.

Leica Leitzphone powered by Xiaomi

The Leitzphone is sort of a refashioned Xiaomi 17 Extraordinarily, sharing nearly the whole equivalent {{hardware}}, solely it sports activities actions a barely fully totally different design and Leica-inspired shopper interface that options specific modes paying homage to conventional Leica cameras, similar to the M9 and M3. These, along with a deep selection of distinctive Leica Look filters — some nodding on to early 35mm film aesthetics — add persona and inventive flexibility you gained’t uncover on the 17 Extraordinarily, lots a lot much less one thing from the Massive Three in Canada and the U.S.

That moreover goes for the rotating Digital digicam Ring, which brings a tactile, lens-like administration to key capturing parameters. Every the cellphone itself and the included case have the ring, and also you’ll set it to handle fully totally different parts, say, publicity for {Photograph} mode, and zoom for Video mode. Every mode throughout the interface can have its private settings.

Taking photos with the Leitzphone myself in Toronto and Barcelona, it’s obvious that this is usually a digicam that happens to be a cellphone, fairly than the reverse. Outcomes aren’t solely spectacular in some situations, they produce outcomes that principally do actually really feel like they derive from Leica’s legacy. It’s moreover a pricey one at €1,999 (about C$3,173.41).

Motorola Razr Fold

The model new Razr Fold is a book-style foldable, marking a notable development for the Razr mannequin previous the flip clamshells they’ve come out with for years. The 6.6-inch exterior show is pretty vibrant, whereas flipping it open reveals a giant 8.1-inch inside 2K LTPO present. Every operate extreme refresh fees and assist for Dolby Imaginative and prescient, and the hinge feels every sturdy and versatile abruptly. It weighs in at spherical 240g, measuring roughly 4.6mm when open and 9.9mm when closed.

Beneath the hood, it runs on the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 chipset with as a lot as 16GB of RAM and storage decisions ranging between 256GB, 512GB and 1TB. Its 6,000mAh silicon-carbon battery helps 80W wired charging and 50W wi-fi charging, which can be pretty good figures for a foldable like this.

Apparently, Motorola could be positioning the Razr Fold as a aggressive digicam, led by a 50MP Sony LYTIA 828 sensor for the first lens, plus 50MP sensors for the telephoto (3x optical zoom) and ultra-wide lenses as properly. The doorway cameras are 32MP for the cover present and 20MP for the within one. Video seize maxes out at as a lot as 8K at 30fps or 4K at 120fps.

Motorola is promising as a lot as seven years of Android and security updates. It gained’t come low price, though, with pricing in Europe set at spherical €1,999 (about C$3,173.41). It’s coming to North America this yr, though the timeframe stays unclear. Specific editions, along with a FIFA World Cup 26 Assortment with distinctive design touches and perks, are moreover part of the launch lineup.

Tecno Camon 50 Extraordinarily 5G

As a mid-range cellphone, the Tecno Camon 50 Extraordinarily 5G comes with a digicam‑focused intent that leans carefully into AI choices. It sports activities actions a 6.78‑inch curved AMOLED show with 1.5K determination and 144Hz refresh charge, working its HiOS overlay on excessive of Android 16. The MediaTek Dimensity 7400 Closing chipset firmly places the system in mid-range effectivity, paired with as a lot as 12 GB of RAM and as a lot as 512GB of storage.

The rear triple digicam setup is led by a 50MP Sony LYT‑700C main sensor with optical image stabilization, along with a 50MP telephoto lens (3x optical zoom) and 8MP extraordinarily‑enormous. The interface is chock-full of AI-driven settings and choices, along with AI Art work Gallery, which can reimagine your photographs into inventive endeavors from the likes of Monet, Picasso, Van Gogh, or stylized for anime, abstract and glass paintings. There are even modes for 3D photographs and an AI image-to-video generator.

Taking photos with it myself in every Toronto and Barcelona, the cellphone gave me a steady preliminary impression for its anticipated US$350 (roughly C$477.29) ticket, even when the AI choices sometimes actually really feel overdone or gimmicky. Others are surprisingly useful, notably when viewing the broader suite to include the Ella voice assistant.

The 6,500mAh battery is large for a cellphone on this differ and incorporates 45W wired fast‑charging assist. Tecno ensures plenty of years of Android and security updates, plus further cloud storage.

Tecno Modular Magnetic Concept

Tecno describes its Modular Magnetic Interconnection Experience as a “cellphone that grows on demand,” constructed spherical a stackable magnetic system on the once more of an ultra-thin handset. Whereas nonetheless firmly an concept, the idea looks like a nod to Motorola’s defunct Moto Mods for the Moto Z line.

To offset the inevitable bulk of stacking modules, the underside cellphone is large skinny at merely 4.9mm, so it solely has a 3,000mAh battery and a single rear digicam inside. Two prototype sorts, the Atom and Moda editions, use pogo pins for the various add-on components supplemented by wi-fi hyperlinks like Wi-Fi Direct. The ecosystem incorporates each factor from a full-on Telephoto Lens with its private image sensor and controls (Hasselblad Moto Mod, anyone?) and movement digicam, along with a periscope telephoto extender for the cellphone’s rear digicam, battery packs, storage, microphones, and even a sport controller.

This concept’s stackable nature supplies it broad latitude. For instance, you’d stack two batteries throughout the once more to get 9,000mAh, then put a digicam and microphone on excessive of those. The batteries are even thinner at 4.5mm. Tecno is positioning the system as a fashion for purchasers to tailor a single system to very fully totally different desires, whether or not or not that’s photos, endurance, connectivity, or gaming. Fascinating because it’s up shut, there’s merely no guarantee it’ll ever ship.

Honor Robotic Phone

Honor’s Robotic Phone is definitely one factor else when seeing it up shut. It’s built-in, AI-driven gimbal bodily strikes, tracks subjects, and responds to voice directions. Honor frames it as a “new species of smartphone” with plans to launch in China first sooner than a possible world launch (not in Canada) sometime after.

A miniature motor powers the robotic digicam, mounted on a three-axis, 4-DoF (four-degrees-of-freedom) gimbal capable of full rotation. The digicam makes use of a 200MP sensor and helps AI-based matter monitoring for every selfies and outward-facing photos, along with choices like automated pans, spins, and stabilization modes designed to keep up footage clear even all through fast movement.

Voice interaction supplies the digicam a method of persona the place it may contact upon scenes, acknowledge crowds, and even nod, shake, or “dance” to music. Whereas the video potential is clear, I can’t report on one thing related to nonetheless photos for this unusual system.

Vivo X300 Extraordinarily

Vivo solely talked about video at MWC for the upcoming X300 Extraordinarily, the place it’s clearly evident the mannequin wishes to deal with all comers on the video side, aspiring to put it merely as one factor nearer to a “pocket cinema digicam.”

There gained’t be a “hero lens” proper right here, as all three rear lenses will in all probability be dealt with as equals. Vivo confirms assist for 4K 120fps 10-bit Log recording all through all focal lengths, with optical image stabilization on every digicam and no crop when capturing in OIS-only mode. A model new Skilled Video app will borrow from expert cinema cameras, full with devices like shutter angle administration, superior monitoring, histograms, audio ranges, and ACES-certified Log for seamless colour grading in industry-standard workflows.

Clients shall be able to load personalized look-up tables (LUTs) for on-device monitoring, convert footage on to Rec.709 or HDR codecs, and full edits fully on the cellphone. Vivo claims as a lot as 15 stops of dynamic differ, matter monitoring as a lot as 4K 60fps, and clear lens switching whereas recording Log video. Primarily based totally on the footage I seen, this cellphone has the potential to make the iPhone look absolutely uncommon by comparability.

Part of it’s there’s {{hardware}} to complement all this. First, there could also be an interchangeable telephoto lens extender with 400mm optical focal differ (the sooner 200mm lens could be acceptable as a result of it makes use of the equivalent mount). Then there’s the modular rig system for videographers, organize with bodily controls, Bluetooth connectivity and a cooling fan to cease thermal throttling.

Except for saying nonetheless photos “will in all probability be larger” throughout the X300 Extraordinarily, the primary goal on the current was fully on video — and solely with positive particulars. It’s not clear however what the specs are. What’s confirmed is that the system and system (lens, rig) will in all probability be launching every in China and world markets Vivo already operates in. Yow will discover your self with one in Canada should you be ready to import it.

TCL NXTPAPER 70 Skilled

TCL already unveiled the NXTPAPER 70 Skilled at CES, nonetheless it’s nonetheless a noteworthy cellphone on account of it’s coming to the U.S. (Canada is a “maybe”) and seems fully totally different from each factor else due to the show tech. It’s nonetheless NXTPAPER 4.0, so it lacks the NXTPAPER Pure mannequin that gives full colour assist (16.7 million colours) and a 120Hz refresh charge, along with assist for the T-Pen stylus. At current, that tech is barely on TCL’s new Phrase A1 NXTPAPER capsule.

NXTPAPER isn’t like one other present, and I personally want it for books, comics and graphic novels. The decreased glare moreover makes it simple to be taught such points in brighter daylight. The show is brighter than earlier fashions, though it may’t match the nits the most effective IPS and OLED exhibits can produce. The trade-off is there’s far a lot much less blue light publicity proper right here as compared with these panels.

As a mid-ranger that tries to stay as close to $0 as attainable, TCL says it’s making an attempt to provide a wide range of bang for the buck. Its MuseFilm in-house image processing supplies some cinematic attraction to some photos from the digicam, whereas positive modes, like sketch and watercolour, make every photographs and video look fascinating from a creative standpoint.