Chinese tech firepower is unleashed at MWC. Doubao's Q&A session impresses foreign attendees. New smartphone species steal the show. Is 6G really coming?

The annual showcase of global mobile phone giants has just had an exciting collision in Barcelona!

According to an early - morning report from Barcelona by Zhidx on March 3rd, the Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2026 officially opened on March 2nd. Mobile phone brands such as Huawei, Xiaomi, Honor, vivo, Lenovo, ZTE, Transsion, Nothing, Samsung, Google Pixel, and BlackBerry presented their latest products to the global market all at once.

This year marks the 20th anniversary of MWC. From the conference theme " The IQ Era (Intelligent Era) ", it can be seen that from terminals to infrastructure, the communication industry is being comprehensively reconstructed by AI. In the exhibition area, signs of Agentic AI and Physics AI are almost everywhere.

Xiaomi presented its Leica - equipped mobile phones and VGT super - cars. Honor made its debut with robotic mobile phones and humanoid robots. vivo unveiled its new - generation "V - series" X300 Ultra for the first time. Lenovo showed off Motorola's first "large - fold" mobile phone. ZTE brought its Doubao mobile phone, developed in cooperation with ByteDance, to the international stage.

AI hardware companies such as Alibaba, iFlytek, Timekettle, XGIMI, and Jizhe , humanoid robot companies such as Unitree, Zhipu, Magic Atom, Beijing Humanoid, and Chengdu Humanoid , and ICT giants such as Huawei, China Mobile, China Unicom, China Telecom, and China Information and Communication Technology Group all appeared at the Barcelona exhibition.

International chip giants such as Qualcomm, Intel, AMD, NVIDIA, Arm, and SK Hynix , as well as domestic chip and storage companies such as UNISOC, FORESEE, and Juxin Microelectronics , also exhibited their latest technologies and ecological achievements.

Coincidentally, Apple, which didn't attend the exhibition, released new products for three consecutive days this week, seemingly competing with the Barcelona exhibition from afar. (The new iPhone from Apple is here. You can get the latest A19 chip for 3,999 yuan, and the memory is doubled without a price increase.)

The Zhidx exhibition - visiting team walked 16,600 steps a day and brought fresh on - site observations from the Barcelona exhibition!

01. Fierce Competition in Mobile Phone Innovation: Doubao Mobile Assistant, Robotic Mobile Phones, and Modular Magnetic Concept Phones

The competition among mobile phone giants started 5 days before the opening of MWC.

On February 26th, Samsung released the world's first privacy - screen mobile phone, the Galaxy S26. Huawei released the international version of the Mate 80 Pro in the neighboring city of Madrid, high - profilely announcing its return to the overseas market. Two days later, Xiaomi took over and released the Leitzphone and a concept super - car in Barcelona. The next day, Honor unveiled three major products in one go: the flagship folding - screen Magic V6, the robotic mobile phone Robot Phone, and a humanoid robot.

These new products are also the highlights of this year's MWC.

The most eye - catching exhibit at the Xiaomi booth is the concept super - car developed for the Vision GT project. The Leitzphone, a Leica - equipped mobile phone, also made an appearance at the Xiaomi booth.

Honor presented the "new species of AI mobile phones" - the robotic mobile phone Robot Phone. Its 200 - megapixel 4DoF gimbal camera can move like a robot, track objects, respond to gestures, and recognize voice commands.

vivo exhibited the second - generation "V - series" X300 Ultra for the first time. It features a 200 - megapixel telephoto camera and the world's first 400mm vivo Zeiss teleconverter. It supports 4K 120fps 10bit log across all focal lengths and adds a new professional video - recording mode, Pro. There is also an immersive photography area in the booth for visitors to fully experience the advanced technology of this imaging flagship.

The technical preview version of the Nubia M153 Doubao mobile assistant , released in China in December last year, also appeared at the Barcelona exhibition. It demonstrates that by deeply integrating AI into the operating system, users only need to issue a voice command, and the Doubao AI assistant can automatically open relevant apps such as food - delivery and restaurant - booking apps, completing the entire process from searching, comparing, booking to route planning.

After its debut at CES, Lenovo officially released the moto razr fold folding - screen AI mobile phone at MWC. This phone will soon be launched in the Chinese market. Lenovo also exhibited trendy products such as a folding - screen gaming handheld, a glasses - free 3D laptop, and a modular magnetic AI PC concept machine.

Transsion launched a 4.9mm modular magnetic concept phone, the POVA CURVE 2 5G. Ten types of modules, such as a power bank, a telephoto lens, an action camera, a gamepad, and a battery, can be magnetically attached to the back of the phone for customized assembly.

Samsung erected a huge advertisement for the Galaxy S26 outside the exhibition hall. In its display and mobile phone exhibition areas, visitors can get a close - up look at the privacy - protection technology of this phone. The domestic display manufacturer TCL CSOT demonstrated super - pixel technology that can optimize the energy efficiency of smartphones.

The Google Pixel 10a , released last month, also appeared at the Barcelona exhibition, showcasing the native Android system. The Nothing Phone 4a , which will be released in London, also made an appearance in Barcelona, available in four colors: white, black, blue, and pink.

Most mobile phone brands at the exhibition set up AI exhibition areas, focusing on demonstrating how to integrate more AI functions into users' daily experiences. Another key area of optimization is to achieve more seamless switching of the same task among different devices, all aiming to simplify users' daily operations.

If you want to visit the exhibition efficiently, you can go straight to the booths of Qualcomm, MediaTek, and UNISOC to see most of the AI mobile phones from different brands at once.

02. AI Glasses, AI Pets, and Humanoid Robots: Trendy AI Hardware is Integrating into Life

At MWC, the number of AI glasses and humanoid robots on display was not as large as at the beginning - of - the - year CES, but they were still highly representative.

The AI glasses exhibition areas of Alibaba and Meta were next to each other. Alibaba is developing Qianwen into an AI assistant that integrates hardware and software and can be used across multiple terminal forms. Overseas visitors were eager to try on the first AI hardware product of Qianwen, the "Qianwen AI Glasses", to experience AI translation, meeting recording, image and object recognition, and other functions based on the Qianwen large - model. These glasses have started full - channel pre - orders in China and are planned to enter the international market comprehensively this year.

iFlytek exhibited various translation devices such as AI translation glasses and AI translation screens.

In the field of smart wearables, Qualcomm released the Snapdragon Wear Platform Premium Edition, which can run a 2 - billion - parameter model locally on the device. UNISOC also exhibited AI glasses such as the INMO GO3 and the Dapeng Vision Ray, which are equipped with its chips.

vivo exhibited the MR headset, the vivo Vision, released last year. The booths of Qualcomm and Samsung respectively had MR headsets running the Android XR operating system. Google also set up a special Android XR exhibition area.

The AI pet iMoochi from ZTE also attracted many visitors at the booth. It has a fluffy appearance, a soft voice, and gentle tactile feedback. Touching its head will make it rub against you cutely and make cooing sounds. Users can also check iMoochi's mood diary in the app.

Lenovo also exhibited a concept product, an "AI work assistant", which is an always - on AI desktop companion robot. It looks like a desktop ornament, consisting of a rotating base, a small robotic arm, and a spherical head. The screen on its head shows a pair of lively eyes, and it also has a built - in projector that can project images and documents onto nearby surfaces.

At the UCloudlink booth, you can experience the Pet Phone. This phone can be clipped onto a pet's collar, making it convenient for you to call your pet.

If you see a booth surrounded by a large crowd, there is a high probability that a humanoid robot is performing.

Chinese exhibitors are very experienced in attracting visitors with humanoid robots. Humanoid robots performed or interacted at the booths of Honor, ZTE, China Mobile, China Telecom, Unitree, Zhipu, and iFlytek . The Beijing Humanoid Robot Innovation Center and the Chengdu Humanoid Robot Innovation Center exhibited a variety of humanoid and bionic robots in the Chinese pavilion. China Mobile