Cell World Congress, higher often known as MWC, is an annual commerce present in Barcelona, the place lots of the main gamers in cellular get collectively to unveil new units, announce companies, and make offers. It is now not the central hub of all the most recent and best smartphone bulletins because it was once, however there have been a couple of notable reveals this yr, together with loads of enjoyable ideas, AI, and different devices. WIRED has been trudging the halls of the present to seek out the perfect of the perfect—listed below are our prime picks from MWC 2025.
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The Xiaomi 15 Extremely Is a Digital camera King
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{Photograph}: Simon Hill
MWC doesn’t see many flagship telephone releases anymore, however the Xiaomi 15 and Xiaomi 15 Extremely (8/10, WIRED Recommends) are worthy of fanfare and certain greatest in present this yr. Each Android telephones are polished, with glorious screens, robust battery life, quick charging, and silky efficiency. Xiaomi’s HyperOS can also be maturing, and model 2 is liberally seasoned with—you guessed it—AI options. They’re out there within the UK and Europe however gained’t land within the US. (The model hosted WIRED at its media occasion at MWC and paid for a portion of our reporter’s journey bills.)
My in-depth overview goes into the deep inside workings of those telephones, what I like and don’t love. However neither comes low cost—the Xiaomi 15 begins at £849 (€999) and the Extremely will set you again £1,299 (€1,499). The Extremely Pictures Package, which is a module that connects to 1 finish of the telephone, including devoted digicam controls and an extra battery, prices an additional £179 (€199).
Alongside the brand new handsets, Xiaomi confirmed off a slew of different units. We received two new Android tablets, the Xiaomi Pad 7 and seven Professional, each with 11.2-inch screens and huge batteries—the Professional provides a sooner processor and higher digicam. Then there was the Harman-tuned Xiaomi Buds 5 Professional with lively noise canceling, 8-hour battery life, and assist for AI transcription and translation. Rounding off the {hardware} bulletins had been the Xiaomi Watch S4—a barely improved model of final yr’s customizable Watch S3—and the oblong, health and health-focused Sensible Band 9 Professional. —Simon Hill
Nothing’s Two New Finances Telephones Are Dazzling
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{Photograph}: Julian Chokkattu
Nothing has two new fashionable smartphones—the Cellphone (3a) and Cellphone (3a) Professional. They’re an identical in almost each approach besides the cameras. The Professional mannequin has a distinct 50-megapixel most important digicam that may seize extra gentle due to bigger pixels, plus it has a 3X optical periscope lens, whereas the Cellphone (3a) has a 2X optical digicam. These telephones are $379 and $459, respectively, and it’s an achievement in itself to have a flexible triple-camera setup on a sub-$500 telephone.
