Strange and eccentric gadgets seen at MWC 2025

Infinix says the case will store up to 2 watts of this energy and forward it to the phone if necessary. The company also claims that the case uses “Sunflower” wireless charging technology. This allows the case’s system to “dynamically adjust the transmission path” to be the lightest possible amount within a 3m (approximately 10 feet). Although this is not designed to keep your phone charging while in use, Infinix thinks it will help you increase your standby time when you’re doing other things. –Julian Chokkat

Huawei 3 folding phones unfold large screen

The best folding phones are to offer more screen real estate, but can you do too many good things? Huawei’s Mate XT is like the Honor Magic V3 (8/10, Wired beconess), but with additional screens and folding. In reality, it’s only twice as many, so Trifold is a misnomer, but the three screens form a clever design that spans a complete 10.2 inches. It can also be used as a single screen on a 7.9-inch double screen or a 6.4-inch traditional candy bar phone.

The fully deployed Mate XT has a thickness of just 3.6 mm, but has two creases. When fully folded, it is 12.8 mm thick and heavy. The hinges are smooth, surprisingly durable and have a satisfying folding effect. It has an IPX8 rating for dust resistance.

The Huawei Mate XT Ultimate relies on Huawei’s own Kirin Chipset and Harmony OS. The rest of the specs are solid and close to the flagship, with a triple lens camera (50 megapixel main, 12 megapixel ultrawid, and 12 megapixel periscope telephoto), a rather large 5,600 MAH battery, 16 GB of RAM, and 1 TB of storage. But then they’ll expect to be considering a price tag of 3,500 euros. If double folding is equal to twice the screen size, it’s more appealing, but I don’t feel far from the folding of this style, paying premium for the novelty of the present. At this point, it is only available in certain markets, such as the Middle East, but should soon land in Europe. –Simon Hill

When cycling glasses meet the action camera

Photo: Julian Chokkat

Our face cameras seem to be an inevitable future. So why can you wear an action camera on your body and have it baked in a cycling glass? That’s the pitch of the Bleequp Ranger. Incidentally, the camera in the center of the glasses (Rated UV400 and IP54) is a camera that can record up to an hour of 1080p video. There is a small battery accessory on the back of the helmet that clips clips to double as taillights, and the video recording time is a total of five hours. The glasses arms have speakers so you can play music and sounded pretty good in my short demo in a very large space. Of course, there is AI here, but it’s not the glasses themselves. The algorithm analyzes the footage, proposes the most interesting clips, and organizes them into highlight reels with minimal effort. Glasses are fired Kickstarter later this month $499. –Julian Chokkat

Mirza Ar Glasses by NTT Docomo

Photo: Simon Hill

I worked in several guided Nippon Calligraphy with the help of NTT Docomo’s AR glasses at MWC. They are big and thick, but you don’t need to connect these glasses directly to anything. You can also modify content in spaces to keep it from moving in your head. Despite my lack of artistic talent, it was relatively easy to recreate the symbols in front of me. I was able to overlay engine parts at work and guide the repairs of the device. These glasses are around $1,500 and are primarily aimed at businesses, but NTT also showed a new light pair in the work, featuring a simplified display for navigation and notifications from Bluetooth-connected mobile phones. The next-generation Mirza AR glasses are targeted at Joe Public and are close to $500, but you may need an AI subscription. –Simon Hill

Xpanceo shows off a smarter contact lens prototype

Photo: Julian Chokkat

I wrote about Xpanceo at Mobile World Congress last year, and the company is back with a smarter contact lens prototype. One of these was contact lenses that could be recharged through a contact lens case, another contact lens, and biosensors that could analyze specific parameters of the tear fluid to monitor glucose, cortisol, and more. Another prototype included a smart contact lens with AR vision that had a pattern on a lens that shifts in response to intraocular pressure, which helped to detect glaucoma early, and integrated microdisplay to display images. I was able to see this and read some texts! The ultimate goal is to bake all these prototypes into one product (like a sci-fi dream), but miniature technology of this kind is extremely difficult. It will take a long time for your smart contact lenses to arrive at the market. –Julian Chokkat

The Solecooler can cool or heat your painful feet

Photo: Simon Hill

Finishing on the day’s 30,000 stages, my burning toots may have had something to do with my eye-catching solecooler in a sea of ​​strange inventions and startups. Kind inventor Bruno Obert (thermodynamic engineer) explained that these clever insoles heat your feet up to 4 degrees Celsius, or when you turn them over, they cool 3.5 degrees. The beauty is that they are being charged by walking on them, but they take a few minutes to go (it’s very similar to an air conditioner). It costs 50 euros and comes in one size. If the size is below 14, it should be reduced.