The 6G, modular, robot phones of the future

Mar 03, 2026 09:39 PM - 2 months ago 63566

David Pierce

is editor-at-large and Vergecast co-host pinch complete a decade of acquisition covering user tech. Previously, astatine Protocol, The Wall Street Journal, and Wired.

Year aft year, we mostly cognize what to expect from our smartphone upgrades. Galaxy, iPhone, Pixel, aliases immoderate else, everything seems to get somewhat amended (and occasionally much expensive) without galore surprises successful store. That’s not to opportunity location are nary caller ideas near successful smartphones, though. You conscionable person to cognize wherever to look.

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On this section of The Vergecast, The Verge’s Allison Johnson reports backmost from Mobile World Congress, which is positively overflowing pinch ideas astir smartphones. There are the big-name companies for illustration Samsung, showing disconnected the Privacy Display tech that you mightiness soon commencement to spot successful different devices. There are the Motorolas and Honors of the world, relentlessly shipping caller stuff. And location are companies for illustration Tecno, which just support building prototypes successful the hopes that 1 mightiness drawback on. Allison helps america benignant the silly and the serious, arsenic we look up to the twelvemonth successful phones.

After that, The Verge’s Jess Weatherbed joins the show to talk the hottest caller mobile accessory: gadget straps. These elemental gizmos person been celebrated astir the world for immoderate clip and person precocious made a scatter successful the US aft Apple started shipping its crossbody strap. Jess explains why these straps are truthful useful and why tons of group really want their telephone dangling connected their hep each day.

Finally, The Verge’s Jay Peters helps David reply a mobility from the Vergecast Hotline (call 866-VERGE11 aliases email [email protected]) astir the metaverse. First of all, what is the metaverse? And 2nd of all, is the ultra-immersive, all-consuming metaverse still coming? We person an reply for 1 question and an existential situation for the other.

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