Phones Are Finally Fun Again!

This week, Marques, Andrew, and David first dig into all of the weird products that are coming out of Mobile World Congress 2025! Topics range from solar smartphones to briefcase displays and extra long laptops. There are a ton of weird gadgets and it's great. Then, they go over all of the new Apple products that were released before talking a little about YouTube Premium Lite and Google Fi. There's a lot to get into in this one! Enjoy!

Chapters: 00:00 Intro 02:09 Xiaomi modular phone 09:22 Nubia phones 13:44 Samsung flexible briefcase 16:37 Lenovo Thinkbook Flip 19:09 Solar powered Lenovo laptop 23:38 Solar phone 25:43 Spark slim 32:12 Xiaomi Buds 5 Pro 38:42 Shopify (Sponsored) 50:41 New Apple products 01:00:49 Nothing phones 01:07:31 Netsuite (Sponsored) 01:08:39 Coda (Sponsored) 01:09:50 YouTube Premium Lite 01:15:10 MVNO Updates 01:18:07 Trivia scores 01:24:07 Outro

Links: Android Authority - Xiaomi's modular phone: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QrcGz3ur-bE Verge - Sony QX10 and QX100 review: https://youtu.be/-F5D-7WRA8o?si=PaJmopfPVsbR7CC7 Verge Nubia Music 2 Article: https://www.theverge.com/news/616633/mwc-2025-news-products-announcements DesignBoom - Samsung Briefcase display: https://www.designboom.com/technology/samsung-flexible-screens-stretch-foldable-briefcase-gaming-devices-mwc-2025-03-05-2025/ 9to5Google - Techno Spark Slim: https://9to5google.com/2025/03/05/tecno-spark-slim-hands-on/

Music provided by Epidemic Sound

Shop the merch: https://shop.mkbhd.com

Socials: Waveform: https://www.threads.net/@waveformpodcast Marques: https://www.threads.net/@mkbhd Andrew: https://www.threads.net/@andrew_manganelli David Imel: https://www.threads.net/@davidimel Adam: https://www.threads.net/@parmesanpapi17 Ellis: https://twitter.com/EllisRovin

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@waveformpodcast

Join the Discord: https://discord.gg/mkbhd

Music by 20syl: https://bit.ly/2S53xlC

Waveform is part of the Vox Media Podcast Network.