True modular smartphone hardware never went mainstream. That could change as phone makers look beyond magnets.

Google’s Project Ara promised a modular smartphone future that never arrived. 10 years later, I still think we missed ...

Nothing has announced the second phone under its colorful subbrand CMF: the Phone 2 Pro. Just like the first CMF phone, this is a modular handset with extra accessories you can screw into place. And ...

China's Tecno Mobile is known for some wild phone concepts, and the company took it to the next level this year at MWC Barcelona. Case in point: Tecno's booth in Barcelona was chock-full of people ...

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A new leak from Kartikey Singh suggests Xiaomi is planning a handful of ambitious devices for the second half of 2026. Not ...

TECNO will showcase an ultra-thin modular phone concept at MWC 2026. The concept is designed to let users snap hardware modules onto a phone without turning it into a bulky brick. The base phone ...

On its own, at 4.9mm thin, Tecno's modular phone concept barely feels like a smartphone. It has a screen, a basic camera module, four low-profile pogo-pin connectors and that's about it. From there, ...

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Modular phones are having another moment, and this time, Tecno is jumping in with a surprisingly fun idea. The company teased a new modular concept built around a super-thin smartphone. Instead of ...