From chocolate phones to handheld batteries that throw a phone into them, this year’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona is serving as a showcase for how unique phones are still possible — even after years of touchscreen slabs running iOS and Android.
And this year it’s not just phone-inspired creations. Robot dogs and electric cars are also making the show floor their home this week, combining for an eclectic mix of technology to check out.
Here are the most attention-grabbing sights that we’ve seen so far at this year’s Mobile World Congress.
Motorola’s chocolate Razr
Sometimes, when attending a press event, tech companies putting on demos will provide various refreshments. Motorola decided to re-create its Razr phone in chocolate as its own snack for visiting journalists.
This edible edition of the Motorola Razr 40 Ultra — otherwise known as the Razr Plus in the US — shows off the “phone” in mid-fold with a display coated in the Peach Fuzz shade that debuted late last year.
The phone’s specs are otherwise just chocolate (aka cocoa butter and sugar instead of Snapdragon chipsets and lithium-ion batteries). And if you try to text on it, the bar might start to melt.
Watch this: Motorola’s Rollable Concept Phone Wraps on Your Wrist
Energizer battery puts a phone inside
We’ve seen lots of phones advertise big battery life. But we don’t usually see a battery that advertises how it can be a big phone. But at Mobile World Congress, the company Avenir has developed an Energizer branded device that theoretically keeps going and going with a 28,000mAh battery. For comparison, a 5,000mAh battery is considered a large for a phone.
The Energizer Hard Case P28K’s battery comes with a 6.78-inch display, a 60-megapixel main camera, IP69-rating for water and dust resistance and a three-year warranty.
Unlike a lot of the concepts we’re seeing at…
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