AI gadgets, bendy phones, and more from MWC

Today on the flagship podcast of region locked phones: 

The Verge’s Allison Johnson and Jon Porter report back on all the tech we saw at Mobile World Congress this past week. 

MWC 2024: all the phones, wearables, and gadgets announced in Barcelona

Peering through Lenovo’s transparent laptop into a sci-fi future 

What if phones actually bent to our needs? 
The Phone 2A makes a guest appearance at Nothing’s MWC event.
The Humane AI Pin worked better than I expected — until it didn’t 
Samsung has big ambitions for the Galaxy Ring 
A short gif of Infinix’s color-changing charging E Ink phone concept.
Now there’s a 28,000mAh battery with a phone in it 
Xiaomi’s new Watch S3 has a bezel you can swap as easily as a strap.
Honor’s Magic 6 Pro launches internationally with AI-powered eye tracking on the way
HMD is making a Barbie flip phone alongside a smartphone for tinkerers

Later, David answers a question from the Vergecast Hotline about web crawlers and AI. 

With the rise of AI, web crawlers are suddenly controversial

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