{"id":498383,"date":"2026-02-25T10:48:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T10:48:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/498383\/"},"modified":"2026-02-25T10:48:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T10:48:08","slug":"tecno-is-doing-a-modular-phone-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/498383\/","title":{"rendered":"Tecno is doing a modular phone (again)."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Posted Feb 25, 2026 at 6:00 AM UTC<\/p>\n<p>Tecno is doing a modular phone (again).<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">Every year someone invents the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/search?q=modular+phone\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">modular phone<\/a>; this time it\u2019s Tecno\u2019s turn. The company will bring a modular magnetic concept device to next week\u2019s MWC 2026, with options like a power bank, telephoto lens, or action camera to add on. We\u2019ll only really believe it if Tecno actually lets me test the thing at the show.<\/p>\n<p>Follow topics and authors from this story to see more like this in your personalized homepage feed and to receive email updates.Dominic PrestonClose<img alt=\"Dominic Preston\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"fill\" class=\"_1bw37385 x271pn0\" style=\"position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent;background-size:cover;background-position:50% 50%;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-image:url(&quot;data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg' %3E%3Cfilter id='b' color-interpolation-filters='sRGB'%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'\/%3E%3CfeColorMatrix values='1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 100 -1' result='s'\/%3E%3CfeFlood x='0' y='0' width='100%25' height='100%25'\/%3E%3CfeComposite operator='out' in='s'\/%3E%3CfeComposite in2='SourceGraphic'\/%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'\/%3E%3C\/filter%3E%3Cimage width='100%25' height='100%25' x='0' y='0' preserveAspectRatio='none' style='filter: url(%23b);' href='data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mN8+R8AAtcB6oaHtZcAAAAASUVORK5CYII='\/%3E%3C\/svg%3E&quot;)\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/DOM_BLURPLE-1.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Dominic Preston<\/p>\n<p class=\"fv263x1\">Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed.<\/p>\n<p>FollowFollow<\/p>\n<p class=\"fv263x4\"><a class=\"fv263x5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/authors\/dominic-preston\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">See All by Dominic Preston<\/a><\/p>\n<p>GadgetsClose<\/p>\n<p>Gadgets<\/p>\n<p class=\"fv263x1\">Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed.<\/p>\n<p>FollowFollow<\/p>\n<p class=\"fv263x4\"><a class=\"fv263x5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/gadgets\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">See All Gadgets<\/a><\/p>\n<p>MobileClose<\/p>\n<p>Mobile<\/p>\n<p class=\"fv263x1\">Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed.<\/p>\n<p>FollowFollow<\/p>\n<p class=\"fv263x4\"><a class=\"fv263x5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/mobile\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">See All Mobile<\/a><\/p>\n<p>NewsClose<\/p>\n<p>News<\/p>\n<p class=\"fv263x1\">Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed.<\/p>\n<p>FollowFollow<\/p>\n<p class=\"fv263x4\"><a class=\"fv263x5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/news\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">See All News<\/a><\/p>\n<p>PhonesClose<\/p>\n<p>Phones<\/p>\n<p class=\"fv263x1\">Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed.<\/p>\n<p>FollowFollow<\/p>\n<p class=\"fv263x4\"><a class=\"fv263x5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/phones\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">See All Phones<\/a><\/p>\n<p>TechClose<\/p>\n<p>Tech<\/p>\n<p class=\"fv263x1\">Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed.<\/p>\n<p>FollowFollow<\/p>\n<p class=\"fv263x4\"><a class=\"fv263x5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/tech\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">See All Tech<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Posted Feb 25, 2026 at 6:00 AM UTC Tecno is doing a modular phone (again). 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