The 5 coolest phones I saw at IFA 2026 – including a new foldable

There are many amazing devices at IFA 2026, but these five phones were the perfect combination of practical and fun design. Prakhar Khanna is a Contributing Writer at ZDNET with bylines in CNET, Forbes, and other major outlets. This year's IFA show was filled with rollable laptops, weird robots and a particularly expensive Dyson toothbrush. However, being primarily a phone reporter, I was on the hunt for unorthodox smartphones -- particularly ones you can't just get anywhere. I stumbled across a new passport-size foldable, a zero-bezel phone, and one with a built-in action camera, among others.