The folding-phone arms race just got a fresh round of trophies. At MWC Shanghai 2026, which ran from June 24 to June 26, the GLOMO Awards Asia handed out their top honours — and two foldables walked away with the spoils.
The big winner was the Honor Magic V6, which scooped Best Smartphone and Disruptive Device Innovation. Not to be outdone, the brand-new vivo X Fold6 claimed the Best In Show – Product award on the same day it became official.
These GLOMO Awards Asia are the rebranded successor to the long-running Asia Mobile Awards, which have been recognising the region’s standout devices for nearly two decades. So the silverware carries some weight.
Let’s start with the Magic V6, which launched back in March and rolled out across Europe, the Middle East and select Asia-Pacific markets through June. It’s a serious piece of engineering: 8.75mm thin when folded, just 219g on the scales, with a 6.52-inch outer display flanking a 7.95-inch inner panel. Inside sits a Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 paired with up to 16GB RAM and as much as 1TB of storage, all running Android 16.
Battery anxiety isn’t on the menu either. Honor squeezed a 6,660mAh silicon-carbon cell into that slim frame, backed by 80W charging. There’s serious durability too — IP68/IP69 dust and water resistance — plus a versatile rear camera array: a 50MP main, 64MP telephoto and 50MP ultrawide. In the UK it’s priced at £1,999.99.
The vivo X Fold6, meanwhile, made its global public debut at MWC Shanghai on June 26. It takes a different silicon route, running a MediaTek Dimensity 9500 under OriginOS 6 Fold. The headline figure is its thinness: a remarkable 4.4mm when opened flat.
It pairs an 8.02-inch Samsung AMOLED on the inside with a 6.51-inch BOE AMOLED outside, and packs an even bigger 7,000mAh semi-solid-state battery with IPX8/IPX9 water resistance. Photography enthusiasts will note the 200MP Zeiss main camera, complete with an APO telephoto lens and a V3+ imaging chip.
Pricing starts at CNY 7,999 (around US$1,180) for the 12GB+256GB configuration. Pre-orders are already open, with sales kicking off on July 1 in China.
Two phones, two very different philosophies — Honor leaning on Qualcomm muscle and balanced cameras, vivo chasing record-breaking thinness and a monster 200MP sensor. The judges, evidently, couldn’t pick just one approach to crown.
