Start-up Freckle has created an AI-powered mobile phone for kids, designed around exploration to provide a break from parental restrictions and surveillance. More about Freckle phone aims to send kids outside to play and engage with the world
For this roundup, we've collected five smartphones and dumbphones with exciting designs, ranging from a phone with a robot arm to a keyboard phone built for messaging. More about Five innovative smartphones and dumbphones that put design first
Tech company Light has released a clamshell version of its popular minimalist phone, combining contemporary dumbphone functionality with retro appeal. More about Light Phone goes clamshell with "timeless" Flip model
In this week's comments update, readers are discussing Nokia's nostalgic dumbphone that features a dedicated AI assistant button. More about "Dumb-idea phones…" says commenter
Tech company HMD has launched a range of retro Nokia brick phones with limited internet capabilities and an AI assistant button integrated into the centre of the keypad. More about Nokia unveils nostalgic dumbphones with dedicated AI button
Creative agency Ogilvy has created a special edition packaging for KitKat that doubles as a kind of tiny smartphone jail once the biscuit is removed, allowing users to "have a break" from their hyperconnected lives. More about KitKat reimagines packaging as signal-blocking smartphone pouch
British company Team Repair has launched a STEM learning kit specifically designed for grown-ups, using a dummy object to teach people how to fix their own phones. More about Team Repair's adult STEM kit shows how to fix your phone
Italian design studio Pininfarina has channelled its expertise in sports cars into the design of its first phone, created with Chinese technology brand Infinix. More about Infinix debuts Pininfarina-designed Note 60 Ultra phone
Chinese electronics company Honor has previewed a smartphone with an articulating robot arm at this week's Mobile World Congress. More about Honor's Robot Phone is a smartphone with an articulating arm
British company Nothing has revealed the design of its latest phone, the (4a), including a new pink variation that the brand says nods to "tech that's expressive and optimistic". More about Nothing goes pink with reveal of new Phone (4a)
UK-based company Clicks Technology has followed up its Blackberry-like keyboard accessory for smartphones with the Clicks Communicator, a phone built for messaging, launched at this week's Consumer Electronics Show. More about The Clicks Communicator phone is made specifically for messaging
Swiss technology company Punkt has launched a privacy-focused smartphone at this year's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, promising enhanced data security for users willing to pay a subscription fee. More about Punkt launches privacy-focused MC03 smartphone
Tech company Nothing has released its second phone model designed with the input of fans, the (3a) Community Edition, bringing to life a transparent teal handset that references Y2K-era handheld gaming. More about Nothing fans contribute to retro-tinged Phone (3a) Community Edition
Promotion: British tech company Nothing has launched Phone (3a) Lite, an affordably priced smartphone created to make the brand's distinctive design features available to a broader range of consumers. More about Nothing launches "understated, confident" Phone (3a) Lite
Inspired by the simplicity of walkie talkies, design agency Pentagram has updated tech company Karri's smartphone for kids with new features intended to make communication "as intuitive as possible". More about Pentagram refreshes Karri's screen-free smartphone for kids
The most desirable phones are no longer only the ones with the most advanced features. Here, contributing editor Rima Sabina Aouf reviews four of the best contemporary dumbphones with deliberately pared-back functionality. More about Four of the best dumbphones for a digital detox
Chinese tech company iKKO has attempted to subvert the norms for large smartphones with MindOne – a device that is not only small but has a single flippable camera and two operating systems, one primarily AI-focused. More about iKKO attempts to reinvent the smartphone with AI-led MindOne
The latest edition of our weekly Dezeen Agenda newsletter features Honor's Magic V5, the thinnest possible folding phone. Subscribe to Dezeen Agenda now. More about The "world's thinnest" folding phone features in this week's Dezeen Agenda
Chinese electronics company Honor has regained its lead in the ongoing race to create the thinnest possible folding phone with the release of its 8.8-millimetre-thick Magic V5. More about Honor's Magic V5 claims title of "world's thinnest" folding phone
Consumer-tech startup Nothing has launched a smartphone that it calls "a statement on where we are going as a company", as well as its first over-ear headphones. More about Pixelated rear screen allows Nothing Phone (3) users to play spin the bottle