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IFA 2026: نص المعرض صيني — وهذي الـ ٨ منتجات اللي تهم المشتري الخليجي فعلاً

IFA 2026: half the show was Chinese — and these are the 8 products that actually matter to Gulf buyers

by Slorks 2026-09-19 1 0 replies
Machine-translated — the Arabic text is the original
IFA 2026: نص المعرض صيني — وهذي الـ ٨ منتجات اللي تهم المشتري الخليجي فعلاًالصورة: Xiaomi عبر GSMArena

IFA this year was a Chinese show with a German title: about half of the 1,900 exhibitors were Chinese companies, and Xiaomi alone took 3,300 square metres in its first appearance. This list is ordered by what matters to us, not by media noise.

1 — Xiaomi 18 Fold

Xiaomi 18 Fold
Xiaomi 18 Fold — the undisputed star of the show — Photo: Xiaomi via GSMArena

The first flagship on Xiaomi's XRING O3 chip, a 6,000 battery, 3.5× zoom, from ≈ $1,640. It won "Best of IFA" from more than one outlet. Full details here.

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2 — DJI Osmo 360 II

DJI Osmo 360 II
Osmo 360 II — 1-inch sensor and swappable lenses — Photo: DJI
Sensor1-inch square HDR · 8K/60 · 120MP 360 photos
What's newSwappable lenses — the biggest problem with 360 cameras (scratched lenses) is solved
Storage and battery105GB built in · 100 minutes of 8K recording · 80% charge in 22 minutes · 183 g

For content creators in the Gulf: this is the most important camera at the show. The price was not in the official announcement yet.

3 — HUAWEI MatePad Pro 12

HUAWEI MatePad Pro 12
MatePad Pro 12 — 4.7 mm with a PaperMatte display, from €799 — Photo: HUAWEI

The thinnest tablet at the show and an OLED with a paper feel. Full coverage of the Munich event here.

4 to 8 — quickly

TCL P80 UltraThe first phone to combine OLED with an anti-reflective NXTPAPER layer · ≈ €549 — for people whose eyes tire from screens
TCL X11LAn SQD-Mini LED TV with 20,736 dimming zones — a number we have not seen before
Roborock Saros RoverA robot vacuum on wheel-legs that climbs stairs · the first home robot that really handles our two-storey houses
Timekettle W4 PlusReal-time translation earbuds with no subscription · $379 — important for anyone dealing with Chinese suppliers
RayNeo GT MaxAR glasses with a 59° field of view and 78 g · Dolby Vision · from $329

What will not arrive (soon)

TECNO's completely bezel-less concept and Lenovo's rollable laptops — concepts for 2027. And the European Mijia push (more than 2,000 Xiaomi home products) targets Europe first; the Gulf waits.

50%Chinese exhibitors

Bottom line

The message from Berlin is not one product — it is that the centre of gravity of consumer electronics is now officially in China, and Chinese companies launch from Europe rather than export to it. The Gulf is the second market after Europe for most of these companies, which means most of this list will be here before the end of the year.

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