CNET

This Wild Phone Concept Lets You Add a Full-Size Camera Lens to Take Photos

Mike Sorrentino is a Senior Editor for Mobile, covering phones, texting apps and smartwatches -- obsessing about how we can make the most of them. Mike also keeps an eye out on the movie and toy ...
ZDNet

Are modular camera lens phones legit? I tested two models that everyone's talking about

At Mobile World Congress 2025, Xiaomi showcased a Modular Optical System (MOS) that magnetically attaches a lens to a custom Xiaomi 15. It's like a Moto Mod, but with a full-fledged, working camera ...
PCMag

I Shoot With Pro Cameras for a Living—But I Use These 10 Tricks to Get the Best Pics With My Phone

I spend my days testing digital cameras, and even with a full-frame mirrorless always nearby, I still reach for my iPhone ...
SlashGear

5 Top-Rated iPhone Camera Lens Attachments To Help Get The Most Out Of Your Photos

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. The evolution of smartphones over the years is best visualized when we see the kind of photos and videos these devices can churn out. The ...
Liliputing

Xiaomi’s concept phone has a camera with modular, detachable lenses

You can use smartphone cameras to shoot some stellar photos or videos – there are entire feature-length films that have been shot on smartphones. But there’s one thing you can’t typically do with a ...
Android

I tried realme's wild phone with detachable camera lenses, and I'm already sold

Ahead of Mobile World Congress, there was one announcement that I was very excited about. And that was realme’s new concept phone. It’s the realme Ultra, which is an interchangeable lens concept phone ...
Android Authority

This phone with an external lens is so niche that I had to try it for myself

Several Android phone manufacturers have showcased concept phones with external camera lenses over the years. In fact, realme showed off a concept phone with 3x or 10x external lenses at MWC earlier ...
HotHardware

Xiaomi's Magnetic Lens Attachment Turns Phones Into A Proper Handheld Camera

As smartphone makers struggle to find the "next" innovation, something to put their phones on the map, along comes Xiaomi with a crazy-yet-not-crazy concept phone incorporating a magnetic dock in the ...
The Verge

Vivo’s telephoto extender makes the world’s best phone camera better

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. is a news editor with over a decade’s experience in journalism. He previously worked at Android Police and Tech ...
Digital Camera World

Nano Banana AI is coming to mirrorless cameras with Caira – an unusual camera that has no screen and connects to an iPhone with MagSafe

Google’s Gemini AI, better known by its codename Nano Banana, is coming to a mirrorless camera for the first time. Caira is an interchangeable lens camera that attaches to an iPhone with MagSafe and ...
CNET

How to Take Photos of the Aurora With Your Phone or Camera

The northern lights -- or the Aurora Borealis, to give it its full name -- is a stunning phenomenon that fills the night sky with colors. Typically seen in northern areas like Iceland, Alaska or ...