At Mobile World Congress 2025 in Barcelona, Xiaomi showed WIRED a new concept phone with a detachable lens that connects magnetically and transfers power and data. (The brand hosted WIRED at its ...

Xiaomi has unveiled a new concept modular phone built for photography enthusiasts. The concept features an attachable lens and sensor module called the Modular Optical System. The company ...

Xiaomi’s not the only company toying with this idea. This week rival Chinese phone maker Realme introduced a concept phone with a 1 inch image sensor that isn’t designed to work with a built ...

When you think about it, Xiaomi’s proprietary LaserLink technology ... The module adds a powerful sensor-integrated lens module to the concept phone. As a demo user, there was no setup required ...

Although still a concept, it almost felt like a finished product. Xiaomi showcased an interesting new cameraphone concept at this year's MWC in ...

For many people, buying a phone is equivalent to buying a personal camera. But Chinese phone-maker RealMe is blurring that line with a concept device that lets you change the lens on the phone, much ...

That’s what both Xiaomi and Realme have attempted to do at this year’s Mobile World Congress, with two very different concept phones that each attempt to bridge the gap between a smartphone ...

Phones have gotten bigger and bigger in the last half decade, a trend that makes sense considering we’re doing and consuming ...

Xiaomi may have been talking a lot about the cameras on its new 15 Ultra phone at this year's Mobile World Congress, but it ...

the lens is activated in the phone's Pro mode in the camera menu, which switches into a dedicated UI for the lens which is already looking slick. Xiaomi is keeping tight-lipped on if this concept ...

MWC 2025 has been a show packed with exciting mobile tech. We've rounded up the best new products and concepts we've seen at the show.

Like the Xiaomi concept, these were lenses with sensors that connected to your phone, essentially using the phone's screen as the viewfinder. But, Sony's products launched back in 2013 and the ...