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’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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Look past the glitzy phone launches, and you'll find some truly bizarre, sometimes ingenious devices and concepts lurking in ...

The Xiaomi 15 is a solid Android phone that doesn't have a lot of flaws. Unfortunately, it also doesn't have much to help it ...

it’s a concept phone that the company is working on. The company only made between 10 and 20 of these concept devices. Xiaomi also pushed out a promo video that showcases this new technology.

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 ...