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 ...

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

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 ...

The year's biggest phone show, Mobile World Congress, often has some wild handsets -- here's the cream of the bizarre crop.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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