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during Mobile World Congress 2026Xiaomi and Leica have already impressed me Incredible to marry It can take professional photos, but Tecno’s concept may take things even further.
Using various modules mounted on a more regular phone body, this conceptual device can transform into different shapes, including a massive zoom lens. Camera phone.
The core of the phone is basically very thin Android phone With two connectors on the back. The connectors allow it to interact with the different modules that the company has on display MWC Pavilion in Barcelona. As an avid photographer, I was naturally impressed by the giant zoom unit.
This accessory has an image sensor, an interchangeable lens mount and even a grip.
It’s not just a zoom lens attached to your phone’s camera; It’s a complete camera unit in itself.
There’s a large image sensor behind that lens, with the actual camera controls visible on the side. It basically turns the phone into a proper compact camera, using the screen as the viewfinder. Film camera maker Red promised something similar Hydrogen is one Back in 2018, but the product did not appear correctly.
Below is a side view of the camera lens mount module that came with the phone.
The zoom lens itself is pretty bulky, but since it’s removable – like the lenses on a mirrorless camera body – Tecno is supposed to offer some different focal length options. It will allow you to use a smaller lens if you don’t need as much zoom, but still want to take advantage of the larger image sensor and physical controls.
The phone module itself is very thin, but it only needs a minimal camera setup and a small battery.
The idea is simply that you would add the camera module, or the larger battery pack, or whatever other modules they create, which would then transform the phone into whatever you wanted it to be at that moment. They had attachments for a 3x camera lens, a wireless microphone that you can attach to your clothes, a wallet, and even a speaker.
It’s a great idea in theory, but Tecno says this is just a concept at the moment, so I don’t have a lot of faith that it will be an actual product that I can get my hands on.
Last year, Xiaomi launched External camera module Which magnetically attaches to your phone, and I liked the quality of the device, but, Like many other MWC conceptsAnd it did not turn into a real product.
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