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 like on a high-end mirrorless camera.

The Realme Interchangeable Lens Concept pairs an M-mount adapter with a 1-inch sensor to create a Heath Robinson manual focus interchangeable lens camera phone system

Have you ever wanted to use your DSLR camera lenses on your smartphone? Well, a new concept phone offers this option.

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-in lens. Instead you can attach any camera lens that uses the Leica M Mount system to the back of the phone.

MOS was on display here at MWC 2025, and the idea behind this concept device is that you can attach compact camera lenses onto the back of your phone. Forget the iPhone's MagSafe; this takes things to the next level.

Realme and Xiaomi showed off concept devices at Mobile World Congress that involve attaching a lens to your phone to get sharper shots.