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 may have been talking a lot about the cameras on its new 15 Ultra phone at this year's Mobile World Congress, but it had another bit of mobile camera tech up its sleeves. In essence, it's a ...

Xiaomi’s Modular Optical System is proprietary and still very much a concept, even if it is working. If and when the product becomes a reality for consumers, you can expect to purchase ...

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

Two new concept devices from Xiaomi and Realme attach large lenses to small smartphones. Two new concept devices from Xiaomi and Realme attach large lenses to small smartphones. That’s what both ...

In theory, you're getting a camera lens' variable aperture, a bigger sensor, and more on a compact phone with the Xiaomi concept. The technology is also easy to use. Realme showcased a similar ...

Credit: Gareth Bevan / Digital Camera World At MWC 2025, Xiaomi is showing off its new concept idea for the Xiaomi Optical Modular System – a micro four-thirds camera and lens combo that ...

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.

Sometimes all at once. The device, which Xiaomi calls the "modular optical system" is strictly a concept right now, but I was able to get hands-on with it in a meeting room backstage at MWC.