What if the iPhone’s camera module was a detachable, GoPro-style fully functional device? - Yanko Design

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I'm fully enlightened that when I'm paying over $1000 for an iPhone, a good for you amount of that is going towards the camera hardware, which anybody will agree is Apple'south crown jewel… so why not just be able to purchase that photographic camera module? Louis Berger envisions a Google Project Ara-esque setup where the smartphone'due south camera is a detachable module that yous can either attach to a larger screen and use as a phone, or pop it out and use it equally a standalone shooting device or an activeness cam.

Chosen the Mosaic, Berger'due south concept is sort of a part-logical-part-sarcastic way of pointing out that camera bumps on phones are so big they might as well be an independent device! The Mosaic isn't really intended at being an Apple concept, but the camera crash-land and CMF options seem pretty indicative. Pop it into its smartphone dock and you've got a phone with a maxed out camera, take information technology out and the Mosaic module is just as functional, with a screen on the other side big enough to read and fifty-fifty type out messages. On the lens-side, you've got three camera lenses, a ToF sensor, a microphone, and another tiny screen that'south great for basic notifications, or a nice preview window or countdown timer for your photographic camera! The camera module can be even used as a cervix-worn or wrist-strapped device, similar an action tracker or smartwatch, and a clip-on accessory lets yous mount information technology on yourself, similar a bodycam. It fifty-fifty has its own volume buttons, although the evident lack of real estate on a device so compact ways there aren't any ports on it. How would you charge it and so? Well, via the smartphone, apparently.

Berger's conceptual device addresses a lot of pain-points in consumer tech. Smartphones are expensive, smartwatches don't accept cameras, and the lack of modularity on devices means you demand to throw an entire telephone or watch away if a office breaks. The Mosaic, with its pretty fun, innovative, and useful blueprint, changes all that. Besides, I'd totally spend n of $1K on a smartphone if I knew I was getting an activeness camera free with information technology!

Designer: Louis Berger