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Why o why did "Cheep Android phone with a lenses mount" fail.

• nine_k 2y ago
  Because the lens mount alone is as thick as the phone, lenses are heavy so the phone's.frame must become stronger and this heavier, and the result becomes a pretty silly phone, heavy and weird-shaped without a lens, and even more weird-shaped with an attached lens.
  • ZiiS 2y ago
    Not as a primary phone. I mean a purpose made mirrorless but reusing the screen, motherboard and battery from some ultra cost-optimised phone. Easy to use SDK, loads of third party photo sharing and camera control apps.
    • dannyw 2y ago
      Smartphone SoC ISPs are simply not capable enough of processing say 24MP (lest 45MP, 61mp) at 30FPS (for burst/sports shooting in RAW). At best, they could probably do 24MP RAW at like... 0.3 FPS? With your latest iPhone, enable ProRAW and hold the camera shutter down, and let me know fast it takes. Then, grab a Canon R5 (or Sony A7 IV, A7R V, etc), hold the shutter down...
      • ZiiS 2y ago
        Sure, I can't aford an R5.