This should have been done years ago instead of camera bumps. A standardized magsafe lens could make this happen. It would allow dramatic camera improvements without increasing phone costs.

Of course despite Chinese Android phones having it first, it won’t be until 2030 when Apple introduces it as a revolution that it will become standard.

Eh, this was explored several times over the last 15 years and never stuck around. At this point in time i dont even see a marketable reason since phone cameras are good enough for the average user for several years now. Hobbyist or professional photographers will stay with their purpose built devices with robust and long living lens systems, better ergonomics, exchangeable batteries and storage, etc

This current effort will result at best in gadgets with questionable performance compared to their price with probably several short living but not interchangeable standards and ecosystems.

But sure, if they pull off an open standard with say a 1" sensor and a bayonet mounting system which will be supported for several years over several manufacturers and devices with affordable lenses and addons which have feature parity across all (non)proprietary camera apps I’m all for it. But even then i dont think there is a big enough market for the ecosystem to be sustainable.

At what point do we just add full cellular capabilities to a DSLR? I’m sure there’s at least one with a cell connection. I mean a full suite of phone features like being able to take calls.