A removable camera for Xperia smartphones?

Technology: Sony could propose an external camera that would attach to its Xperia smartphones with a magnet. The accessory would be equipped with sensor and the lens used in the digital camera DSC - RX100 II.

If Samsung and Nokia have chosen to integrate a camera powerful in their smartphone Galaxy S4 Zoom and Lumia 1020, Sony would be left on any other concept. According to SonyAlphaRumors, the Japanese brand has developed an external camera that will attach to the rear hull of its Xperia smartphones with a magnet.

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The accessory comes in the form of a Carl Zeiss lens f/1.8 with a 20 megapixel Exmor R sensor found on the Sony DSC-RX100 II AFN.

With its own storage memory, it could be used separately or from a smartphone Xperia with which he would communicate through Bluetooth or NFC.

Another model with a less powerful sensor and a larger zoom would be expected. No commercialization date is advanced, but it would be no surprise to discover this product in September on the occasion of the IFA. (Eureka press)

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