Huawei made a whole camera to attach to its latest phone

<figure> <img alt="" data-caption="I’m sorry, this is just a camera that makes phone calls. | Image: Huawei" data-portal-copyright="Image: Huawei" data-has-syndication-rights="1" src="https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/10/huawei-ruiying-z10-camera.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0,0,100,100" /> <figcaption> I’m sorry, this is just a camera that makes phone calls. | Image: Huawei </figcaption> </figure> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Over the last few years, Chinese Android manufacturers have followed <a href="https://www.theverge.com/mobile/680552/vivo-telephoto-extender-lens-x200-ultra-photography-kit">Vivo's example</a> of launching add-on "teleconverter" lenses for their flagship phones, enabling long-distance photography that the phones on their own could never match. Today, Huawei one-upped everybody with the add-on lens for its <a href="https://consumer.huawei.com/cn/phones/mate90-pro-max/">Mate 90 Pro Max</a> flagship, which is not only a comically huge zoom lens, but also includes its own image sensor.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">The 1-inch-type, 50-megapixel RYYB sensor inside the <a href="https://consumer.huawei.com/cn/accessories/xmage-z10-modular-camera/">Ruiying Z10</a> is bigger than any inside the phone itself, so attaching this lens doesn't just give you better glass, it's actually a complete overhaul of the camera capabilities. And wh …</p> <p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/gadgets/1003196/huawei-mate-90-pro-max-ruiying-z10-camera">Read the full story at The Verge.</a></p>