iFotokraft lenses come with magnetic rings that are used to latch the gadgets onto various mobile phones. iFotokraft, which has lenses for the iPhone, the iPod touch and HTC phones, offers everything from a fisheye lens to a telephoto lens that enlarges distant objects. The company has been importing the lenses from Hong Kong since March 2011. — PHOTO: IFOTOKRAFTSAN FRANCISCO (AFP) – A United States (US) patent application made public on Thursday hinted that Apple may be toying with the idea of letting picture-loving iPhone users change lenses for the smartphone cameras.
Apple’s application for a ‘back panel for a portable electronic device with different camera lens options’ included a diagram reminiscent of an opened iPhone with labelled parts.
The application described a design to let users change lenses that typically are fixed in the backs of smartphones to act as eyes for cameras.
‘It would be desirable to provide a structure for a compact device that allows the end user to reconfigure the optical arrangement of the device while retaining the benefits of assembling the device using a pre-assembled digital imaging subsystem,’ said a copy of the patent application available online.
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Changeable iPhone Lens
