First vivo and OPPO, now another Android brand will offer an external camera lens

Key Highlights

• This external lens seems identical to vivo’s add-on lens and will extend native zoom by 2.35x.
• This means the phone will offer ~8.6x native zoom.
• 2025 saw external camera lenses make a comeback in the smartphone space, as the vivo X200 Ultra debuted an add-on lens to improve long-range zoom.
• We’ve since seen the vivo X300 Pro and OPPO Find X9 Pro offer an external lens, and now it’s HONOR’s turn to join the club. HONOR confirmed on Weibo that the upcoming HONOR Magic 8 RSR Porsche Design phone will offer an add-on telephoto extender lens as part of a camera kit.
• The kit also seems to include a camera grip.