- The Ulefone RugOne Xsnap 7 has a unique party trick
- It comes with an action camera that you can take out and use separately.
- The phone is scheduled to launch in mid-2026.
You can argue that the best phones lack innovation these days, but that’s certainly not the case with the Ulefone RugOne Xsnap 7: one of its rear cameras can be detached and used as a standalone action camera.
The phone was recently showcased at MWC 2026 and is scheduled to launch mid-year. We also know that it will have a 6.67-inch AMOLED screen, a MediaTek Dimensity 8400 5G chip, 12 GB of RAM and 512 GB of storage.
While this is clearly not going to compete with the The best action cameras in terms of size or video quality, there is a certain appeal to having a unit like this built right into your phone. When the camera is disconnected, you can use your phone as a remote control and viewfinder, before docking it again to recharge and transfer footage.
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Of course, this adds quite a bit of bulk to the phone itself, but Ulefone doesn’t try to avoid it. The RugOne Xsnap 7 also features a large-capacity 9,000 mAh battery, so it should last a long time between charges.
‘Designed for adventurers’
The modular design of the #RugOneXsnap7Pro took the #MWC26 by surprise! 📸If you couldn’t make it to our booth, here’s what it’s all about: a detachable, thumb-sized action camera that detaches to become a standalone wearable device. Filmed in mid-2026 pic.twitter.com/MQkTGWdXDWMarch 9, 2026
It’s unclear what the actual specifications of the action camera are, but information provided by Ulefone says that the other two rear cameras are a 50MP main sensor and a 64MP “night vision” lens. There is also a 32MP selfie camera around the front.
“This is not just a smartphone; it is the world’s first rugged device to feature a detachable magnetic action camera unit,” Ulefone promises. “Designed for adventurers who live to capture the moment, the Xsnap 7 Pro combines high-performance mobile technology with the DNA of a professional-grade action camera.”
Having the option of an action camera and a phone camera when taking photos and videos sounds really useful, not just a gimmick, so we’ll be interested to see the final form of this phone when it appears (and, of course, the price).
Honor recently unveiled a phone with a gimbal camera inside, which extends on a robotic arm, but we hadn’t seen the action camera idea before. Perhaps the idea of ​​a modular phone is about to make a comeback.
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