This Rugged Smartphone's Camera Is A Removable Action Cam
It’s waterproof and can record up to 40 minutes of video.
RugOne
Few companies are pushing back against the black, oblong smartphone design hegemony in 2026, but RugOne is one of them. It's part of Ulefon, which has been pumping out ruggedized phones for a few years, and its newest phone, the Xsnap 7 Pro, is very rugged but has a magnetic removable camera unit that can work like an action cam.
Yeah, it made me go "ooh" when I heard about it. (Unfortunately, my sample landed while we report on IFA 2026 here in Berlin. I'll update this story when I get to see the device in person later this week. The almost cube-shaped camera weighs 39 grams and can record video up to 2.7K resolution at 30fps — it's not coming for the latest GoPro quite yet.
RugOne says the module can run for up to 40 minutes...
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