Dreame — the vacuum company — just ‘launched’ its own phones

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Follow Follow See All Tech Dreame — the vacuum company — just ‘launched’ its own phones The robot vacuum manufacturer claims it’s launching a modular phone and a set of luxury devices, but I’m not convinced. The robot vacuum manufacturer claims it’s launching a modular phone and a set of luxury devices, but I’m not convinced. by Dominic Preston Close Dominic Preston News Editor Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed.

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Follow Follow See All by Dominic Preston May 1, 2026, 5:55 PM UTC Link Share Gift This is just one of 29 different Aurora Lux designs. Photo by Kelsey McClellan / The Verge Dominic Preston Close Dominic Preston Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Follow Follow See All by Dominic Preston is a news editor with over a decade’s experience in journalism.

He previously worked at Android Police and Tech Advisor . Dreame, a Chinese manufacturer best known for its robot vacuums but with ambitions to do much more, says it’s making smartphones now. I’m not sure I believe it.

The company showed off two phones at its own Next event, which took place in California this week, though both had previously been revealed in China in March. Neither phone has actually launched though — in China, the US, or elsewhere — and the company has revealed only a handful of specs about either. Related First vacuums — then the world Aurora Nex LS1 is the more interesting of the two, but also the less plausible.

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It’s a modular smartphone with a magnetic attachment point where the rear camera would normally be. Dreame has revealed five different modules that can be attached at that point: a triple camera that apparently includes a 1-inch-type sensor and a 115mm equivalent telephoto lens; an action camera; a fan; a satellite communications module; and a “Smart Agent Module. ” We’ve seen modular phone designs before, but this is closest in approach to the version Tecno showed off at MWC this year.

That phone was only a concept device though; Dreame is at least implying that the Nex LS1 is a real product that will really go on sale. The Aurora Nex LS1 has a selection of chunky, circular magnetic modules. Photo by Kelsey McClellan / The Verge Dreame’s second phone is the Aurora Lux, though calling it a single phone is a little misleading.

This is really a series of different phone designs, some quite radically different from each other, all unified by a garish sense of luxury. Some are coated in leather; others appear plated in gold. Many are plastered with gemstones.

This advance offers important signals about the future of the sector, and the tech world is watching closely.