Digital cameras allow more flexibility in design compared to film cameras. For example, lens and camera body can be separated. Nikon did it long time ago, through a cable. It was great idea but it was abandoned. Ricoh created several modular cameras with interchangeable lensor (lens and sensor) and body. Development of the wireless technology adds more flexibility to such design. Smartphones are very popular, and addition of lensor unit looks like a logical step. (bluetouth - how I managed to write that?). It seems that Sony did it again: the company is rumored to release a lens and sensor combo that will work with smartphones. It seems the lensor will have a big sensor. So, it might be a very compact mirrorless camera. The obvious problems: it will be a separate unit with a battery.
I guess it would be possible to add a tilting lensor at the top of a smartphone. The length of the lensor is equal to the width of the smartphone. Put hinge / connection in the middle. The benefits: it can be a slightly thicker than the phone, so it will be able to accommodate a better lens and a bigger sensor that a standard smartphone. No need for a separate battery. The lensor in such system can be used at different angles.
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