Dreame – the vacuum company – has just ‘launched’ its phones

Dreame, a Chinese manufacturer best known for robot vacuums but looking to do more, says it’s now making smartphones. I’m not sure I believe it.

The company showed two phones at his Next event, which took place in California this week, although they were all in attendance it was revealed earlier in China in March. Neither phone has been launched – in China, the US, or anywhere else – and the company has revealed very little about it.

The Aurora Nex LS1 is the more interesting of the two, and the less obvious. It is a smartphone that has a magnetic attachment point where the rear camera sits. Dreame has revealed five modules that will be compatible with it at the time: a triple camera that apparently includes a 1-inch-type sensor and a 115mm equivalent telephoto lens; camera action; fans; satellite communications sector; and “Smart Agent Module.”

We have seen the design of previous phones, but this one is very close to the brand Tecno presented at MWC this year. That phone was just a mental device though; The dream means that the Nex LS1 is a real product that will be sold.

Dreame’s second phone is the Aurora Lux, although calling it one phone is a bit misleading. This is a list of different phone designs, some of which are very different from each other, all combined with high quality. Some are covered with skins; some appear covered with gold. Many are decorated with precious stones. One appears to have an analog clock built into the island behind the camera. And while many have a similar design of round cameras, several are completely different, with the cameras sitting separately and moved from the back, or separated from the rest of the phone with a Pixel-esque camera. All in all, Dreame’s press release from the Chinese launch event says it has 29 variety of Aurora Lux, an incredibly large number that I refuse to believe that the company can produce in depth.

Elsewhere Dreame has said that it has camera capabilities including a 200-megapixel sensor, as well as support for Lofic – a new type of HDR processing so far only seen on. Honor Magic 8 Pro and Xiaomi 17 Ultra. It’s not clear which of the two phones is working, and I’d be as happy as I’d be surprised if Dreame really committed to powerful camera equipment on its first phones. Is a robotics company really ready to release a camera kit that surpasses Apple and Samsung, the first true phone, and 29 different models of high-end, jewel-encrusted models, all from the ground up?

Both phones will run Dreame’s Aurora AIOS, a “proprietary operating system built around performance rather than just feedback.” Yes, it’s an Android skin with full AI.

Dreame did not confirm when or where each phone will be launched, but it has said that AIOS will start in the second half of 2026. Unless they want to release the software as a download for other devices, which means that the first Dreame hardware will be released at the same time.

The two phones were just a part of Dreame’s launch event which also featured a electric rocket cara washing robot, and a TV with moving speakers. At least Dreame knows how to dream big.