Teen entrepreneur who invented a smartphone lens magnifier

I've seen this for sale in Japan for years now. And clip on lenses that work with most phones are, what, 10 years old? And priced at 2-10$?

"Unlike other macro photography lenses, which can cost hundreds of pounds, Toby's product costs a fiver, and slips straight onto any smartphone."

I feel horrible for the reporter if they can only find _hundreds of pounds_ priced smartphone lenses. Unless of course they're making the comparison between some megazoom professional lens and a rubber band...

I guess I fail to see the excitement of this article.

These actually have been around for many years. I wrote an article on one I had created out of $1 laser pointer a few years ago and it got circulated by a bunch of tech outlets.

Meh, I guess it's kind of neat, but if you're getting serious enough about photography that you need more magnification you should likely just get an actual camera.

I guess that's one use for the iPhone's huge top bezel.