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The Kodak Charmera ( previously at Boing Boing ) is a 30-gram keychain digicam built around a 1/4-inch 1.6MP CMOS sensor and a fixed 35mm-equivalent f/2.4 plastic lens. It shoots 1440 × 1080 stills and 30fps AVI video to microSD, runs on a 200mAh USB-C battery, and adds a viewfinder for retro appeal. Even after a price hike, it's just $35 .

And it's a phenomenon , having swarmed Tik Tok and showing up everywhere else, too. Charmera is the Labubu of cameras, with seven blind-box designs, and now it's an award-winner, too.

In March it took an iF Design Award 2026 in the Product Design category. Last week it added a Red Dot Design Award 2026, which Kodak announced on Instagram . "Our little Kodak Charmera just took home one of the world's biggest design prizes!" the company posted.

Not everyone is charmed, though. The Phoblographer's Chris Gampat wrote " Why You Shouldn't Buy the Kodak Charmera " and even that is mostly a love letter.…