Good question! With a regular camera, the issue isn’t that the sun will damage the lens, but that the lens will concentrate the sunlight (like binoculars) through your protective eyewear and into your eyes. Your cell phone camera is just a miniature lens, so the sunlight shouldn’t damage it. Additionally, because you will be looking through your cell phone’s screen, you won’t be seeing the true brightness of the sun—it will only appear as bright as your cell phone screen allows.
Good question! With a regular camera, the issue isn’t that the sun will damage the lens, but that the lens will concentrate the sunlight (like binoculars) through your protective eyewear and into your eyes. Your cell phone camera is just a miniature lens, so the sunlight shouldn’t damage it. Additionally, because you will be looking through your cell phone’s screen, you won’t be seeing the true brightness of the sun—it will only appear as bright as your cell phone screen allows.