Source: Android Central
Update, June 12: A small company has big plans for under-display cameras.
What you need to know
- Huawei patents suggest the company is working on a flagship phone with an under-display camera.
- Similar to the Huawei Mate 30 Pro, the phone will not have any volume buttons.
- Huawei compatriots OPPO and Xiaomi are also working on phones with under-display cameras.
Huawei could be planning to launch a new smartphone with an under-display selfie camera this year. The folks at LetsGoDigital have spotted two patents showing a phone featuring an under-display camera.
The patents reveal a phone with extremely curved edges and virtually no bezels. The display does not have a notch or hole-punch cutout, and nor do we find any evidence of a pop-up camera mechanism. This suggests the phone features an under-display camera, similar to the prototypes showcased by OPPO and Xiaomi last year.
Source: LetsGoDigital
The patents also reveal that the phone will not have volume buttons, just like the Mate 30 Pro. Users will have to use a virtual slider to control the volume, which will appear after double-tapping on the phone's frame. While the patents show an identical "waterfall display," the camera system on the back is slightly different on both. One shows a quad-camera setup similar to the Mate 30 Pro, while the other shows a vertically-stacked triple-camera array.
Both the patents were filed by Huawei in October last year, so it is possible that Huawei could be planning to launch a new Mate series phone with an under-display camera this year. What also remains to be seen is if Huawei can beat Xiaomi and OPPO to launch the first smartphone with an under-display selfie camera. Samsung, too is rumored to launch a new phone with an under-display camera this year.
Update, June 12 — The first under-display cameras are coming
There's been a lot of talk about under-display cameras, and one company, Visionox, is reportedly close to providing modules for companies to start building them into their phones.
Exciting times, and lots more ahead.
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