Tag: In-Display Camera

Samsung Galaxy A8s Price Revealed
Samsung had launched the Galaxy A8s smartphone earlier this month. The key highlighting feature of the smartphone is its in-display cutout for the front camera. It is the first smartphone in the world to have this. Although the smartphone was launched earlier, Samsung did not reveal its official price. The Galaxy A8s is now listed on JD.com, which is a Chinese retailer and reveals its price.

Design And Features

The Samsung Galaxy A8s has a striking design with a 6.4-inch edge-to-edge screen. The display of the smartphone has a punch-hole, which houses the 24 MP front-facing selfie camera. The earpiece for listening to phone calls is built into the top edge the smartphone. The right side of the Galaxy A8s is occupied by the power button and the volume rocker while a dedicated Bixby button is placed on the left.

The rear of the Galaxy A8s has a triple rear camera setup, fingerprint sensor, and Samsung branding. The rear camera setup consists of triple 24 MP + 10 MP + 5 MP cameras along with an LED flash. The smartphone is powered by a 3,400 mAh battery and it runs on the latest Android 9.0 Pie operating system. Under the hood, the handset features the Octa-Core Snapdragon CPU and Adreno 616 GPU.

For connectivity, the Galaxy A8s supports dual 4G VoLTE, 802.11 ac Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 5.0, and USB Type-C port for charging and data transfer. The Galaxy A8s also has a bunch of sensors which include an accelerometer, a gyroscope, proximity sensor, and a compass.

Storage, Price, And Colours

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The Samsung Galaxy A8s is available in three color options which are Blue, Green and Gray. The smartphone is available in single RAM + ROM configuration for which the price is as follows:
- 6 GB RAM + 128 GB ROM – 2999 Yuan (around Rs. 30,500)
December 21, 2018
Huawei Nova 4 With In-display Camera Launched
Huawei has launched the highly anticipated Nova 4 smartphone in China. It is the successor to the Huawei Nova 3 which was launched earlier. The key highlighting feature of the smartphone is its in-display camera cutout for the front-facing camera. It is the second smartphone after Samsung Galaxy A8s to have this feature.

Design And Specs

The Huawei Nova 4 has an all-front and rear glass build with a metal chassis. It measures 157 × 75.10 × 7.77 mm weighs in at 172 grams. On the front of the smartphone sits a 6.4-inch LCD display with a resolution of 2310 x 1080 px and a pixel density of 398 ppi. Under the hood, the smartphone features the Octa-Core Snapdragon Kirin 970 CPU along with the Mali G72 MP12 GPU.

For photography, the Huawei Nova 4 has a 25 MP front camera and triple rear cameras. The smartphone is available in two different rear camera setups which are as follows:

48 MP + 16 MP + 2 MP

20 MP + 16 MP + 2 MP

It is powered by a 3750 mAh battery and runs on EMUI 9.0.1 which is built on top of latest Android 9.0 Pie. In terms of connectivity, it has Bluetooth 4.2, 802.11 ac Wi-Fi, GPS, and a USB Type C-Port for charging and data syncing.

The Huawei Nova 4 also has a bunch of sensors which include a gravity sensor, ambient light sensor, proximity sensor, gyroscope, and a compass. For safely and securely unlocking the device it also has a rear-mounted fingerprint sensor.

Price, Colours And Storage Variants

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The Huawei Nova 4 is available in four different colour options which are Bright Black, Honey Red, Blue, and White. The device is available in single 8 GB RAM + 128 GB ROM configuration. The price of the two variants of the smartphone with different rear camera setup is as follows:

48 MP + 16 MP + 2 MP- 3099 Yuan (around Rs 32,150)

20 MP + 16 MP + 2 MP- 3399 Yuan (around Rs 35,200)
December 17, 2018
Apple’s New Patent Show’s Off An In-Display Camera

With the notch being present on two generations of iPhones, everyone was wondering as to what will be Apple’s next step towards a bezel-less display. Well, we might have the answer now. A patent, filed by Apple back in June, has finally been approved. The patent shows a smartphone with just a camera cut-out in the display.

The Bezel-Less Future

Apple isn’t the first company to patent such a design, though. This was seen in patents by Samsung, LG and even Asus. Huawei recently patented a design with just a cut-out for the earpiece. While these designs were only limited to smartphones, the patent by Apple seems to have much more.

The patent describes a method with which a camera window can be integrated with the ‘cover glass’. Obviously the cover glass being referred to here is the display. Additionally it mentions only LCD displays as an example. This may not mean that OLED displays are completely eliminated. But, we can expect that the technology might be restricted to just LCD displays as of now.

It is possible that Apple may just introduce it in its 6.1 inch LCD iPhone coming next year. Which might be the successor to the iPhone XR. However, there is also a possibility that the tech giant won’t hold back. It might ensure that its flagship devices carry the latest design language as well. Considering the fact that the patent was filed back in June, the company might have figured out a way to integrate it into OLED displays as well.

Not Just iPhones

Another interesting bit of information we get from the patent is the fact that it mentions not only mobile phones but also other hand held devices. These include larger devices such as portable computers, tablet commuters, etc. This could mean that Apple might not limit this design to only the iPhones. It might extend it to iPads, MacBooks and iMacs as well. This is quite probable as Apple introduced a totally new design language with the latest iPad Pro.

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Whether this patent will be seen through and will give us a device which goes into production is still a huge question. But, considering the pace at which the smartphone industry is moving forward, it is safe to assume that companies will no longer hold back on any innovations they have.

For those of you interested in reading through each and every detail of the patent, you can do so by clicking here.

November 13, 2018
Samsung Working On An In-Display Front Facing Camera

Samsung is reportedly working on an in-display front facing camera. If the reports are true, then we are going to witness one of the biggest jumps in smartphone technology. An in-display front-facing camera eliminates the need for a bezel or a notch to house the camera sensor. This could result in a truly bezel-less display without the hassles of a ‘sliding’ or ‘pop-up’ camera.

Great news! Samsung established the direction of mobile phone design in 2019!
On October 18th, Samsung Display invited about 20 customers to hold the "2018 Samsung OLED Forum" at the Shenzhen Marriott Hotel in China. At the meeting, Samsung showed a PPT pic.twitter.com/sYu0ORTd6V

— ICE UNIVERSE (@UniverseIce) October 19, 2018

Samsung displayed the plan to do so at the 2018 Samsung OLED forum. The company announced that they will be working on other OLED technologies as well. This includes an in-display fingerprint scanner, a touch-sensitive technology and a screen sound technology. What these would do is not exactly clear as of now. But the in-display camera is the most exciting and arguably the most important out of the lot.

#Samsung is working on a new technology trying to hide the front camera underneath the display. My sources told me that there are just a hand full of prototypes using this technology. I don't think we'll see this feature in retail phones until 2020, but who knows ?????

— Max Jambor (@MaxJmb) October 18, 2018

A New Trendsetter?

Samsung has kept away from the ‘notch’ trend all this while. While every other smartphone manufacturer, including Google has jumped on to the bandwagon, Samsung has not. Recently, Samsung was teasing Google for the huge notch on its Pixel 3 XL device. It has also been mocking Apple ever since the launch of the iPhone X. With such confidence in their design and the need to bring something new, which will define the industry standard for design, Samsung might be looking to integrate this technology in the upcoming Galaxy S10.

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However, reports also claim that this technology is in its infancy and is just being tested on a handful of prototype phones. With the launch of the Galaxy S10 not far away, this could mean that we will not see this technology in the device. However, we can expect many surprises from the company in terms of the Galaxy S10. The S10 is said to feature a bigger screen, a bigger battery and might even have a 5G variant, along with an in-display fingerprint scanner.

October 20, 2018