This is the world’s first phone with a camera under the display

[Chris Smith]

• The ZTE Axon 20 5G will be the world’s first smartphone with an under-display camera.
• The Chinese vendor will announce the handset on September 1st, but it’s already started teasing the phone on social media.
• The first renders do not show any camera samples from that under-display camera, however.

Smartphone design has almost reached perfection. Most of the phones out there have large displays that occupy almost the entire real estate available under that large slab of glass. They’re sold as all-screen phones, but they’re not quite all-screen phones. The iPhones have notches that house components required for 3D face unlock functionality. Android phones feature hole-punch selfie cameras that can contain one or two sensors. And then there’s the ugly Pixel 4 that features a sophisticated radar sensor at the top of the screen that does little to warrant that prime placement on the handset.

There’s one more step to correct these selfie cam compromises, and that’s placing the front camera under the screen. Several handset makers are toying with this display innovation, and a few Chinese vendors have already demoed the concept with limited success. The Oppo prototype seen above was first demoed at MWC Shanghai 2019. It’s not enough to place the camera under the screen; the selfie cam also needs to produce results comparable to regular cameras. But 2020 will mark the year when the first handset with an under-display camera hits stores, although you might not be able to get your hands on one.

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