Smartphone makers have tried to kill the notch and invented a way to place selfie cameras under phone screen for years, and now it looks like an unlikely candidate is finally ready to unveil the world’s first phone with this tech on September 1st.
The first company to make this tech a reality, however, is not Samsung, Huawei, or even LG, it’s ZTE, which has been suffering from a number of business challenges for the last two years after it was officially designated as a security risk by the FCC, being investigated for bribery, and are forced to dump its entire C-suite to accommodate U.S. regulators after the imposition of trade sanctions on Iran.
On the new ZTE Axon 20 5G, which is scheduled to make its official debut on September 1 in China, ZTE claims it will have created the “world’s first mass-produced 5G smartphone with an under-display camera.”
The reason why an under-screen camera is such a big deal is because of the need for a visible selfie camera like the punch-hole or notched cameras found on almost every mainstream phone today are, smartphone makers users could provide a truly uninterrupted main screen without the need to resort to extreme solutions such as motorized pop-up cams of 360-degree rotating cams.
Historically, the biggest obstacle when it comes to creating an under-the-screen camera that tends to disturb the pixels in a phone’s screen and reduce the amount of light that the sensor of the under-screen camera can reach, which significantly affects the image quality of the camera.
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Meanwhile, except for the power camera below screen, according to recent leaks detailed by MySmartPrice.com, the Axon 20 is expected to come with solid but not super-premium components include a Snapdragon 765G processor, up to 12GB of RAM (6GB base), up to 256GB of storage, and a 4,100 mAh battery. The Axon 20 is also adopted to have a large 6.92-inch OLED display (but with only full HD + resolution), and four cameras in the back, including a 64-MP main sensor, an 8-MP ultra-wide sensor, and dual 2-MP sensors, probably used for depth sensing and macro photography.
So while ZTE’s may be talking a big game, it’s going to be real proof of success if we can compare the kind of photos that the Axon 20’s under-screen camera can produce compared to more traditional notch- than punch-hole cams. Ccome back on September 1st when we hopefully have more info.
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