Phone camera makes a screen presence now
Tech giant’s latest smartphone ditches the standard large
camera cutout
You won’t find a
notch on Samsung’s latest smartphone. The company’s new Galaxy A8s has ditched
the large camera cutout for a tiny hole in the display.
Samsung unveiled the A8s in China recently. The
device sports a 6.4-inch screen that covers most of the device, save for a hole
in the left corner, which is meant for the front-facing camera. It isn’t clear
if Samsung plans on bringing the new A8s to the US or other countries, but the
company’s upcoming Galaxy S10 phone might feature the same design concept.
The A8s is built with Samsung’s Infinity Flex Display
technology, which promises to minimise the notch in favour of a smaller cutout
that can facilitate the front-facing camera. As a result, expect smartphones to
arrive next year with screens that feature a hole-punch in the corner, or a far
smaller notch that sits at the top.
According to Samsung, the display on the A8s covers
91.56 per cent of the phone’s display. It also comes in at a resolution of
2,340x1,080. Meanwhile, the camera in the display’s small hole has a
24-megapixel sensor.
In terms of specs, the A8s has a Qualcomm Snapdragon
710 processor, either 6GB or 8GB of RAM, and 128GB of storage. The company is
opening up to pre-orders for the A8s later this month in China, but so far
hasn’t revealed the product’s price.
However, Samsung is not the only company to unveil a
new phone with a tiny cutout in the display. A Chinese smartphone maker also
unveiled its own take on the upcoming smartphone trend with a handset having a
tiny hole in the left corner.
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