{"id":9028,"date":"2020-05-04T17:15:00","date_gmt":"2020-05-04T17:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/?p=2540336"},"modified":"2020-05-04T17:15:00","modified_gmt":"2020-05-04T17:15:00","slug":"i-wont-be-buying-a-new-smartphone-until-in-display-selfie-cameras-are-a-thing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/05\/04\/i-wont-be-buying-a-new-smartphone-until-in-display-selfie-cameras-are-a-thing\/","title":{"rendered":"I won\u2019t be buying a new smartphone until in-display selfie cameras are a thing"},"content":{"rendered":"

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We’re over a quarter of the way through 2020, which means we’ve already seen the launches of quite a few major smartphones. The Samsung Galaxy S20 series<\/a>, Huawei P40 series<\/a>, and OnePlus 8 series<\/a>, as examples, are all top-tier flagships. However, each of them is missing something I was hoping to see from at least one of 2020’s best and brightest: an in-display camera<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Obviously, the fact that most of the phones we will see in 2020 won’t have in-display cameras is not the fault of any Android OEM. The technology, while feasible, is just not ready for commercial adoption<\/a> at the moment. But we are close enough now that I can safely predict we will see at least one niche smartphone launch this year with an in-display camera on board. It may be super expensive and only land in one market or something, but it will likely happen.<\/p>\n

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Oppo’s under-display camera means we can finally stop arguing about notches<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Once that does happen, the major OEMs will steadily begin to integrate the technology into their flagships, making it one of the star features of their new lineups. While we’re a long way away from it, there’s a small possibility that the inevitable Samsung Galaxy S30 series, for example, could have at least one model with an in-display camera.<\/p>\n

You might be asking, “Why is this such a big deal to you?” The reason is that I’ve been spoiled. My daily driver is the OnePlus 7 Pro<\/a> and it features a notch-less, all-screen display with no interruptions at all, which is made possible by the pop-up camera. Now that I’ve had that I don’t want to go back to notches, bezels, or cutouts, and it looks like pop-up selfie cameras aren’t sticking around. So in-display cameras are the next solution.<\/p>\n

RIP pop-up selfie cameras<\/h2>\n

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Our own Tristan Rayner wrote up an amazing article a few weeks ago about how and why the pop-up selfie camera is dying off as a trend. You should definitely give his piece a read<\/a>, but I’ll summarize the basic gist by saying that the big players (namely Samsung, Huawei, and Apple) didn’t fully adopt the tech, and if they don’t push it, the smaller players likely won’t continue to either. Trends may be emerging from cheaper phones these days<\/a> rather than flagships, but unless the latter adopts those trends they usually don’t stick around for very long.<\/p>\n

It’s a damn shame too because in many ways the pop-up selfie camera is an even better solution to the interrupted display problem than an in-display camera. I don’t want to rehash Tristan’s opinions, but he’s dead-on when he says the pop-up selfie camera was “cool, durable, useful, and safe.” It was there when you needed it and not there when you didn’t, which is pretty much the baseline description of the best smartphone features.<\/p>\n

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With the end of the pop-up selfie camera nigh, the in-display camera is the next-best solution. Other ideas just haven’t resonated, such as the concept of putting a second screen on the back of the phone<\/a> which you use as a viewfinder when taking selfies<\/a>. It was an innovative solution, but too costly and cumbersome compared to a pop-up.<\/p>\n

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I actually love the pop-up camera, but the in-display camera is the next best thing.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Regardless of how you feel about pop-up cameras, the thing that interests me about them is allowing for the all-screen, uninterrupted display. That’s all I care about. However Android OEMs can get that to happen is fine by me, but until then I’ll stick with my OnePlus 7 Pro.<\/p>\n

Of course, that means I will need to continue using a 2019 smartphone all the way through 2020 — and probably even far into 2021 — as we don’t know of any upcoming flagship devices that will launch in the US and won’t have bezels, a notch, or a cutout. This isn’t the end of the world, obviously, but I’m a smartphone junkie who works for Android Authority<\/em>. I’m used to upgrading my daily driver<\/a> at least once a year. However, this won’t be the first time I’ve waited to buy a new phone specifically because I want a new feature to hit a mainstream device.<\/p>\n

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What do you think of pop-up selfie cameras?<\/p>\n