The quest to build a “true” full-screen smartphone
has led to a lot of modification of a smartphone display. We have seen designs
like wide notch, waterdrop notch, periscope design, pop-up, and camera design.
Most recently, we got the slide-screen design as well as the dual-display
design. Though these designs are different, they all aim to achieve the same
goal, a Full-Screen display. A few days ago, Samsung announced its new
Infinity-O panel in which the front camera is hidden in the display. Now, a new
patent, probably from Huawei shows a similar design with some modifications.
Unlike Samsung, Huawei hides the camera in the
strip-shaped in-ear speaker hole. According to speculations, this strip hole
will accommodate the front camera and associated required sensors. This means
that all the features we find in the notch will be contained in the speaker
strip. At present, Huawei has not responded to the authenticity of this patent,
so we cannot verify how true this patent is. However, it is reported that the
Samsung Galaxy S10 will be equipped with on-screen camera technology, so Huawei
is likely to use a similar design on the upcoming Huawei P30 series.
It is reported that the Huawei P30 series is still
equipped with a triple rear-camera configuration, and will be powered by the
7nm Kirin 980 processor even though the Kirin 990 is already in the works.
