There are a handful
of phones with triple front-facing cameras. The ones that come to mind are the
Meitu V7 and the Honor Magic 2. A published patent has revealed LG may be
joining the pretty short list in the future.
The Korean phone
maker filed a patent with the World Intellectual property Office for a phone
with three front cameras…..housed inside a notch. Yeah, it appears the notch
will remain for quite some time on LG phones.
The configuration
is unknown for the triple cameras but we want to believe one of the sensors is
a ToF 3D camera. The LG G8 ThinQ has dual front-facing cameras – a wide angle
sensor and a ToF camera. For this device, the new sensor might be an ultra-wide
angle camera.
The patent diagram
also shows the phone has triple rear cameras and a rear-mounted fingerprint
scanner (it seems LG is still not sold on in-display fingerprint scanners). The
volume control and AI assistant buttons are on the left while the power button
and SIM tray are on the right.
While the cameras
might be the big deal here, there is actually a more important detail that the
patent shows (or doesn’t show). The device doesn’t have an audio jack! LG is
one of the few manufacturers that have kept the 3.5mm audio jack on their
phones but this patent shows it may be removed in future devices.
LG not only keeps
the audio jack on its phones but its flagships are usually praised for their
impressive audio thanks to the Quad-DAC. For fans of the brand, the removal of
the audio jack might result in them ditching LG for other brands.