The Chinese company TCL is no stranger to
crazy concept smartphone designs that look incredibly futuristic. Back in
February 2020, images of a TCL concept phone with a slide-out display surfaced
and now, a new patent filing by TCL has been spotted that showcases a
smartphone with hidden rear and front facing cameras.
In the patent, TCL details 8 images
showing the device from various angles. On the front, we see a large display
with not-so-slim bezels on all 4 edges and rounded corners. The front camera
appears to be under the display, which is an upcoming technology that has been
teased by many Chinese manufacturers in the past, including the ZTE A20 5G.
On the right edge, we can see the power
button and the volume rocker and on the back is where we notice something
really unique — there is no rear camera module, atleast not visibly. On the top
edge of the back panel, we can observe a slight protrusion that is reminds us
of the camera module from the Huawei Nexus 6P.
We can speculate that the rear camera
module for this smartphone is housed in this protrusion. There is also a chance
of the presence of technology like the electrochromic glass (found on the
OnePlus Concept One) being used to hide the rear camera module in this TCL
smartphone. It will be intriguing to see if this smartphone design ever turns
into a real product, and knowing TCL, that is likely possible.