Counterclockwise: selfie photography with cameras that rotate and slide

17 June 2018
The clash between the selfie cam and thin bezels birthed the notch. The vivo NEX S has one solution, but history has a few more suggestions.

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  • 01 Jul 2018

optional, 17 Jun 2018nokia had so many cool phones. The 3250 could rotate its be... morelet me add some:
N91 with its internal HDD and weird buddy shape and dedicated music buttons and great sound quality
N9/N900 with their mad crazy OS and N800 with its pop out camera which was the very first one!
and literally every one of them(N800/N810/N900) had stand which was very useful for watching movies!

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    • DkC
    • 19 Jun 2018

    Phinneas Buck, 18 Jun 2018The first phone with a front camera located at the bottom o... moreNope dude it's the Nokia N9 released in 2011

      shut up and take my money !

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        • Bin
        • 18 Jun 2018

        The first phone with a front camera located at the bottom of the screen was Xperia ZL (March 2013)

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          • Anonymous
          • tug
          • 18 Jun 2018

          No mention of Samsung's Flip phone with Rotatable camera on the hinge?? Checkout Samsung P400 and the likes.. The were the inventor of rotatable camera AND swivel display (sorry N90)

            Vegetaholic, 18 Jun 2018WestWorld anyone? Yes peace of thin block and 100% screen t... moreSpecs? I am curious

              Kiyasuriin, 18 Jun 2018Actually. According to another site I checked the claim is ... moreDoogee is cheap company which uses cheap materials. That phone has low quality everything and battery will die in few months time of usage. It's nice to own to show off to your friends but practically to own is none existent

                WestWorld anyone? Yes peace of thin block and 100% screen to body ratio, looks like we moving towards this one.

                  Aadrian , 18 Jun 2018Wait, so that Doogie Mix 4 on the pictures, it must have go... moreActually. According to another site I checked the claim is 97% (I calculated 96.856%)
                  Here's the source:
                  https://www.phonecorridor.com/2018/04/doogee-mix-4-full-specs-review-price/
                  It could've been such a great phone if it didn't use Mediatek P25! ;w;

                    Sam, 17 Jun 2018Nope, sensors also need spaceCorrect. But these can use Piezosensing from under the screen.

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                      • Anonymous
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                      • 18 Jun 2018

                      front camera located at the bottom of the screen wasn't done by XiaoMi first, but indeed Sharp, with their Aquos Crystal back in 2014...

                        I think it's worth to mention about Sony Ericsson Z800. A flip phone with rotating camera and integrated LED flash back in 2005.

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                          • Sk@
                          • 18 Jun 2018

                          The Sony Ericsson K810i was the first phone with a front camera that I owned. Though that camera could only be used for video calling, not to take pictures.

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                            • Aadrian
                            • Sk@
                            • 18 Jun 2018

                            Wait, so that Doogie Mix 4 on the pictures, it must have got a screen to body ratio of 95% something like that...

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                              • Anonymous
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                              • 17 Jun 2018

                              Anonymous, 17 Jun 2018Samsung needs to launch that under-screen selfie camera ASAP!Would be nice if it works. Than they could add it in the middle of the screen, so you can look into eachothers eyes. Though in the middle is the battery. Will they make a hole in the battery. :/

                                I remember my first family color phone Samsung x600 having that. Was pretty much useless though lol.

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                                  • Anonymous
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                                  • 17 Jun 2018

                                  Samsung D700 is the pioneer! Its so old that even GSMA forgot about it??

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                                    • Anonymous
                                    • xja
                                    • 17 Jun 2018

                                    Telstra F256?
                                    Why is it hard to find a complete or well researched article in GSM Arena.

                                      optional, 17 Jun 2018nokia had so many cool phones. The 3250 could rotate its be... more6600 had cool buttons on the sides.
                                      6610 felt heavy and cool metal when held giving it a luxury feeling.
                                      N70, N80, N73 was big and had a large screen and looked expensive.
                                      N90 and N93 gained it coolness from its tv commercials.
                                      E62 and E61i had you looking successful in the office.
                                      N95 was the last cool Nokia phone before smartphones became a thing.

                                      All those phones were smartphones.

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                                        • 17 Jun 2018

                                        I dont know why people say slider phone ribbons are fragile. My nokia E65's frame cracked before the ribbon ever gave trouble. The ribbon/screen still works today.

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