Oppo developing in-screen camera, embedded in app icon

28 January 2019
The company patents icon placement over the front-facing camera hole.

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  • Anonymous
  • mJs
  • 30 Jan 2019

so: I touch the icon to open the app > lens/glass gets dirty>I take a photo with a dirty lens > applause?!

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    • Lucky
    • 7sp
    • 30 Jan 2019

    It's smart but very unpractical. You will have to wipe / clean the camera every single time you want to use it.

      the hole will still be there if watching youtube or movie

        no such thing as interesx or not

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          • Anonymous
          • Kg{
          • 29 Jan 2019

          Just put it inthe notification bar! It's like a notification icon, we wouldnt care about thatand we wont lose any (or many only little) display space

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            • For Real
            • yGe
            • 28 Jan 2019

            Actually the solution is pretty simple. Have a mechanical slider on the right side of the phone, user can use the thumd to slide the pop-up selfie camera up and down.

              Whackcar, 28 Jan 2019I don't think so. Have you seen the LG V10/V20? Those ph... moreI'd rather have a thicker black bar covering it while watching movies or whatever, the colored icons that are static would drive me mental.

                Lyndino, 28 Jan 2019How much time do you spend looking at your home scree? Unl... moreI don't think so.

                Have you seen the LG V10/V20? Those phones constantly display icons on the top bar. I think Oppo would do the same.

                Obviously you'll lose some screen area due to this, but it might be better than looking at a distracting hole all the time... In my opinion.

                  Whackcar, 28 Jan 2019I'd say it's better than seeing the fugly hole. This icon w... moreHow much time do you spend looking at your home scree?
                  Unless i misunderstood, as soon as you open an app it's the same physical camera cutout.

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                    • Anonymous
                    • 3x4
                    • 28 Jan 2019

                    Anonymous, 28 Jan 2019Vivo will have a superior solution when their commercialize... moreAre you their CEO or something?
                    What about when we are watching a video or a picture on the screen? Do we still have icons in the way hiding the camera or do we get dead pixels? I'd rather prefer slim bezels with the camera.

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                      • Anonymous
                      • B@n
                      • 28 Jan 2019

                      rupansh, 28 Jan 2019its just a software overlay lmao! How can they even patent ... moreThere are thousands of patents for software features. Take the "slide to unlock" patent, for example.

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                        • Anonymous
                        • JEu
                        • 28 Jan 2019

                        way to make it worse !

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                          • Fv4
                          • 28 Jan 2019

                          Why can't they make an underscreen camera like;

                          The display is one of those "Transparent" LG Displays that Linus used to play games with weeks ago and when not in camera use, the display won't have a circular dead pixels as it hides the camera underneath.

                          In camera mode, the part of the display will be turned off through programming, revealing the camera unit to shoot through.

                            Pretty smart

                              If they use the space occupied as a second screen, it wouldn't be a half bad plan

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                                • Anonymous
                                • v35
                                • 28 Jan 2019

                                and that patent comes with a microusb
                                hope that their new f series does not come with micro usb in 2019
                                it is just awful

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                                  • Naveen Mittal
                                  • PUE
                                  • 28 Jan 2019

                                  wow this is so cool! Hope it comes powered by MediaTek Helio P90!!

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                                    • Anonymous
                                    • LaT
                                    • 28 Jan 2019

                                    hunk0429, 28 Jan 2019so the camera hole is still there, only disguised as an app... moreDoes seem like a huge flaw... :)

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                                      • Anonymous
                                      • Mng
                                      • 28 Jan 2019

                                      Look like Punch hole camera with bg icon

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                                        • rupansh
                                        • utS
                                        • 28 Jan 2019

                                        Miu, 28 Jan 2019Congrats! We'll gain new feature it's called OCD.its just a software overlay lmao! How can they even patent it xdddd