OnePlus Concept One feature teaser: invisible camera

03 January 2020
OnePlus has used color-shifting glass tech to conceal the rear camera when it's not in use. People with trypophobia rejoice.

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  • i84
  • 04 Jan 2020

Jojo, 04 Jan 2020Crap. I thought this was for the front camera. Who cares ab... moreEven though I would hope that this is a "teaser" and the real revelation will be an invisible camera at the front, most probably the technology ATM cannot do it reliably, therefore the first step is to do it at the back side (where is much simpler)

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    • waheed192
    • 6pD
    • 04 Jan 2020

    May be oneplus 8 will hide front camera... This notch display era will be over than... Lets do it..

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      • Jojo
      • k2%
      • 04 Jan 2020

      Crap. I thought this was for the front camera. Who cares about the back. Who looks at the back of their phone?

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        • wasox
        • 8Vw
        • 03 Jan 2020

        Interesting, advanced, eye catching, but plain useless gimmick

          Original-Jamaican, 03 Jan 2020The Nokia N8 had somewhat of a similar technology where the... moreMechanical shutter is a whole other thing in this case they are using some kinda special glass or lcd display to hide the cameras maybe like notch hiding option

            The Nokia N8 had somewhat of a similar technology where the camera lens was hidden by a mechanical shutter which open as soon as you opened the camera application. That was such a cool featured that amazed me every time I used it. The overall technology implemented in their smartphones were ahead of it's time.

              abwx, 03 Jan 2020when it works, it contributes nothing when it fails, the... moreAgree. And, more glass on a phone? Just what we need.

                pufanu, 03 Jan 2020Wow, this has got to be the most useless feature ever put i... moreGotta agree.

                  So basically, it uses the same technology as an Electronic Variable ND, to completely hide the cameras.

                  It's a neat trick.

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                    • Anonymous
                    • 3UP
                    • 03 Jan 2020

                    abwx, 03 Jan 2020when it works, it contributes nothing when it fails, the... moreIt contributes to make the phone more expensive. So it gives them the excuse to increase the price again until they release, at least, two above $1000 phones a year. They'll do sooner than later. The old OnePlus is history... Now if the Premium OnePlus but with fake materials in their alleged premium phones.

                      Filipe, 03 Jan 2020No, it does not! The iPhone 11 is the ugliest phone ever ma... moreFor me iphone 11 looks pretty good from rear if you ignore the camera bump but,hey different peoples have different opinions :)

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                        • abwx
                        • 4%j
                        • 03 Jan 2020

                        when it works, it contributes nothing

                        when it fails, the camera doesn't work

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                          • Fitbri
                          • riw
                          • 03 Jan 2020

                          Bring concert to life for the back. Gives a bit of style and personality

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                            • Anonymous
                            • L6n
                            • 03 Jan 2020

                            Anonymous, 03 Jan 2020Ouch, now we will have a reduced battery time due to hide t... moreI think they work the other day around. The glass is clear when a vintage is applied

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                              • Anonymous
                              • smd
                              • 03 Jan 2020

                              add it to the list of things we don't need but will make the phone more expensive

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                                • Anonymous
                                • YTc
                                • 03 Jan 2020

                                Lol what is this? nonsense
                                Not interested

                                  Hopefully the concept is better than it looks. This looks rather mediocre, to put it politely.

                                    cooool.... best luck

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                                      • Anonymous
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                                      • 03 Jan 2020

                                      Ouch, now we will have a reduced battery time due to hide the cameras with an electronic glass ... in addition to adding another layer blurring the images.

                                        The more layers you put in front of the camera, the worse image quality it will produce. It's bad enough these camera sensors are tiny, and they need all the light they can get. But let's add another layer of stuff over it.