Oppo teases retractable rear camera ahead of Inno Day 2021

07 December 2021
Looks like it's using Sony's IMX766 sensor.

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  • Anonymous
  • jtm
  • 07 Dec 2021

One ugly phone

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    • AnonD-909757
    • pZV
    • 07 Dec 2021

    Narazumono, 07 Dec 2021Instead of wasting time and money on the back camera that d... moreIt already existed, bezels, pop-up, slider phones and no front camera (second display on the back or not), but haters killed them.

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      • AnonD-909757
      • pZV
      • 07 Dec 2021

      Another amazing tech that could make camera on smartphones much better, mainly if combined with periscope, liquid lenses, flexible mirrors and most others, to finally have a potentially a single, do-it-all camera, like on compact cameras, who can goes from 24 (typical in the Smartphone Ultra-Wide) to 75 (typical 3x "zoom" on Smartphone's telephoto) continuously variable focal length (true zoom).

      But that will be destroyed by haters before it even had the chance to reach the second gen, exactly like the pop-up selfies camera, that was BTW a mistake from Oppo to make the comparison, it is an open door to such "people".
      Expect many BS about "durability", "waterproof/IP rating/dust/water", "moving parts", "wear", "fragile", "drop" and such, from people who would STATE it will have issues as if they were from the future and did know such things, despite not being able to extrapolate with pop-up selfie cameras who never had such issues.

      And also from haters who will say BS about true zoom despite all compact cameras having it being extraordinarily good and only a single one made on a smartphone :
      https://www.gsmarena.com/asus_zenfone_zoom_zx550-6918.php
      https://www.gsmarena.com/asus_zenfone_zoom_zx551ml-7577.php
      Despite such tech being literally the first even smartphone's periscope, in 2015, before the first prime (fixed focal length) "mainstream" one in Marsh 2019 in the Huawei P30 Pro and May 2019 on the Oppo Reno 5G, both showing amazing results and thanks to advance in technology having been shrunken down such that those two allowed a 5x zoom on a 8.4mm and 9.3mm thick phone respectively, perfectly within average smartphone's thickness, and without any camera bump.
      All that from people who will make claims about a tech they've never experienced, have no idea how it will be made, how much space it would take, how good it would perform, nor who have any proper photography knowledge.

      Sad, but true...

        Anonymous, 07 Dec 2021Samsung already did this years ago No Samsung phone exists with this implementation of camera tech

        Compare any side by side comparison and the glaring difference will scream at you that different technologies are being used

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          • Anonymous
          • JT5
          • 07 Dec 2021

          Dometalican, 07 Dec 2021I'd like to see pop up return to the selfie cam. If Op... moreImpossible, also ugly hole is cheaper than pop up

            I'd like to see pop up return to the selfie cam. If Oppo can pull it off while retaining an IP rating, that would be the most simple form of innovation that makes sense.

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              • Anonymous
              • JT5
              • 07 Dec 2021

              ASL, 07 Dec 2021what is inno day?Inno = innovation

                notafanboy, 07 Dec 2021Do you ever have anything else to say other than your "... moreMerely my take on the particular aesthetic, no need to get so bothered.

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                  • Anonymous
                  • StU
                  • 07 Dec 2021

                  Panino Manino, 07 Dec 2021Finally?! I was waiting for a long time already for the da... moreSamsung already did this years ago

                    ASL, 07 Dec 2021what is inno day?Probably innovation day

                      Finally?!
                      I was waiting for a long time already for the day that phones would finally start using retracted lenses.

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                        • ASL
                        • 0mX
                        • 07 Dec 2021

                        what is inno day?

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                          • Anonymous
                          • pVk
                          • 07 Dec 2021

                          notafanboy, 07 Dec 2021Do you ever have anything else to say other than your "... moreI do. I would never buy a phone with an ugly camera no matter how good the quality is and this is pretty damn ugly

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                            • 3aG
                            • 07 Dec 2021

                            Oppo have often made efforts to release new quirky or improved products over the years, this looks like it has potential if it done properly, although I would rather smartphone manufacturers would focus on that 1" sensor next up, i would still take 1 lens if it had high end point and shoot level image quality, and yes it can be done, sony have already shown us the way, now its time to mass produce and improve on the existing tech

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                              • Anonymous
                              • JT5
                              • 07 Dec 2021

                              notafanboy, 07 Dec 2021Do you ever have anything else to say other than your "... moreIt is to hide cam bump same way compacts 📷 hide the module when they are turned off.
                              This can protect if phone falls down.
                              Variable focal length requires more space than this.
                              Also, then would not make sense to put label 50mm, instead of 25-50mm and call retractable instead of zoom.

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                                • AnonF-1013367
                                • 3bm
                                • 07 Dec 2021

                                This + liquid lenses that goes from 0.5 to 2x and periscope from 2x to 10x would be perfect camera.

                                  OldVillainousHeavens, 07 Dec 2021That sure does look ugly.Do you ever have anything else to say other than your "hur dur uglee camera module" nonsense? WHOOO cares what the cameras look like as long as they produce great pics? WHO CARES? Who? Who? Who?

                                    Finally some improvement of zoom cameras. Awesome!!

                                      Instead of wasting time and money on the back camera that doesn't need any of these useless gimmicks, they should worry about the FRONT camera which is still a problem with all these ugly notches and punch holes

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                                        • Anonymous
                                        • 7kk
                                        • 07 Dec 2021

                                        I wish they revisited the Find X form-factor/design, still nothing quite like it imo. I wish I could buy one at a reasonable price!