Technology
Huawei teaser image suggests a phone with a ‘pinhole’ notch
Some people hate the notch and rue the day that Apple’s iPhone X gave it validation. Even though notches are necessary to create room for a front-facing camera, there’s no question it disturbs the symmetry of a true edge-to-edge display.
A few manufacturers have introduced solutions like a pop-up camera, Huawei’s next big smartphone release offers a different approach: instead of a notch, it’ll have a hole. In a teaser image, the top-left corner of the front of the device shows the kind of flare you might expect from a camera flash. That could be literally what it is, or maybe Huawei is taking some artistic license and alluding to a single-lens selfie camera.
In either case, the flare is low enough on the front of the device to imply this is an edge-to-edge display, because if it’s not, the “forehead” would be huge and not at all in keeping with current smartphone design. The inevitable conclusion: The device has a “punch hole” notch, something we haven’t yet seen in smartphone design, although there are rumors that an upcoming Samsung Galaxy phone will sport one as well.
Huawei will release the world’s first hole-screen mobile phone before the Samsung Galaxy A8s, which will be released in December, but the A8s may also be released in December, so who will start, it will wait and see.
Huawei’s offensive against Samsung has never weakened. pic.twitter.com/MqefEgK7j0— Ice universe (@UniverseIce) November 26, 2018
It’s an unusual choice to retain a bezel-less display, and you could argue that there are worse places for it. It’s up to you whether this is a better or worse solution than, say, a notch like the one on the Google Pixel 3 XL.
Since Huawei’s notch appears to be a single pinhole, it likely rules out the chance of dual cameras on the front, or any extra sensors.
Samsung’s punch-hole notch is rumored to be called an “Infinity O” display. Both @UniversesIce and SamMobile believe it will first appear in the Galaxy A8S and then the Galaxy S10.
One thing is certain. As long as there are devices with notches (some bigger than others), device manufacturers will attempt to innovate by removing, moving, or hiding said notch.
!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s){if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?
n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;
n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version=’2.0′;n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;
t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,
document,’script’,’https://connect.facebook.net/en_US/fbevents.js’);
fbq(‘init’, ‘1453039084979896’);
if (window._geo == ‘GB’) {
fbq(‘init’, ‘322220058389212’);
}
if (window.mashKit) {
mashKit.gdpr.trackerFactory(function() {
fbq(‘track’, “PageView”);
}).render();
}
-
Business6 days ago
Langdock raises $3M with General Catalyst to help businesses avoid vendor lock-in with LLMs
-
Entertainment5 days ago
What Robert Durst did: Everything to know ahead of ‘The Jinx: Part 2’
-
Entertainment5 days ago
This nova is on the verge of exploding. You could see it any day now.
-
Business5 days ago
India’s election overshadowed by the rise of online misinformation
-
Business4 days ago
This camera trades pictures for AI poetry
-
Business5 days ago
CesiumAstro claims former exec spilled trade secrets to upstart competitor AnySignal
-
Business7 days ago
Screen Skinz raises $1.5 million seed to create custom screen protectors
-
Entertainment7 days ago
Dating culture has become selfish. How do we fix it?