Ever since Vivo showcased the Vivo APEX smartphone with a pop-up front-facing camera, smartphone manufacturers are now actively trying to innovate the smartphone design. The main reason behind this is to make the device stand out from the crowd and to offer a higher screen-to-body ratio.
While we’ve already seen devices with pop-up front-facing camera and a sliding mechanism, Oppo has now gone a step ahead and patented a new smartphone design with the pop-up display. Yes, you read that right. The design suggests that a second screen comes out from the primary screen.
There could be a lot of different and unique use cases for the secondary display. For example, when viewing media content in full-screen on the main display, the secondary pop-up display can house the remote control.
The images attached with the patent shows that the phone will house the front-facing camera sensor and an earpiece in the top bezel of the primary display and there won’t be any kind of notches of punch-hole.
Along with the patent of the pop-up display design, Oppo has also patented a smartphone that has a sliding mechanism. However, unlike Oppo Find X which has a vertical sliding mechanism that houses camera sensors, the patent shows a smartphone with a horizontal slider that slides from the left.
The secondary slider screen can have a keyboard when using the smartphone in a landscape orientation and could also be helpful while playing games. We’ve already seen devices with such design, but the slider usually houses the sensors. However, Oppo has included a display in the slider part.
It’s noteworthy that the patent from the company only implies that Oppo is working on the idea and trying to explore it or figure it out. The patent does not mean that the phone with such designs will make it to the market.
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