The size of the display notch on smartphones have considerably this year. There are many phones available with waterdrop-style notch. Some smartphones have sported notch-less design with pop-up selfie camera. Some phones have adopted punch-hole display design. One mainstream smartphone marker that has failed to keep with these trends is LG. The LG Q60 mid-ranger that was unveiled in February sport a waterdrop-style notch, but most of its high-end phones such as LG G8 ThinQ, LG G8s ThinQ and LG V50 ThinQ have sported wider notches. A new patent filing with Turkish Patent Institute has revealed that the South Korean company has been granted permission for a new smartphone design with punch-hole display and triple rear cameras.
As it can be seen in the below, the images found in the patent documents show a smartphone with a punch-hole placed at the top-left corner of its display. It features a thick-sized chin. The top bezel has an earpiece and some sensors.
The volume up and down buttons are present on the left spine of the phone. A button for summoning the AI assistant is placed below it. The button on the right edge could be for turning on the device. A 3.5mm audio jack seems to be present on the bottom side of the device. It will be accompanied by a USB port.
The rear design of the phone resembles with the LG V40 ThinQ smartphone from last year. It features a horizontally arranged triple camera setup that features an LED flash alongside it. A fingerprint scanner is available below the camera module.
Unfortunately, the patent application is not available in the regulator’s database. Hence, there is a possibility that it could be fake, or the listing could be hidden to the public. It would be good to known whether the company is working on a phone with a new display design. If it exists for real, more details may surface in the near future. In this week, LG will be announcing the W-series of smartphones in India. The W-series phones are expected to sport waterdrop-notch display design.
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