A couple of days ago, Oppo revealed that it will be announcing its new under-display camera smartphone at Mobile World Congress 2019 Shanghai which will be held from 26th June to 29th June. Now, the company has confirmed that the smartphone with an in-display camera will be unveiled on 26th June.
The Chinese manufacturer has also shared a teaser video which showcases the evolution of the front-facing camera housing technology for Oppo. It shows the rotation selfie camera of Oppo N series, waterdrop notch, the pop-up camera setup on the Oppo Find X and now the shark-fin setup on the Oppo Reno.
This clearly hints at the next logical evolution for the technology, which puts the front-facing camera sensor behind the display. In the final frames, the company shows an Oppo smartphone where the front camera is not relying on any mechanical structure and has a true full-screen design. This will be the world’s first smartphone to feature an in-display front camera setup.
In a short video clip previously shared by the company on the Chinese microblogging platform Weibo, a phone with an under-display camera was shown. It has a front-facing camera that doesn’t need a notch, teardrop, hole punch, pop-up, or even sliding mechanism and keeps the edge-to-edge display uninterrupted.
At that time, Brian Shen had said that the under-screen camera technology is still in its early days. He added, “At this stage, it’s difficult for under-display cameras to match the same results as normal cameras, there’s bound to be some loss in optical quality. But, no new technology jumps to perfection right away.”
Notably, Oppo isn’t the only smartphone manufacturer working on a technology that puts the front-facing camera inside the phone’s display. Other manufacturers like Xiaomi, Oppo, Vivo, and Samsung are also working on the same.
In fact, just hours after Oppo shared a video of its technology, another Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi also showcased its own under-display camera technology. The video shows a modified Mi 9 smartphone with a working selfie camera under the display.
