Huawei is going through difficult times but the company continues to launch new products, at least in its home market where it is stronger than ever before. Also, it keeps on patenting new designs like the recently published smartphone design patent with a secondary display alongside camera module at the back of the phone.
This Huawei patent was unearthed by LetsGoDigital. The Chinese telecom giant applied for it earlier this year but it only got published on August 14 by CNIPA (China National Intellectual Property Administration) after approval.
The concept of this design is about integrating a small display with the camera module. The pictures from the documents only showcase it displaying time but the description mentions other use cases as well.
This is a second such smartphone design by Huawei. The previous model looked like a Mate series device with a better use case of the circular display around the camera. Whereas, this one resembles a P series handset with little information about this secondary display’s use.
As for the design, the phone sports a quad-curved display like the HUAWEI P40 series but without a punch-hole or notch. There’s nothing at the top but the right side houses the power key and volume rockers. Whereas, the bottom features a USB Type-C at the center flanked by speaker grille on either side.
Talking about the secondary display placement, the first design is symmetrical with the display at the center of the device’s back surround by four cameras. Whereas, in the other two designs, the quad-camera module is placed on the top left corner of the handset’s rear panel with the secondary display on top and below.
This design will probably never see the light of the day but it does look intriguing. Personally, I would prefer that Mate series circular display patent to come into life.
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