More details of the recently-announced Oppo Find X‘s camera emerged this week, following its live launch event in Paris, revealing that the device features an unusual solution to the contentious issue of the notch design currently seen in a vast proportion of full-screen smartphones.
Most full-screen handsets feature the notch design as a way to house the device’s front-facing sensors and speakers. The Find X has done away with the notch design and instead features a motorised partition that pops out from in between the front and rear panels and houses both primary and secondary camera modules.
The internal camera also incorporates 3D face-scanning technology. Earlier reports that the device has a fingerprint sensor turned out to be false and instead, the device relies solely on Face ID for authentication, besides old-school PIN entry.
The partition also houses the output speaker for calls but a cut-out in the front fascia enables its use while the partition is docked. The Verge has seen the Find X in action and reports that the partition pops up in around half a second.
Besides all that, the Find X runs Android 8.1 and features a 6.42″ AMOLED display with a 1080 × 2340 resolution, a 19.5:9 aspect ratio and 401 pixels per inch. Oppo claims the device has a screen-to-body ratio of 93.8%, though GSM Arena reports a figure of 87%.
As reported earlier, the Find X is powered by a Snapdragon 845 and features 8GB RAM, with 256GB internal storage but no memory card slot. GSM Arena also reports a price of around €1,000 ($1,160). The device is expected to release in August.
Analyst Comment
Frustratingly, we couldn’t find a good image of the pop-up camera that wasn’t copyright, so here’s a link to the Verge, which has some good images. As we reported from SID, the big trend in the next year is more likely to be a move to small round gaps in the display to allow the use of cameras, rather than this kind of mechanical work-around. (BR)
