The ZTE Axon 20 5G is the first phone with an under-display camera
The ZTE Axon 20 5G.
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PUBLISHED ONSeptember 02, 2020 1:57 AMByCookie Monster
ZTE just unveiled the world's first smartphone with an under-display camera.
The Axon 20 5G does not have a notch, a pop-up camera or punch-hole cutout on its 6.92-inch Full HD+ display. The Chinese company has successfully created an under-display camera that blends in with the surrounding display area.
Aside from being the first to have an under-display camera, ZTE also claims the Axon 20 5G "supports 10-bit colour depth and 100 per cent coverage of DCI-P3 colour gamut, reaching the colour standard of professional, digital cinema screens".
Other specs include Qualcomm Snapdragon 765 (the first SoC platform with integrated 5G), a 3D textured glass rear, and a quad-camera setup on the rear. It will be available in China for US$322 (S$440) (6GB + 128GB model), US$366 (8GB + 128GB model) and US$410 (8GB + 256GB model).
Other phone makers are racing to launch devices with under-display cameras.
Oppo showed off its under-display front camera in June while Xiaomi recently announced its 3rd-gen under-display camera technology.
Chinese company Visionox shared in June that it is mass producing the world's first under-display selfie camera. There are also rumours that Huawei's next flagship phones will come with an under-display camera.
This article was first published in Hardware Zone.