Meizu, the China-based company which is all set to launch its Meizu 16s smartphone in its home country in the coming days, is reportedly working on a smartphone with a pop-up front-facing camera design.
The company has applied for a patent design to the China Intellectual Property Office in which the smartphone is carrying a pop-up mechanism that houses the front-facing camera. The patent describes the usage of a few components for this mechanism, including a cover, camera, middle frame, and a motor.
While this design is not unique, but its good to see that Meizu is also planning to jump on the experimental smartphones bandwagon and start working on a smartphone with a pop-up front-facing camera.
Vivo was the first smartphone company to come up with such a design with its Vivo Apex smartphone, aiming to offer a higher screen-to-body ratio. Later, the phone was launched commercially as the Vivo NEX.
Recently, Oppo and Vivo both launched their premium mid-range smartphone with a pop-up camera design — Oppo F11 Pro and Vivo V15 Pro. Next month, OnePlus is also expected to launch the OnePlus 7 Pro with similar pop-up camera mechanism.
However, the patent design does not mean that it’s final that the company will actually launch a smartphone with such a design. It’s just an indication that the company is exploring the idea of a smartphone with pop-up camera design.
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