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Smartphone manufacturers are pursuing real bezel-less phones over the past years. But the front selfie camera is a big problem. How would one achieve a full-screen design without compromising the front-facing camera? From the iPhone X notch to the water-drop notch to hole-punch camera displays, now it seems that a pop-up selfie camera is the answer. Smartphone giants such as Samsung, Huawei, Xiaomi, OnePlus, Vivo, and OPPO, have all rolled out awesome pop-up camera phones in 2019.

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How does a pop-up camera work?

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Pop-up cameras work exactly as it sounds. It sits as a separate component inside the smartphone body and pops out mechanically when you activate it.

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Pros and Cons of pop-up selfie cameras

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Pros:

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Full bezel-less display without notches
Impressive and more immersive viewing experience

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Cons:

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Susceptible to damage
Easily attracts dirt and dust particles
Not water resistant

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OPPO FIND X — high-end flagship phone

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Display: 6.42-inch
Screen-to-body Ratio: 93.8%
Processor: Qualcomm Snapdragon 845
Battery: 3,400mAh
Camera: 16MP+20MP primary dual camera, and 25MP selfie shooter
Launch date: June 30, 2018

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OPPO Find X is perhaps the first flagship smartphone to be boasted as having a “full screen”. As early as June 19 of 2018, it was released in Louvre in Paris with an impressive screen-to-body ratio of 93.8 percent, due to the “never-seen-before” slider design and curved display. The front of the slider hides the infrared (IR) LED light, IR camera, depth sensor, earpiece, front camera, and the dot projector for facial recognition. To protect the slider in case of a drop, the phone comes equipped with a self-retracting mechanism that closes the slider when a drop is detected to protect it.

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Xiaomi Mi Mix 3 — magnetic sliding front camera

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Display: 6.39-inch
Screen-to-body Ratio: 93.4%
Processor: Qualcomm Snapdragon 845
Battery: 3,200mAh
Camera: 12MP+12MP primary dual camera setup, 24MP+2MP dual selfie shooter
Launch date: August 30, 2018

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\"MIX — Xiaomi Mi MIX 3 Smartphone with magnetic sliding front camera (source: Xiaomi)

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Xiaomi Mi Mix 3 sports a nearly bezel-less display with a magnetic sliding front camera setup, achieving a screen-to-body ratio of 93.4 percent, one step further compared with the “three-side bezel-less” screen of Mi MIX 2. The magnet is made up of neodymium, with a life expectancy of over 300,000 activations. Its manual slider is like that of Huawei’s Honor Magic 2, but the difference is that the Mi Mix 3 bears both the front and rear cameras on the slider.

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Xiaomi is one of the earliest smartphone manufacturers to put a selfie camera on the bottom bezel for its Mix-series phones and hides the front camera behind the display.

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Honor Magic 2 — slider mechanism for selfie camera

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Display: 6.39-inch
Screen-to-body Ratio: 91.5%
Processor: Kirin 980
Battery: 3,500mAh
Camera: 16MP+16MP+24MP primary triple camera setup, 16MP+2MP+2MP triple selfie shooter
Launch date: August 30, 2018

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Honor, a sub-brand of Chinese smartphone manufacturer Huawei, has also released a phone featuring a sliding mechanism much like that of the Xiaomi Mi Mix 3, the Honor Magic 2. On its slider mechanism there is an impressive triple camera setup behind the bezel-less display, along with the front facing sensors, earpiece, and sensors for Honor’s 3D face recognition technology for faster and more secure face unlock capabilities. The Magic 2 has the same cutout for the earpiece right above the display as Xiaomi Mi Mix 3, however, the device doesn’t automatically open up the front facing camera upon opening the slider.

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Lenovo Z5 Pro — a budget slider camera phone

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Display: 6.39-inch
Screen-to-body Ratio: 95%
Processor: Qualcomm Snapdragon 710
Battery: 5,000mAh
Camera: 24MP+16MP main camera, 16MP+8MP selfie camera
Launch date: November 2, 2018

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Lenovo has also joined the slider camera club with the Z5 Pro. The Z5 Pro targets the mid-range phone market with the best mid-range processor Snapdragon 710, and a premium sliding design similar to the Mi Mix 3 and Honor Magic 2. The sliding screen mechanism housing the dual-lens selfie camera allows the phone to offer a full-screen display without punch-holes or notches, and achieves a 95 percent screen-to-body ratio. The Z5 Pro also supports an in-display fingerprint sensor, which remains a relatively rare feature even among flagships.

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Samsung Galaxy A80 — pop-up rotating camera

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Display: 6.7-inch
Screen to body: 86%
Processor: Snapdragon 730
Battery: 3700 mAh
Camera: 48MP main camera, 8MP ultra-wide camera, and 3D depth camera
Launch date: April 2019

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Samsung’s mid-range Galaxy A80 is the first Galaxy smartphone with an all-screen design achieved using a very innovative camera system. It has a triple rear-camera (including a 48-megapixel camera, an ultra-wide eight-megapixel camera, and a 3D depth camera) setup on a horizontal bar, which can automatically slide up and rotate to become a selfie camera. Unlike the Xiaomi Mi Mix 3 and the Honor Magic 2’s pop-up setup, Samsung rotates the rear-mounted camera system. However, the slide and rotate mechanism cannot be used for facial-recognition unlocking, so users can only use the in-screen fingerprint reader.

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Asus Zenfone 6 — flip camera

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Display: 6.4-inch
Screen-to-body Ratio: 92%
Processor: Qualcomm Snapdragon 855
Battery: 5,000mAh
Camera: 48MP + 13MP flip camera
Launch date: May 17 2019

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Asus ZenFone 6 is ASUS' first smartphone with a rotating 'flip' camera for reducing bezels and an all-screen front. It sports a dual camera module that resides on the back in its default position, and rotates forward when taking selfies. This design is much like the rotating camera of Samsung Galaxy A80, but ASUS' implementation is relatively simple. The motorized dual-camera setup present on the phone back simply rotates vertically to face the user of the phone. Also, ASUS allows the ZenFone 6 users to control the amount of rotation, so the users can stop the rotation midway to take photos at interesting angles. With an affordable price, the phone is set to compete against the recently launched OnePlus 7 Pro and OnePlus 7 in the markets.

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Oppo Reno 10X Zoom Edition — shark-fin Camera

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Display: 6.6-inch
Screen-to-body Ratio: 93.1%
Processor: Qualcomm Snapdragon 855
Battery: 4,065mAh
Camera: 48MP+8MP+13MP main triple camera, 16MP pop-up selfie
Launch date: April 10 2019

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OPPO’s new production line OPPO Reno released its OPPO Reno series smartphones. The new OPPO phones are notchless and feature a peculiar wedge-shaped module, like a shark fin, housing the camera, earpiece, front soft light and the rear LED flash. OPPO claimed that the fin can open and close 200,000 times, which is equivalent to opening it 100 times a day for five years. The camera retracts by itself to avoid damage if it drops. Thanks to the notch-less design, the phone has an impressive 93.1 percent screen-to-body ratio.

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OPPO Reno 10X Hybrid Zoom Review

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Vivo NEX — ultra full-view display

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Display: 6.59-inch
Screen-to-body Ratio: 91.24% (Narrow bezels: 1.71mm)
Processor: Qualcomm Snapdragon 845
Battery: 4,000mAh
Camera: 12MP+5MP primary dual camera setup, 8MP pop-up selfie
Launch date: June 2018

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“Say goodbye to the notch... and say hello to an Ultra FullView™ Display for the ultimate viewing experience.” To realize an ultra-full viewing experience, Vivo designed the vivo NEX, the front selfie camera is hidden behind the display instead of in the common water-drop notch. When taking selfies, it elevates in just 1 second, then retracts automatically when you’re done.

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Vivo NEX releases: Notch-free Phone with Pop-Up Front Camera

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OnePlus 7 Pro — PREMIUM PHONE with pop-up camera

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Display: 6.67-inch
Screen to body: 93%
Processor: Qualcomm Snapdragon 855
Battery: 4,000mAh
Camera: 48MP+8MP+16MP primary triple camera, 16MP pop-up selfie shooter
Launch date: May 2019

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OnePlus, a Shenzhen-based Chinese smartphone manufacturer, had unveiled its newest flagship OnePlus 7 Pro in May 2019. What impressed users most may be the pop-up camera and extremely high pixel density screen (516 ppi) with a high refresh rate of 90Hz.

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The OnePlus 7 Pro delivers a fluid viewing experience that makes everything you do faster and smoother. The entirely notch-free and curved display offers a higher screen-to-body ratio for a more immersive viewing experience while playing a game, watching a movie or browsing web pages. For the pop-up camera, OnePlus claimed that the 7 Pro can withstand 300,000 cycles of activations or over 400 times a day for 2 years. It also auto-retracts if it detects sudden movements like a drop, and issues a pop-up warning if you try to push it in manually. So, it’s not that easy to wear out or break.

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Redmi K20 Pro — budget pop up camera phone

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Display: 6.39-inch
Screen-to-body Ratio: 91.9%
Processor: Qualcomm Snapdragon 855
Battery: 4,000mAh
Camera: 48MP+13MP+8MP primary triple-camera setup, 20 MP pop-up selfie
Launch date: May 28, 2019

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Redmi, one of Xiaomi’s sub-brand, has released budget-friendly phones to address the demand of mid- to low-end smartphone markets. On May 28 in China, it released its first flagship device, the Redmi K20 Pro. By digging into a good chunk of space inside the phone, the K20 Pro also features a capable pop-up camera module (with LED lights) to address the growing demand of notch removal. And the pop-up module has a self-retracting mechanism that allows the module to quickly retreat whenever the phone detects that it’s in a state of free-fall.

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10 Best Phones With Motorized or Pop-Up Cameras