With OnePlus expected to push the camera when the presumptively named OnePlus 8 and OnePlus 8 Pro are announced later this year, will the Shenzhen based company make the selfie camera invisible by hiding it under the screen? That’s the intriguing prospect discussed by Ilse Jurrien, after reading a recently published OnePlus patent. It focuses on a lens cover built into the circular housing seen on a number of recent OnePlus handsets (notably last year’s OnePlus 7T). Co-founder and director of the Chinese smartphone maker OnePlus, Carl Pei gestures as he speaks on ... [+] stage during the launch of their latest OnePlus 7 and the OnePlus 7 Pro during its launch in Bangalore on May 14, 2019. This would also explain the lack of volume buttons, power buttons, or the traditional three way alert slider.

Source: Forbes February 07, 2020 01:52 UTC