Visionox has announced that it is ready to mass-produce the first screens that will allow the front camera to be placed below. In other words, it will allow manufacturers to forget about other solutions such as the notch, the holes in the screen or the pop-up type mechanisms that until now were used to offer the best possible all-screen experience.
From the notch to "invisible" cameras
With the launch of the iPhone X, we could say that smartphone manufacturers began a race to see who was capable of offering the best all-screen experience. A complicated challenge, because elements such as the front camera or other sensors needed a certain space on the front. Therefore, if you wanted to minimize the edges of the screen, you had to resort to various solutions.
The notch did not seem like a bad option, but in some Android devices it was so big and seemed to have so little justification, that in the end it progressed to the drop-type notch and from there to the screens with holes. This, without a doubt, is one of the best options currently available, although it is not the most attractive for everyone either.
If you are a user who regularly uses the phone in landscape mode to watch videos or play video games among other types of uses, you will know that the hole is something you adapt to, but it annoys too that it is always there. Although some manufacturers hide it with dark wallpapers with that area so that they "disturb" less despite being there.
And yes, the pop-up or periscope like the OnePlus Among others, they could have been a good option if it weren't for the fact that they somewhat worsen the use of the front camera for things like facial recognition or the selfies that you may want to take.
Therefore, with all this panorama, it was logical that screen manufacturers continued to see new ways to make that front camera and possible additional sensors disappear. Visionox was one of them and it already seems to have found the solution and way to mass-produce its new Visionox InV see.
China's display manufacturers, Visionox, has just announced the world's first mass-produced under-display camera solution. The world's first under-display camera phone will be released. pic.twitter.com/QWkQioy2LZ
- Ice universe (@UniverseIce) June 8, 2020
How do they manage to hide the front camera behind the screen? Well, in a rather curious way: using a second panel. That is, the screen is actually made up of two panels. The first and the one that occupies the highest percentage would be a traditional OLED panel, while the second would also be OLED but some changes would have been made at the level of material and structures to make it more translucent and thus let see the camera placed behind him.
That ability to let the front camera sensor see is said to be achieved with new organic and inorganic materials as well as the use of certain algorithms that would correct certain problems that would generate putting an extra element in front. For example, diffraction issues dullness, etc.
The ideal solution?
If the new visionox technology Whether or not it is the ideal solution is something we can only say when they hit the market. Something that could happen at the hands of Xiaomi, with whom the company has already worked developing the curved panel of the Mi Mix Alpha.
In any case, it must be recognized that it is as exciting as raises doubts. Because we all know that placing extra elements in front of a sensor always adds more complexity to take quality captures and increases the chances of generating defects in those images.
In addition, we must not forget that to make it more translucent, materials have had to be modified that could make us notice that difference when it comes to representing the color of the images and also the brightness.
In summary, there are some unknowns that only time will solve. For now, the positive of all this is that technology continues to advance and the experiences and use that new smartphones will offer will always get better. Or so we all hope.