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Oppo Unveils 'World's First' Under-Screen Front-Facing Camera
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How did you arrive at that conclusion? Care to share the sample images that you apparently based your point on?
Thank you! People act like iPhones just have a notch for a selfie camera.
The article did state that Oppo admits the quality of the images from the front-facing camera aren't up-to-par with normal lenses. They need to use software to try to fix the images.
Left OnePlus 7 Pro,right Oppo under display camera
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Good on Oppo, though for developing a "first" in front-facing lens technology. I'd have thought something like that would have been an Apple innovation. (wait...did I use "Apple" and "innovation" in the same sentence? My bad...)
In a few years, Apple will show off their perfected version in one of their dog-and-pony shows.
In a few years, Apple will show off their perfected version in one of their dog-and-pony shows.
definitely looking forward to the "Next Big Thing" as significant as the original iPhone: getting rid of that horrible notch.
Sorry state of affairs when the biggest technology push is trying to undo Apple's mistakes
Sorry state of affairs when the biggest technology push is trying to undo Apple's mistakes
The full screen phone has been the dream since the original iPhone. It would have come to this whether Apple had used a notch or not, unless you're trying to say Apple's mistake was putting a forward facing camera on their devices?
Its a step in the right direction.. but too bad its so visible at this point.. the real purpose of this tech is less about getting rid of the notch, more about getting the camera in the center of the screen. The user could then look at the screen and have their focus on the camera at the same time.
In tgi
In this selfie obsessed culture having a trashy front facing camera will eliminate a large percentage of consumers especially millennialsQuality of the camera? We don't care about the quality of the camera. We're used to the front facing camera being a potato. - Anyone with an iMac or Mac laptop
Seriously though, this is a good first step I think. As Oppo and others continue to develop the tech, the front facing image will get better. Heck Google's current camera voodoo could probably make it even better right now.
Not me, not on a phone not even a "big" phone.
Now on a tablet like the iPad pro yea sure.
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It's useful for video calls though.
I know a lot of young people who FaceTime more then they make traditional phone calls. You really think it’s smart to alienate a large percentage of consumers
It never ceases to amaze me on how many people jump into the MR Forums to set the internet ablaze with debate before reading the entire article first.
Apparently.
No such thing. All cameras are a compromise, one way or another - whether that's your phone or a medium format camera. However, this may be a case of a compromise too far - the laws of physics (photons) continue to apply.
If they need to come out in front and make that statement before even releasing sample shots, it translates as: The image quality is hot garbage.
I'm sure the tech will eventually get there, but this is a first-gen attempt and the results will be as such.
I don't think anybody was pissed that other phones offered face scanning before Apple came out with FaceID because those other, earlier systems weren't as secure as TouchID.
The quality isn’t as good, but software will compensate. Thank you Apple for staying away from this.
In fairness, you can’t say that. Apple rarely is the first to release new technology that other competitors have in the past. We don’t know that Apple wouldn’t consider something like this, for future arrangements for the front facing camera, but it doesn’t mean Apple won’t implement it differently where it might produce different results from the competitor, which they’re known to do varying iPhone features.
It’s amazing to me how much time and energy smartphone OEMs are spending on aesthetics. So you have a tiny bezel on the top of the phone for the camera array. Big frigging deal. Honestly the only people who care about bezel-free phones are ADD tech writers and tech nerds who comment at The Verge.