Tuesday, May 28, 2019

Detachable Camera in Smartphone

IFNews, Zol, GizChina: Reportedly, the upcoming Vivo NEX 2 smartphone will use a concept of detachable camera - it can be attached either in pre-determined spots on the smartphone, or, according to other sources, in any spot. So, a single camera can be used in both front and rear configurations:

3 comments:

  1. That's a magnet? Makes me curious about how signal and power are transferred and how the magnet affects the display. I had a Samsung tablet once and used a casing with a magnet that kept the cover closed. When the magnet was on the backside of the display, the image was distorted in that area... Could also become annoying to a customer in terms of potential marks left on the display. I can't believe this will survive... lot's of R&D money down the drain...

    ReplyDelete
  2. The first cellphone camera from Kyocera was an attachment, and early on attached cameras had more models than embedded. Going by memory and not a web search, but will say it was about 2000 or 2001. Back to the future.

    ReplyDelete
  3. the camera looks like the same with huawei mate 20 pro

    ReplyDelete

All comments are moderated to avoid spam and personal attacks.