{"id":5337,"date":"2018-12-11T13:23:09","date_gmt":"2018-12-11T13:23:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/huawei-honor-view20-and-samsung-a8s-have-hole-punch-cameras\/"},"modified":"2018-12-11T13:23:09","modified_gmt":"2018-12-11T13:23:09","slug":"huawei-honor-view20-and-samsung-a8s-have-hole-punch-cameras","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/huawei-honor-view20-and-samsung-a8s-have-hole-punch-cameras\/","title":{"rendered":"Huawei Honor View20 and Samsung A8s have hole-punch cameras"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Two smartphone-makers have unveiled handsets featuring a “hole-punch” selfie camera.<\/p>\n

The screens of the Samsung A8s and Huawei Honor View20 both feature a small circular space for the component.<\/p>\n

The design is intended to be less obtrusive than a “notch” – as popularised by Apple and later by many Android smartphone manufacturers.<\/p>\n

One expert said the innovation highlighted how competitive the market for mid-range devices had become.<\/p>\n

‘World first’<\/h2>\n

Both Samsung and Huawei claimed to be first to launch the notchless camera design.<\/p>\n

The Chinese company may have slightly edged out its rival by unveiling its device at an event in Hong Kong a few hours before Samsung’s launch. <\/p>\n

But the South Korean company had previously hinted at the screen-engineering feat by showing off a line drawing of the feature in November.<\/p>\n

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\n Samsung’s Infinity-O screen design features a hole-punch selfie camera
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Neither handset features the kind of facial identification sensors that spurred Apple to introduce a notch in the first place.<\/p>\n

One industry-watcher said the phones instead represented mid-range devices, which made them a good match for the new look.<\/p>\n

“Huawei is relentless at using the Honor brand to really grab as much share in the marketplace as possible,” said Ben Wood, from the consultancy CCS Insight,<\/p>\n

“This is a very important part of the market, particularly for Samsung with the professional pressure it is facing from Huawei.”<\/p>\n

Samsung was the world’s most successful smartphone brand in the July-to-September quarter, when it shipped 72.2 million units, according to research company IDC<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Huawei came second, according to the same report, with 52 million devices shipped over the same period.<\/p>\n

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But both companies face challenges. <\/p>\n

Samsung has lost substantial market share in the mid- and lower-tiers to Chinese rivals over the past year, while Huawei faces claims it broke US sanctions on Iran and poses a wider security threat to the West. <\/p>\n

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Huawei also claimed the Honor View20’s main camera, on its rear, represents another world-first.<\/p>\n

It offers a resolution of 48 megapixels and is the first to use of a sensor made by Sony that was announced in July.<\/p>\n

The benefit is that users can crop in more closely into their photos without risking them looking pixellated when printed out. But the downside is that higher-resolution shots take up more storage space.<\/p>\n

Xiaomi has also indicated it will soon launch a handset with the same sensor.<\/p>\n

Samsung previously announced it had created its own 48MP sensor but has yet to reveal in which handset it will debut.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n


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