New OPPO patents suggest the OEM intends to hide punch-hole camera within on-screen icon

[Redaktion]

A pair of patents filed with the World Intellectual Property Office (WIPO) indicate that OPPO intends to release a phone with an on-trend punch-hole selfie camera. In this case, however, it seems the OEM plans to disguise this next-gen feature as an icon in the phone's UI. This icon may also be accompanied by others in a row at the top of the screen.

https://www.notebookcheck.net/New-OPPO-patents-suggest-the-OEM-intends-to-hide-punch-hole-camera-within-on-screen-icon.401606.0.html

[Brad Ling]

2007: Let's make the camera icon look like a real camera so people know it's the camera app.

2013: People know it's the camera app already, so feel free to make the icon minimalist and abstract.

2019: LET'S MAKE THE CAMERA ICON AN ACTUAL FUCKING CAMERA