If 2018 was the year of the display notch, then it’s looking as though 2019 will be the year of the hole-punch.
Samsung has announced a phone of its own that’ll make use of its new Infinity-O display. The Samsung Galaxy A8 features a distinctive “hole-punch” design for the phone’s selfie camera located at the top left of the display.
It comes with a 6.4-inch (2340 x 1080 pixel) display, and is powered by a Snapdragon 710 with options for either 6GB or 8GB of RAM, and 128GB of onboard storage with up to 512GB of expansion via microSD. The phone — which doesn’t yet have an official price — is a fairly standard mid-range affair. The A8s is On the back it’s got the same triple-camera array as the Galaxy A7, while the front-side selfie camera contained within the cutout has a 24 megapixel sensor.
It’s unclear which of the handsets with this kind of display will be the first to actually be released to consumers, and unclearer still if or when they’ll be available to buy outside of China. Samsung’s 2019 S10 flagship is also rumored to feature the Infinity-O display.
