Samsung working on foldable smartphones with pop-up camera

Seoul, Oct 27 (IANS) Samsung is reportedly working on a foldable smartphone with a pop-up camera that would be the company's first phone with this camera mechanism.The smartphone maker filed the patent with the WIPO (World Intellectual Property Office). Itt clearly describes a foldable phone featuring a pop-up mechanism inside one of the two halves of the device, reports SamMobile.Some sketches depict a Galaxy Z Fold device with a pop-up camera that raises from the half of the phone that has the cover display. Others reveal a foldable device that conceals its pop-up camera module inside the other half. "Furthermore, some sketches reveal that the pop-up camera would replace the main rear-facing camera system," the report said.Samsung has also filed a patent for three foldable smartphone designs with cutouts for inner cameras.All three of those have a cutout on the front display so that the cameras present inside can be used even when the phone is closed.
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