Flashback: Galaxy A80's flip-up camera is still unique in Samsung's line-up
What do you think of the new Galaxy A-series phones that were unveiled earlier this week? Samsung's mid-range series has its advantages (e.g. flagship-level software support), but it is quite conservative in its design. It's strange to think that the series is descendant from the ambitious Galaxy Alpha.
The series has ventured out to the wild side on occasion - in 2019, for example, with the launch of the Samsung Galaxy A80. Every now and then we hear rumors that there will be a sequel, but none of them panned out. So, let's have a closer look at this phone that is unique in Samsung's line-up.
A while back phones with pop-up cameras became quite popular, with flip-up cameras being a rare alternative. Those disappeared almost as suddenly as they appeared, the world eventually decided that the punch hole design isn't that bad and it will make do until under display cameras become the norm.
The Galaxy A80 was advertised with an "Infinity Display". Samsung uses the Infinity-O branding for phones with punch hole cameras, Infinity-V and Infinity-U for notched designs. But the A80 display was pure Infinity, no holes or cutouts of any sort (well, unless you count the rounded off corners).
This left the 6.7" Super AMOLED panel unblemished while still keeping bezels thin all around. For context, under display cameras were still in the prototype stages in 2019. The way the A80 flip its cameras was interesting too - part of the back was pushed up, then the camera module rotated around its axis. Here it is on video:
( Details and picture courtesy GArena, the content is auto-generated from the news agency feed.)
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