While Xiaomi might have launched some crazy Mi Mix devices and concepts recently, including the Mi Mix Fold and Mi Mix Alpha, the company finally unveiled its flagship smartphone – Mi Mix 4 in China this week. And well, it’s equally crazy. The highlight of the Mi Mix 4 is that it is the first smartphone from Xiaomi to come with an under-display selfie camera.
Xiaomi’s under-display camera implementation is officially called the CUP (Camera Under Panel) technology. The Chinese giant says that it took them five years, sixty patents, and more than $77 million investment to develop this technology. Also, this is the third-gen camera under the panel design, as per the official blog post.
Next, we have the redesigned circuit array, which plays the most important part in the functioning of the under-display camera in Mi Mix 4. It betters the transparency of the display covering the camera zone and allows more light to pass through the panel.
Future of Under-Display Cameras
Now, the under-display camera technology is in its infancy right now. Phone makers continue to work on their mission to offer a bezel-less fullscreen experience, with no intrusions, to users. It started with minimizing bezels, moving the selfie camera into a notch, followed by punch-holes, and now, under the display.
