The ZTE Axon 40 Ultra’s under-display camera gets the display part right
by Allison Johnson from The Verge - All Posts on (#604BG)
The phone's 16-megapixel selfie camera is neatly concealed under a 6.8-inch screen. To grossly oversimplify it, there are two challenges behind making an under-display camera (UDC): to convincingly hide the camera under the screen and to produce images that look as good as traditional selfie cameras. With its third-gen UDC on the Axon 40 Ultra, ZTE has nailed the hide the camera" part of that challenge. As for take good photos," ZTE has come a long way on that since its first attempt, but there's still work to be done.
First, some basics: this is a 16-megapixel camera residing under a 6.8-inch 2480 x 1116 OLED panel. On the back of the phone, there are three 64-megapixel cameras: a 16mm-equivalent ultrawide; a stabilized 35mm standard wide; and a stabilized 91mm telephoto lens. ZTE has made some improvements to the...