When whispering started swirling that OnePlus was expire for a to the full bezel - less invention on its next major telephone , the immediate query became : How would the company do it ?

Will the OnePlus 7 get a punch - hole selfie cam like theGalaxy S10 ? Or would OnePlus go for a more grim - tech answer like the manual slider found onXiaomi ’s Mi Mix 3 ?

Well based on young leaked photos showing OnePlus 7 , it seems OnePlus decided to go with a potentially factious solution for avoiding the notch : a motorized pop - up selfie cam . The new exposure , which was supposedly institute on Weibo bySlashleaks , seems to confirm late renders for the OnePlus 7 posted by@OnLeaks , and shows a phone featuring a rectangular pop - up selfie River Cam going through what looks like the equipment ’s facial recognition setup process .

The OnePlus 6T was the company’s best phone yet, but a motorized pop-up selfie cam could pose potentially problems for the OnePlus 7.

The OnePlus 6T was the company’s best phone yet, but a motorized pop-up selfie cam could pose potentially problems for the OnePlus 7.Photo: Sam Rutherford (Gizmodo)

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The big surprisal here is that for a company that has mostly stayed away from gimmicky or immaterial lineament on late machine , the OnePlus 7 ’s pop - up photographic camera seems like an incredibly weird alternative . Despite having a glass back that would n’t intervene with the technical school , theOnePlus 6Tdidn’t come with wireless charging because OnePlus founderPete Lau consider wireless commit is inferiorto the fellowship ’s 20 - W wired Dash Charge tech .

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The estimate of putting a pop - up selfie camera on a phone also is n’t particularly novel either , as Vivo exhibit the feature on itsApex 2018 conceptlast year at MWC , before putting it into action on theVivo Nexlater in the year . And from the leaked prototype , it does n’t seem like OnePlus has done anything out of the ordinary to call the big concern about pop - up cameras : durability .

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Do n’t get me wrong , I love a salutary mechanize camera like the one on theOppo Find X. The faint mechanical whirring it score when the camera rises up reminds of the honorable ‘ ole days before Michael Bay bankrupt the Transformers franchise , and the power to make the television camera completely go away find like some low - key James Bond - style wizardry .

But OnePlus ’ phone have typically been all about simplicity , and a motorize pop - up camera is anything but . That motor is just one more thing that can go wrong , it makes the telephone set more susceptible to accidental equipment casualty , and if the motor breaks , say good day to direct selfies or unlock the headphone with your face .

The other worry about that pop - up cam is how it will affect the OnePlus 7 ’s price . Since its start , OnePlus has largely thrived on its ability to deliver top - notch glasses for century less than competing flagship . But it ’s hard to imagine that something as complicated as motorized pop - up television camera can be less expensive to include on a phone than a simple snick .

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But who knows , it ’s still early , and there ’s a luck these leaks and renders are n’t entirely accurate . But if they are , here ’s hoping the OnePlus 7 does n’t flop just because of one silly feature .

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