According to the South Korean media The Elec, Samsung plans to add an in-display camera in the Samsung Galaxy S21, but due to “low production yield” had to abandon their plans. Samsung decided to switch the under-display camera to Galaxy Z Fold 3.
Samsung Galaxy S21 will start mass production in November at the latest, so the Under Display Camera will be out of luck. The Lec said that the first model equipped with Samsung UDC technology is likely to be extended to Samsung’s next-generation folding screen mobile phone (or named Galaxy Z Fold 3).
To recall, the world’s first mobile phone equipped with under-screen camera technology, ZTE AXON 20 5G, was released last month, there are many competitors on the market who looking for to cover the opportunity with their best camera performances. As leading for many years Samsung will make the change. Samsung will finally ditch the punch-hole camera design and place the front camera underneath the display, making the Z Fold 3 the company’s first all-screen display.
Report stated that Samsung plans to use a laser to open active micro-holes (HIAA: Hole In Active Area) on the OLED panel to achieve UDC. Among them, Hia is divided into “Hia 1” and “Hia 2”. “Hia 1” is punched right above the camera in the screen (the current punch screen is used), and “Hia 2” is a lot of small holes punched on the display. Hole , and UDC is a technology developed around HIA2 punching equipment
According to the rumors and recent leaks, the Galaxy S21 is projected to launch in February 2021, while the Z Fold 3 presumably isn’t due out until the latter half of 2021.