Fri. Mar 29th, 2024
Oppo Slider

The European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) has published (via TigerMobiles) a patent that was filed by the Chinese smartphone manufacturer Oppo. The patent reveals a smartphone with an edge-to-edge display accompanied by a slider design housing dual front cameras.

Oppo Find X was the first smartphone from the company to feature a slider design, which hid the front facing camera and dual rear cameras until needed. Now, the patent reveals that the new device will have dual-rear mounted cameras that are always visible while the slider will hold the dual front-facing cameras.

Oppo patent

Oppo patent

A few days ago, a case render of the upcoming Oppo Reno also got leaked. The Oppo Reno features a wedge that pops out of the smartphone accompanying a front-facing camera. Oppo has been taking various steps to increase screen to body ratio on its smartphones and is also getting creative with its implementation of the pop-up camera.

With the new patent that got published, Oppo seems to be going on a different way altogether. The patent reveals the design of the phone but does not show a fingerprint scanner. It could be said that the patent was only published to copyright the design and Oppo did not plan to detail the specifications of the device. However, it could also be assumed that Oppo might launch the device with the patented slider mechanism and in-display fingerprint scanner.

The patent was initially filed in January, was registered and published today and will expire on January 30, 2024.

Meanwhile, Oppo is gearing up to launch its Reno smartphone on April 10 and it has been reported that the high-end device in the Reno line-up will be powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 SoC.

A leaked case render of the standard variant also revealed a 3.5mm headphone jack, USB-C port, and speaker grille at the bottom. The case renders reveal the typical positioning of the buttons on the device, but it is not clear if the standard variant will be shipping with an in-display fingerprint sensor.

As previous leaks suggest, Oppo Reno will be made available in Black, Green, Purple, and Pink color options. The Oppo Reno is said to be featuring 10x optical lossless zoom, a technology that Oppo showcased at MWC 2019.

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