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Huawei patents phone design with a hole in the display for the earpiece

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Peter 09 November 2018

Huawei

Holes are the new notches – Huawei is considering cutting a slit for the earpiece as revealed by a design patent filed with the USPTO. This is interesting, because the expectation was that holes will be used for selfie cameras (like in Samsung’s Infinity-O design and teased with the Galaxy A8s).

In fact, the patent doesn’t mention the selfie camera at all. A Huawei design that leaked in July showed a camera in the hole and the earpiece on the bezel above it. That design also envisioned an in-display fingerprint reader while this patent seems to place it under the camera on the back. Huawei is clearly exploring various designs

A Huawei patent showing a hole cut out for the earpiece
A Huawei patent showing a hole cut out for the earpiece

Anyway, why so much effort for an earpiece? Some phones (like the original Mi Mix) tried to use a piezoelectric speaker to put the earpiece behind the screen. However, the sound quality proved to be pretty poor. A proper grille will offer superior audio.

Source 1 (PDF) | Source 2 (in Dutch) | Via

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  • A smart Shooter
  • tZk
  • 15 Nov 2018

A notch on the top of the display just like the peninsular which is a gimmick, while a isolated earpiece on the display just like an island, which show extreme gimmick. Your every picture video will have a black hole just like stain can not be wipe o...

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  • Norpan
  • M1u
  • 12 Nov 2018

It's back there in the '90s...

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  • PeterThePanda
  • t7x
  • 12 Nov 2018

Biggest question: Which is uglier - an Ugly Notch or an Ugly Cutout?

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