Samsung Galaxy A8s Smartphone Announced With A Camera Cutout In The Display

Samsung has introduced a smartphone (Samsung Galaxy A8s) with an 'Infinity-O design' which basically means the 24MP, f/2.0 front-facing camera is a small cut out in the screen rather than sitting in a notch which cuts into the screen from the top of the device. 

The screen on the new Samsung Galaxy A8s measures 6.4" (1080x2340) and as the camera hole is less than 7mm wide, you get more of an edge-to-edge screen design. Plus, the bezels look pretty thin, too. 

Turn the smartphone over and you find a triple lens set-up that consists of a 24MP, f/1.7 main sensor, 10MP, f/2.4 telephoto lens and a 5MP, f/2.2 depth sensor (similar to the Samsung Galaxy A7 we recently reviewed). 

Inside is the Snapdragon 710 chipset (same as the new Nokia 8.1) as well as either 6/8RAM and 128GB of storage which can be expanded with a microSD memory card. The battery measures 3,400 mAh and the smartphone supports USB-C. 

There seem to be three colours available (blue, green and grey), all of which have a slight gradient to them, and it can be pre-ordered in China until 21 December 2019. No details on price as of yet but they have beat Huawei with the release who also said they were going to introduce a smartphone with a 'notch-free' smartphone in December.  

(Via GSM Arena and Samsung China)