Samsung plans a true bezel-less display with no visible selfie camera, IR sensors

Last year, Samsung wowed the world with the Galaxy S8 by bringing a concept design to masses. Since then, all other smartphone manufacturers have been following the trend and reducing the fat bezels on their flagship as well as budget models. However, Samsung aims to get rid of existing bezels on their phones by trying out a new layout — an all-glass layout with no visible selfie cameras and sensors.

Samsung had filed a patent early last year for a smartphone with an all-screen display. The patent shows that they can achieve a 100 per cent screen-to-body-ratio by pushing the sensors under the display. The camera and the sensor holes will be cut in the display panel along with the earpiece. When the display lights up, it will show images all throughout its surface, with the sensor holes being a part of the frame. However, the interface will also allow for the user to have black notches in the ‘sensor zone’ to enhance the immersive experience.

What’s surprising is that the fingerprint sensor is shown to present at the front under display as well along with all the other sensors. At first thought, this setup seems to be a better idea than the infamous notch arrangement of the Apple iPhone X. However, it might have other kinds of drawbacks; one being that the sensor holes will be prominent while viewing anything in the fullscreen mode.

It is not yet known by when can we see such kind of display on a smartphone but Samsung could be pushing for it with this year’s Galaxy Note 9 or next Galaxy S10. Whenever it becomes a reality, it will be interesting to see Samsung implement an all-screen display on a commercial smartphone.