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Oppo’s retractable camera is one way to eliminate the camera bump

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Oppo teases a retractable camera system that can “fix” one of the most annoying smartphone design details, the rear camera bump.
Chinese smartphone maker Oppo has just teased a retractable camera unlike anything we’ve ever seen on a smartphone. Don’t confuse the retractable camera with the sliding selfie camera we’ve seen on several devices in recent years. The retractable camera is part of the smartphone’s main rear-facing camera module. And it’s one clever trick to fix one of the most hated smartphone design elements: The unsightly camera bump that somehow keeps getting bigger and bigger. Before we look at Oppo’s retractable camera, let’s remember why the camera bump exists. Smartphone buyers often criticize the design of rear cameras, and the truth is that those bumps have grown in recent years. However, the trade-off is warranted when you think about why that bump exists. Sure, you don’t get a perfectly flat back, and the camera bump isn’t exactly attractive. Then again, you aren’t often looking at the phone’s rear panel. More importantly, the thicker camera bump allows phones to take much better photos than previous models.

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