Samsung has unveiled the A8s, its first «hole-punch» display phone, which is likely to make its way into the Galaxy S10.
If you’ve been following along with the Galaxy S10 rumors, then you know Samsung is planning something very different for its 2019 flagship: A display with a hole in the front rather than a notch. And we may have just gotten our first look at it.
Samsung has taken the wraps off the Galaxy A8s, a mid-range China-only phone that’s likely to cost hundreds of dollars less than the Galaxy S10. However, the two phones might not look too much different: the A8s is the first phone to feature Samsung’s new Infinity-O display, a near-edge-to-edge screen that has a small hole in the right corner for the selfie camera, rather than a notch. At 6.4 inches, it has a bigger screen than the 6.2-inch Galaxy S9+ but without the bulk of a camera-hiding strip above the screen.
Look closely and you’ll see that the camera hole doesn’t hide any of the front-facing sensors, so there’s still a need for a slight forehead and decent-sized chin on the A8s, which matches up with rumors we’ve head about the S10.
