The "under-screen camera" technology was once regarded as the ultimate solution for the real full-screen design of mobile phones, and there was a small climax last year. At that time, ZTE took the lead in launching the Axon 30 screen version, followed by the Xiaomi Mix4, in addition to the off-screen camera, their rest of the hardware stack is top comprehensive.
However, the market sales have given a heavy lesson. Because the "under-screen camera" technology has not yet matured, it seriously affects the imaging quality and screen display quality of the front camera, Lei Jun said publicly at the press conference: "Users who pay attention to selfies should not choose Xiaomi MIX4." "As a result, the price of the machine fell by 2,000 yuan in two months, becoming a diving flagship, which caused the first user to scold." Therefore, this year, most manufacturers no longer mention the camera under the screen, and return to the single-hole solution.
However, ZTE did not give up. Recently, ZTE officially announced that it will launch the Axon40 Ultra Android flagship on May 9. It still uses an off-screen camera scheme, but it has made great progress in technical iteration and effect compared to last year.
From the breaking news chart, it is known that ZTE Axon40 Ultra uses the latest off-screen camera full screen by domestic suppliers, which not only achieves a high pixel density of 400ppi, but is most likely the first screen that supports 2K high resolution + 120Hz high refresh rate + screen camera at the same time, the display effect is delicate and smooth, and it is the first-class level of the current flagship machine.
At the same time, it adopts a new independent pixel driver scheme, each pixel independently drives the illumination, rather than the previous one-wheel multi-drive solution of the off-screen camera mobile phone, that is, 1 sub-pixel driver circuit also drives other sub-pixels of the same color. The new scheme makes the sub-screen area almost invisible, and the front screen looks integrated.
In addition to a more perfect off-screen camera solution, the ZTE Axon40 Ultra also has many highlights in other aspects.
First of all, its fuselage adopts a more square and tough design, and some netizens joke that from the appearance, it is the "off-screen version" of the Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra, and the appearance value is indeed very high. It is also ZTE's first flagship machine with curved screen design, which belongs to the micro-curved design.
Secondly, it performs very well in terms of images. Equipped with 64 million pixels customized ultra-humanistic main camera, the main script
The 35mm focal length, which is very suitable for daily street sweeping humanities, and the 64MP custom ultra-wide angle + 64MP periscope 5X telephoto lens, is a veritable "three flagship main camera" stack, without any counting lenses.
Finally, naturally, is the price. In recent years, ZTE in order to actively seize the market and attract users, in terms of pricing are quite conscientious, last year ZTE Axon 30 screen version equipped with Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 processor, the starting price is only more than 2100 yuan, and this year Axon40 Ultra will be equipped with Snapdragon 8 Gen1 chip, positioned in the Android flagship, the price is expected to be more than 4000 yuan, compared with the mainstream with the configuration of competitors there is still a certain price advantage.
So, will you consider off-screen camera phones today?