Samsung Galaxy A80: Welcome to the Flip Side

by inderdeep singh Digital Marketer

The smartphone industry often latches on to a notion of success in smartphone design. Fueled by the Internet hype culture, the prospect of their names etched in history books and the all-important bragging rights, the idea of fullscreen smartphone design has been treated the same way. In the pursuit of a truly bezel-less display, smartphone makers, and in turn, the industry has gone on quite the journey.

What began with uninterrupted panels on smartphones like the Sharp Aquos and Mi Mix was taken a ‘notch’ further by the Essential PH-One and the trendsetting iPhone X. Over the next year, the cutouts were reduced to a teardrop-style notch à la OnePlus 6T, but since the front camera was indispensable, there wasn’t much room for improvement. Or so we thought.

In came Chinese innovation with the likes of the Bezel Less Phones and Oppo Find X hiding their cameras and sensors in motorized pop-up units. These phones finally achieved that “fullscreen” aesthetic by tucking the necessary peripherals behind the display. Devices like the Mi Mix 3 were quick to follow with mechanical, manual alternatives.

With this also came advancements in biometrics, and phones had finally become what pop culture and hype had imagined them to be. But innovation doesn’t stop.

On Wednesday, Samsung launched a new addition atop their Galaxy A Series of midrangers, the Galaxy A80.

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