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The hole punch display tag follows an important step in smartphone design as Android manufacturers looked for alternatives to the traditional notch. Coverage focuses on Samsung’s Galaxy A8s and Huawei’s Nova 4 and Honor View 20, phones that introduced or popularized small circular front-camera cutouts placed within the screen. These designs aimed to create a more continuous-looking display while avoiding the technical wait for a fully under-display camera. The discussion also places the change in the broader Android hardware competition of late 2018, when manufacturers rapidly tested new ways to balance screen area, camera placement, and front-panel design.
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    Galaxy A8s, Nova 4 and Honor View 20: How Hole Punch Screens Beat the Notch

    Samsung and Huawei pushed the Android phone industry into its next display experiment in December 2018, when Samsung unveiled the Galaxy A8s with an Infinity-O camera cutout and Huawei prepared the Nova 4 and Honor View 20 with similar “hole-punch” screens. The notch was not dead, but its...
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