These days, we are seeing many smartphones with pop-up cameras at the top. Such a camera module will free up the display resulting in notchless displays with a high screen-to-body ratio. Pop-up camera smartphones are available across price points and here we list some of them available in India now.
Redmi K20 Pro is one of the advanced and most expensive smartphones launched by the brand. The device comes with highlights including a Snapdragon 855 SoC, Game Turbo 2.0, triple cameras at the rear with a 48MP primary sensor and a pop-up selfie camera. The pop-up module houses a 20MP selfie camera with f/2.2 aperture. It is touted that it can last up to 300,000 times and has sapphire glass protection and auto-drop protection.
OnePlus 7 Pro is the first smartphone from the brand to feature a pop-up selfie camera. The smartphone adorns a 6.67-inch Fluid AMOLED display with a 90Hz refresh rate and QHD+ resolution. The highlights include up to 12GB RAM, 10-layer liquid cooling, triple rear cameras and more. There is a 16MP pop-up selfie camera that has been tested over 300,000 times.
Pop-up cameras on a smartphone have paved way for more screen space. The Honor 9X Pro packs a 16MP pop-up selfie camera, which makes it one of the best pop-up cameras in the market. Priced at Rs. 17,999, the Honor 9X Pro offers one of the best pop-up cameras that support portrait mode and can also be used for face unlock.
Motorola One Fusion Plus is one of the affordable smartphones in the market with a pop-up selfie camera sensor of 16MP. It has an aperture of 2.2 and a 1μm lens. At its rear, there is a quad-camera setup with a 64MP primary sensor and the sensors are stacked vertically.
Huawei Y9 Prime (2019) has been launched recently in India. The Huawei smartphone bestows a 6.59-inch FHD+ display with 91% screen-to-body ratio. It comes with triple cameras at the rear with 16MP + 8MP + 2MP sensors and a 16MP selfie camera housed within a pop-up camera module. Notably, it is the first pop-up camera phone launched by the company in India.
Honor 9X is equipped with a triple-camera module at the rear with the three sensors positioned vertically at the top left corner. At the front, there is a 16MP selfie camera sensor fitted within the pop-up camera module.
Vivo V17 Pro comes with a pop-up camera module. Interestingly, it is the first smartphone in the world to feature dual selfie cameras within the pop-up camera module. There is a 32MP primary sensor and an 8MP secondary sensor that can withstand frequent use.
Huawei Y9s has one of the best camera modules with a triple-camera setup at the rear. In the front, there’s a pop-up selfie camera with a 16MP sensor that can shoot videos in 1080p. Plus, the Huawei Y9s takes photos in portrait mode and is capable of taking good pictures in the low light environment, making it one of the best pop-up camera phones.
Oppo Reno2 Z bestows a 16MP selfie camera at the front housed with the usual pop-up camera module at the top edge. It is claimed that this module can withstand over 200,000 of lifting. Also, the company touts that this rising camera module takes just 0.8 seconds.
Coolpad Cool 6 bestows a 6.53-inch FHD+ display and is fueled by an octa-core MediaTek Helio P70 SoC clubbed with 4GB/6GB RAM and 64GB/128GB storage space along with 256GB of additional storage space. Running Android 10 with Cool UI, this smartphone from Coolpad features a triple-camera setup with a 48MP primary sensor, a 2MP secondary depth sensor, and a 2MP tertiary macro sensor. The other aspects of the device include a 21MP pop-up selfie camera sensor, a 4000mAh battery and more.