Vivo has unveiled its Apex 2020 concept smartphone. The device contains new techniques such as a camera behind the screen, a lens with optical zoom of 5 to 7.5x and one gimbal for stabilization of the primary camera. The device does not come out in this form.
The screen of the Apex 2020 has edges that bend over the sides at an angle of 120 degrees. At the top is a front camera behind the screen. That technology was already shown by various smartphone manufacturers last year, but is not yet in smartphones that actually come true.
The primary camera on the back is a 48-megapixel copy with gimbal stabilization. Vivo does not provide any further information about this, but implies that the housing contains advanced hardware for stabilization. Gimbals are used for, among other things, drones and separate stabilization accessories for cameras.
The concept also has a telephoto lens with optical zoom from 5x to 7.5x. Many smartphone manufacturers nowadays claim that their telephones have optical zoom, but almost always this is a telephoto lens with a fixed focal length and not a moving lens that can actually zoom. The Vivo concept does have such a zoom lens. Furthermore, Vivo’s telephone has the future voice trackingauto focus and the device can charge wireless with 60W.
Vivo shows the Apex 2020 in a YouTube video. The manufacturer shows renders and mentions all kinds of specs, but the smartphone is not actually in production. Techniques mentioned this year may appear in other models of the manufacturer. Last year, Vivo also showed an Apex concept. That phone also didn’t come out.
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