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abiometric security, too. Honor claims
that gives thephonea“nearly100%”
screen-to-bodyratio, comparedto a
mere84.4% fortheiPhoneXS Max.
It’s a similar storywith the Xiaomi
MiMix3:onceagain its front-facing
camerasareconcealed behindits tall
6 .39-inch, 1080x2340 display,which
slides down to expose the dual-lens
setup. Lenovo’s on the case too: its
Z5 Propacksadual-camera setup
behindits sliding screen (same size and
resolutionastheXiaomi).Thisenables
thephones to achieve screen-to-body
ratios of93% and 95% respectively.SLIDE RULES
The sliders here aren’tjust gimmicks, as
fun as theyare. They’re practical
solutions to a straightforward issue that
affects all smartphone cameras: the
morelensesyouhave, andthemore
performanceyou want, the more space
youneed.Nokia’sincomingandfaintly
amusingfive-cameraPureView9isan
extreme example of that, butyou get
the idea: more cameras, more design
headaches that need solving.
Ratherthanmakeanotchthesizeofa
bathtub,Xiaomi,HonorandLenovohave
come up with a much moreLenovo s Z5
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