ISSUE 72 • ANDROID ADVISOR 93The pop-up selfie camera on
the OnePlus 7 Pro is fun to
watch, but what if it breaks?
Case in point: the square arrays have a purpose.
It’s subtle, but when you zoom in or out using the
ultra-wide lens on the iPhone 11 or the zoom on
the Pixel 4, you don’t need to reposition your phone
to recentre your shot. The image simply zooms
accordingly, and whatever was in the centre previously
is still there. On every other phone, you need to
shift your phone ever so slightly. Sure, it only takes a
fraction of a second, but that could be the difference
between capturing and missing a moment.
That’s why these gimmicks bother me. OnePlus’s
invisible camera might look cool in marketing shots,
and it will certainly generate hype for whatever phone
it debuts on. But what are we really gaining? A smooth