How many camera sensors is enough in a smartphone? Manufacturers still aren’t done adding more into their devices. The latest leak for Huawei’s upcoming P30 Pro smartphone suggests we’re getting another smartphone with four camera lenses. Unlike Samsung’s take on the trend, the fourth sensor rumoured to be coming to Huawei’s newest flagship won’t be directly usable. The company is following a new trend from Chinese brands where there’s a Time-of-Flight (ToF) sensor that’s commonly used for 3D mapping in virtual and augmented reality. How this’ll be utilized is something we don’t know yet.
One other change rumoured to be coming to the P30 is a smaller, “waterdrop” notch. The P20 Pro had a wider notch to house extra sensors for a more advanced 3D face recognition system. Now, we’re wondering if the P30 Pro loses these sensors. We’ll only find out once they phone officially launches, which usually happens in the first quarter of the year.
Source: SlashGear