What Happened to Pop-up Selfie Cameras?

[@DØ_defy]

so they got rid of the pop up camera because a phone with less moving parts is more reliable also phone companies: FoLd

[@pixels_per_inch]

Also Flip

[@strategy_TR]

They removed it because it is more secure for users so the companies don't like thet... I had 5 years old pop up camera phone and it work fine and i don't want to buy a normal phone.

[@apepanthera]

Must've gotten some pushback from anti privacy systems. The front facing camera is a front-door to you

[@crentistismydentist]

​@@strategy_TRMe too. Still using my 6 years old Redmi K20 Pro. Works fine.

[@yummypeach455]

And fold and flip didn’t get to a mainstream spot, it’s pricey, fragile, and impractical. So yea, phone with moving parts didn’t fly.

[@VaisakhMohan95]

I had a Redmi K20 pro from 2019, which is still working and the pop up mechanism. Peak innovation

[@allah___maadarchod]

Same here. Bought in 2020 BBD and still going on like a charm. Also LMC R16 (GCam) has made it a monster.

[@tredimango]

The best one

[@marvincarlcubos3299]

Same device i used now

[@Alan2ez]

yep i have it too, i got a one plus 11 recently but i still use the normal redmi k20 . im surpirsed it still works after so long.

[@deuceph]

it's also called Mi 9T. i'm using it now

[@dragonalfaata]

OnePlus 7 pro was peak OnePlus design and it's not even a contest

[@ChaussetteORPHELINE69]

Based comment

[@thekivster]

Never hear anyone talk about OnePlus anymore.

[@CarolinaCycloneJames]

I had a 7 pro and it was awesome. Wish I never upgraded by i love my fold 3

[@xiondFirst]

I had no issues with the camera but on a trip to South Asia last year the screen started to die. Had to get rid of the phone. Curved displays have nothing but been unreliable to me.

[@SolarErazer]

S21 ultra was the best

[@Rizwaan122]

Given that there's now folding phones with IP ratings, I'm pretty sure we could've figured something out for tiny pop up cameras. If they lasted 2-3 more generations it would've been waterproof. That's the key thing imo

[@solanumtuberosa]

Its a very easy solution. Add a rubber flap at the top so its sealed shut once the camera is pulled down

[@Hehex005]

@@solanumtuberosa what i thought about right away

[@xFluing]

Just make the screen slide down, revealing the camera behind it. The way people overcomplicate things sometimes is baffling. A simple sliding screen is proven and will be way more reliable than a tiny motor.

[@solanumtuberosa]

@@xFluing you do add a bit of thickness. If u just want a slider for the front cam you would probably overlap with the back cam

[@thomasfioramonti2438]

@@xFluing mi mix 3 was like that, i got the 4 with under the screen cam because the 3 floped

[@TechnicalUsama]

It wasn't the *iPhone X* that started the race for bezel less experience it was started by *Samsung* by releasing the Galaxy S8 series, eliminating the bezels in March, 2017 and Samsung itself was inspired from Xiaomi Mi Mix that was released in October, 2016.

[@govardhanposina17]

Facts

[@Ajxnwlxocmewl-9]

Yeah that was weird, apple shouldn’t have credit for that race

[@solanumtuberosa]

The only thing I can attribute apple to is the notch and that is a backwards innovation

[@maarts665]

S8 and S9 was Smasnug's peak design 😍

[@dimitrismouzakis7560]

Doesn't matter if Samsung started. People will remember the iPhone. Samsung was the pioneer but apple market it better

[@soyjoyy]

They stopped doing it because they want to see your pretty face all the time when you use your phone🥰

[@strategy_TR]

that absolutely right !

[@aaminsaan1nOnly]

Because companies like Google want to stalk you and sell your data and make money

[@Pixlewatchtoo]

Me who has an underbite and crooked teeth with a 4 out of 10 attractive level

[@gn6691]

@@Pixlewatchtoo weird flex but ok.

[@SanestTetoFan443]

​@@Pixlewatchtoo come here bbg/p

[@alpacamale2909]

My favorite design was the zenfone 6 which basically used the power of the back camera as the selfie cam. How can you even beat that with a mediocre pop up camera?

[@DarkAnims]

Sounds like the Samsung A80

[@alpacamale2909]

@@DarkAnims Asus did it better. That camera was really good for the time.

[@joelconolly5574]

​@@DarkAnimsbut better than that mess.

[@verma.shaurya]

Exactly! But with that design, how will Google secretly record you without you knowing?

[@joelconolly5574]

@@verma.shaurya must be hard for Google to keep track of your faces when smartphone starts innovating.

[@Zim5.0]

I always wondered why phone manufacturers didn't have this feature for longer To me, Pop up cameras was the best way to enjoy a full notch less display, with no loss in quality like those under display cameras I hope they can think of something that gets rid of the camera hole on the display in the future

[@chicken8951]

and there's a high chance that the camera pop up can get stucked especially those wears off

[@blackhurricane172]

There's the underdisplay camera

[@vadnegru]

For me, thinner chin was okay to go forward from pop up.

[@startwithmi1197]

a pleasant hello to you Zim. may I kindly ask, Do you have a mobile device that had a Pop up Camera ? I have a Xiaomi Mi 9T Pro that I purchase in year 2019. I still preserve the appearance value of the device. At the current year today, My glacier blue Mi 9T Pro looks brand new on 2024.

[@vadnegru]

@@startwithmi1197 mine just unglued and camera doesn't fully close by itself.

[@joaocorreia7498]

Watching this video in full screen on my Poco F2Pro without any obstructions. And I'm using it since 2020.

[@rocksrock4292]

Same here, awesome speed, screen and just swapped the battery, lasts all day. Wouldn't change it for the world

[@bananogamer6972]

Same but with the OnePlus

[@thunderfiedXx]

oh my god thats my dream phone during the whole corona period but theres no fuckin shi1 in my country shi1 i still love that and miss those days watching phone comparison vids

[@luigio1025]

Same but the battery is getting worse

[@__alves_]

Same, have you replaced any parts? I have done a battery replacement only :)

[@Komentariram]

0:52 This is so not true. Android began that race in 2016, Apple was late to the game even then. Plus Androids had only one hole at the side of the screen (at the time). iPhones had that hideous notch.

[@600k4l]

Exactly, this video has me feeling mixed. Almost half of his information is incorrect. I'm not sure if he didn't bother to google anything, but at the end of the day, who cares 😊

[@redpepperguy1]

Huawei P20 had that notch

[@600k4l]

@@redpepperguy1 exactly my point

[@staringcorgi6475]

Essential phone was more of an odd one off

[@Komentariram]

@@600k4l That is one model of one brand... Android has hundreds of models, most of them didn't had the notch.

[@Alyx_YT]

Mi 9T PRO owner here, I just have to say that the screen looks incredibly beautiful for a 5 year old phone

[@spxdesu]

Same. My phone is falling apart from all the abuse but the front cam still works

[@mrartezi69]

I have the 9t myself and the screen still looks great

[@zonxic]

I had one and the video is making me nostalgic about it...

[@jerkyy04]

Yeah, memories. I've had this phone from 2020 to February 2024.

[@MemeHero]

Mi 8 Pro SE owner here. No special camera, but the device still works great -- camera included.

[@amier909]

Still using my lovely Mi 9T to this moment.. It's such a beast of a phone that offered everything with almost no compromises, a pop-up camera, headphone jack, premium build. I can't believe it will be a 6 year-old phone in just about 4-5 months

[@eric63674]

Unfortunately my screen went burst but I'm thinking of fixing it and just having it as an extra phone. It was an epic one indeed. I'm using the OnePlus 12 now

[@grunrog]

Still using it too with custom rom, it's perfect!

[@Venessey]

Bro is answering all my 3am tech questions I swear XD Keep up the good work bro :D

[@tredimango]

I had bought the Xiaomi Mi 9T in 2019 and the build quality was insane, great speed, fantastic customization and two-day battery life... I miss it. I came from other (maximum) 299€ phones but that was way superior to me. It lasted for 4 years and I still remember it as the most innovative smartphone I had ever.

[@vadnegru]

Me and my friend had the screen going out and after 1 drop pixels on mine went blue and then gone completely. Camera wasn't sliding back completely because it was forced a few times to go back.

[@startwithmi1197]

a pleasant hello AudioTechnica. I have a Xiaomi Mi 9T Pro that I purchase in year 2019. I still preserve the appearance value of the device. At the current year today, My glacier blue Mi 9T Pro looks brand new on 2024.

[@deuceph]

i'm still using it right now 😂.

[@s2000.]

I so wanted one when it came out. Looked amazing with lots of potential. Good chip, display, 3.5mm, Lots of ROMs. But a plot twist- I never bought it and got an iPhone XS cheap and I still use it today, even better. Reason was that the stock software and Chinese brand wasn't appealing.

[@joshualapurga3431]

Still using mine as 2nd phone. move to redmagic 9 pro

[@funnycat754]

i swear one day apple is gonna remove the front facing camera and charge extra for a small camera that just plugs into the usb c port lol

[@Pearloryx]

You only want it to happen

[@JudgingKitty]

I´d want that

[@DairokutenMaoUwU]

We're going back to 2001 lol

[@watchawant8309]

Yea, like the first camera phones... then call it "innovation"

[@PitNeex]

Actually camera modules like this would be a great idea for phones with bad cameras !

[@janci1992]

I always felt like nobody is talking about what an eye sore the notches and especially the hole punch cameras are, it can't just be me

[@pixels_per_inch]

You're not the only one. Unfortunately most people have grown accustomed to having a bunch of dead pixels on their screen.

[@himynameisryan]

better to have a notch and 3d face reciognition than a camera with 2d face reciognition that has to popup slowly, and fingerprint scanners are objectively less seamless than facial reciognition a majorrity of the time, they are not an excuse to have poor facial reciognition

[@molybd3num823]

@@himynameisryan who even uses facial recognition anyway

[@himynameisryan]

@@molybd3num823 lots of people, even on android

[@himynameisryan]

@@molybd3num823 lots of android users i know

[@MrJomalley123]

The OnePlus 7 pro was my all time favorite phone it was the peak of smartphone design

[@hikihub8387]

5 years in and the pop up camera in my phone is working just fine.

[@Fbianime6019]

Mine 6 years

[@green_eye_cat_studio37]

0:24 not so genius, dust entered from the pop up camera to the back camera lens (and all components) and ruined all photo/video. I think it was the most fault design ever made !

[@NunoFilipe99]

Didn't know that

[@hasj]

I think this was a problem in the whole oneplus 7 series, bcuz i had a oneplus 7t (no popup camera) and had the front lens cleaned out 2 times bcuz dust entered. So i don’t think the problem is the popup camera

[@thisisa]

thank you for the disclaimer at 2:12

[@MethLord]

I was preparing to skip lol

[@ryuunosuk3]

lol

[@Bestow3000]

It's done so well too lol

[@McMakersStation]

lol

[@BerkaymertYilmaz]

Looooooool

[@Oliver.Alverize]

I swear I thought at 2:10, bro was gonna segue to a nord vpn ad HAHAHAHAHA

[@McCool117]

I've been using the One Plus 7T pro, until last week. It works perfectly fine, and I love the pop up camera. I was forced to update, due to my country updating their cellular network and making it unable to make calls.

[@Naruto-ts7qd]

You from Australia? Because it's the same for me, using OnePlus 7t pro but they fcuked up the cellular stuff and now even some 4g and 5g phones not working

[@McCool117]

@@Naruto-ts7qd yep! Currently using my mum's old Pixel 3a XL, until I can get a new phone. It works surprisingly well, considering it's age.

[@YannickBo]

Still using my OP 7T Pro :D But as it hasn't received security updates for years its time is ending soon :c

[@yomo68]

@@YannickBo Time can be extended with a good custom ROM

[@YannickBo]

@@yomo68 I don't have a second phone to use whilst I figure everything out

[@oliverwortley3822]

i swear to god that at around 2:10 I paused the video and started looking at the video thumbnails to skip forward, until i saw your note saying it WASN’T an ad. I am SO used to things like that being a segue to a nord vpn or whatever ad LMAO

[@xerlmx]

Still a shit world where you cant decide for yourself if your new Phone should or should not have a feature. Its really just, every phone has it or no phone has it

[@PitNeex]

And if Apple makes something everyone follows no matter how hideous it is (notch)

[@isXanderDev]

You decide with your money.

[@everettwinterlast]

I'm also wondering what happened to large area under display fingerprint scanners (the ones where you could place your finger on a display area of multiple inches to unlock instead of having to place your finger on a spot with little finger placement headroom like on my Galaxy S24 for example. Nobody on the internet talks about it.

[@Person4148better]

The only phone I can think of with that is the new Sharp Aquos

[@raffiihzazuhairnawan]

What I can think of is that it takes too much space for the same functionality. If most people are comfortable with little but usable on-screen fingerprint, then why adding more spaces for that? Having a bigger space for it doesn't seem to give any advantages against the market, maybe some people will buy it for the sake of it, but the number will be not big.

[@panduino2156]

These are going away because power button embedded fingerprint scanners exist

[@tegathemenace]

​​@@raffiihzazuhairnawan I think it's more on how possible faults increase with complexity. It's like how a laptop non touch screen is better than the touch. That extra layer makes it more delicate and easy to ruin This logic should be the downfall of the pop-up camera

[@slimshady7625]

​@@Person4148betterOppo too

[@sambitranjan9584]

My Father still uses Redmi K20 Pro & I use OnePlus 7t Pro as my secondary device to watch videos coz of it's full immersive quad hd display. It's been more than 5 years and they are still working Perfectly 🔥

[@euricofonseca8514]

You forgot to add the Xiaomi Mi Mix 3 unique mechanism to hide cameras and even frontal light flash, where the entire phone was literally divided in two halfs just like the old Nokias.

[@fayne1]

I bought my Mi Mix 3 in early 2019 and still using it to date. Great phone. Love the big notch free screen and the big screen to body rario. The soundeffect while sliding it open is also really cool and customisable. Im using the AI button on the left side for indiviual tasks like flashlight on off

[@lapiswolf2780]

iPhone X wasn't the first to increase the aspect ratio drastically. Early on was the Sharp Aquos Crystal in 2014 where the screen had a beveled edge all the way to the top. There was also the Mi Mix line.

[@eixd3396]

Let's just pretend they did it before the iphone find our assesess and try molesting us

[@Boss-rm7wr]

Apple really are copy cats there notch on iphone x from 2017 are a copy from essential phone that released on 2016.

[@John.Doe.A.D33R]

Me watching from my OnePlus 7 Pro While my Wife uses her Samsung A80. 😊

[@stellarfellasonyoutube]

Did anyone else catch that voice break at 6:47 , love the video btw

[@x3ll3nmusic]

To this day, I simply cannot imagine changing my OnePlus 7T Pro. It simply can't be beaten to me, and I wish they'd refresh its design with better specs for a new model.

[@TennySxd]

I'm still using the Redmi K20 Pro/Mi 9T pro with a custom ROM. And it still runs flawlessly. I bought it used for around 120$ last year. I can assure u that it still performs better than some mid range phones of today. Also the full screen is surely enjoybale once u get used to it. Peak smartphone design era

[@risaadthemerchant5142]

I had a Mi9T Pro for 4 years and it was the best phone I’ve ever had. Great battery, fast, headphone jack, charged fast and didn’t have a camera in my face all the time. I bought specifically because I don’t use the camera at all, so I didn’t want it filling space in my screen. It was a great gimmick to surprise people too

[@andrescarrasco1248]

It was amazing how often browsing the web would open the pop up camera, I believe Google hated being exposed that way, because it would only happen with chrome, not with brave or Firefox, chrome will just try to open the camera in any random website

[@jamemule5326]

No way that used to happen.

[@andrempmorais]

I have a OnePlus 7T Pro never happened to me

[@seby5962]

I am still using the OnePlus 7 pro and this never happend to me and i am using Chrome.

[@Healtsome]

I'm still using my OnePlus 7T Pro, and I will continue to use it until one of us dies.

[@andrempmorais]

Same but my pop up camera unfortunately stopped working this year

[@Alexus00712]

Gone, but not forgotten.. I'll never throw away my blue OnePlus 7 Pro, even now as I upgraded to a fold 4 over a year ago

[@shadythatkid1252]

I used to own a Redmi K20 Pro and i loved that phone to its very end. I still miss that phone sometimes. Just so good and worth the money it was. Never found another phone like that

[@apolakigamingandmore6376]

I love how he said it was not a segway ad when I was about to leave the video, LOL! Thanks for that disclaimer.

[@Bumprdlik]

There is an another solution, no front camera at all. I don't need it.

[@sebastiangonzales46]

Might as well buy a dumb phone for that feature alone which still actually exist these days

[@xpforevergaming8609]

And having a small usb-c camera when you need it. It would be perfect.

[@vVMARCVv]

My first smartphone, a Nokia Lumia 520, didn't had one. Or flashlight

[@amiirii]

been using my OnePlus 7 Pro for 5 years now. i know it's crazy to think about how long it's already been since the launch of this phone but man. the performance on my phone still keeps up with the latest and greatest smartphones out there. some people even thought this was a new release phone and they'd always ask what phone I'm using. it really is a timeless design and i personally think OnePlus peeked at the 7 Pro in terms of all around design considering this was released in 2019.

[@nikoleigraham8747]

it does not have to be motorized, it could have been manual as well, which would make it reliable.

[@exerpachuau5486]

Wow! Easy there,buddy! 😅 That's gonna be a space eater and if not done right,it's gonna be hella annoying to always flick your finger up and down and with todays smartphones getting bigger and longer,it's gonna be very inconvenient to place the switch high up on the side where you'd have to stretch your finger with the risk of dropping your phone in the process since the lower part will be filled by volume rockers and power button.

[@Drak_Thedp]

Mi mix 3 has a manual slider mechanism. It is kinda nice but the mechanism is based on ribbon cables and has several flaws like being vulnerable to dust and the cables being bent and frayed over time. So, the automatic pop-up is still better. Actually, you can mod Redmi K20 camera to slide out with a lightsaber sound and backlight, it looks crazy cool.

[@arcturuslight_]

​@@Drak_Thedpmotorised use the same flexible ribbon what are you on about

[@arcturuslight_]

The best I think would be a spring and a latch system, where the phone can release latch on demand with a really small solenoid, but then you have to push the camera back in manually. Both the cavity holding the camera, and the shell of the camera can be waterproofed independently, connected by flex cable, like halves of Fold, and all that would require about as much space as a motor screw mechanism. Spring and cable would be repairable easily in case of wear or corrosion. Latch mechanism would probably be fused to pcb or the structure tho for space efficiency and not removable.

[@nikoleigraham8747]

@@arcturuslight_ ikr, its really a shame they did not consider such solutions for these cameras. I just keep putting a sticker on it, which makes my phones look really stupid.

[@prayhe]

I know people take this kind of editing for granted these days but I really appreciate the effort always picking a matching clip and especially how the gestures of your avatar matched to what youre talking about. Definitely got my sub, keep it up :)

[@danialzikri14]

Did you make your script using chatgpt? Because it kinda sounds like one

[@Mopberybush]

Nah it just has big words

[@visheshkothari]

Watching it on my Xiaomi Redmi K20 Pro (launched in 2019). This is the peak stage of innovation. And beleive me the full screen experience is ultimate and can't be comoared to others.

[@candydude2880]

I've been using the OnePlus 7T Pro for 5 years now, and you know what? Absolutely nothing, it still works perfectly. The camera functions smoothly without any lags, and this is despite the fact that it's been through a lot. It's been dropped numerous times, everything is cracked, the screen is burnt out, and the glass is shattered in several places on both sides. Yet, it still works just as well as the day I bought it. And I bought it precisely because it has a pop-up camera. This phone was definitely worth it.

[@MrChicoize]

Dude, I've still the same phone now. It works perfectly! Still waiting for a worthy phone to change.

[@Samsonfs]

But the camera is laughably bad and so is the software

[@candydude2880]

@@Samsonfs He is old

[@RenderingUser]

I feel like the designs and ux centered around notches like notification highlights, make it actually feel better to have a notch

[@blockshift758]

2:56 no. It's because it introduced privacy

[@Scryll_65]

I really love your channel! Just subscribed!

[@entropy7571]

I've had a redmi k20 pro (aka Mi9T) for like 5 years now. Never had a problem with its pop up camera. I've actually dropped it several times and the latest one broke its back glass, but the pop up camera lives on :D

[@DioTheGreatOne]

Asus Flip Camera was the best solution of all: You can literally take selfies using the REAR cameras.

[@Fruchti]

The Huawei ShotX was the same, I loved that phone when I had it

[@ikelaiho]

I can't let go of my Xiaomi/Redmi K20/Mi 9T, Five years after purchase my phone works as good as new except for a failing battery and power buttons. I love the uninterrupted screen for KZbin and gaming. I am considering getting the Xiaomi Mi Mix 4 because it's the one of the more affordable screens with an under display camera.

[@Cyanidle]

Bold N1 owner here I've been using the pop up camera for 2 years and I see no problems with the camera and it's going really well

[@ms.m666]

Oppo was really creative with its designs back thn! But the issue is, my sister owned a OnePlus 7 Pro, but she accidentally dropped the phone, making the camera popup to jam and now her old OnePlus 7 Pro is "front camera-less"

[@Short_N_Simple]

But 7 pro has camera retract feature when it senses drop so the camera doesn't go back inside when she dropped?

[@ms.m666]

@Short_N_Simple i said it jammed. Now the camera doesn't come out. As far as i know, she dropped it and it didn't come out.

[@bananogamer6972]

Mine comes out but makes the camera app crash and doesn't show anything, I don't know why

[@minecartbreaker9628]

6:06 thats why i love the dynamic island. I love how i can interact with it and how easy it is to play and pause music whilst in other apps.

[@Tranquillow2]

5:06 "brands" being just ZTE and Samsung to an extent

[@euricofonseca8514]

ZTE is the only brand that is truly committed to this technology, they use it in all their top models. While Samsung uses a much more rudimentary version of that under-screen technology, you can see the pixels on the Z Fold's in-selfie camera and the quality is worse than on the ZTE's models.

[@Heart_Gata_Virus]

My fav was the samsung A80, its so cool where it uses the same camera for both back and front facing camera. Such a good design.

[@Pearloryx]

I remember when there were many ads about pop up cameras featuring extreme durability campaigns like using a support for the small stage with the ballerina dancing over it

[@KanataShorts]

its like those car popup headlights but phone.

[@MrBen1379]

I wish they just removed the front camera, I haven't even seen anyone use it for years

[@Atodarack]

How? because a lot a people use the front camera for video call and things like that

[@maksimnaumov2227]

Man, that's so true. Zoom calls? Go f*ck yourself I'm not showing my face so just hear my voice. Selfies? Come on, teenage girls all got iphones so leave holes to them. I'm in my mid 30s and don't need holes in my screen. Still using Huawei P Smart Z. Too bad Huawei is also making trash nowadays.

[@Samsonfs]

Then you're in the objective minority

[@MrBen1379]

@@Samsonfs that's most likely the case 😅

[@staringcorgi6475]

Where the hell do you live? africa?

[@PalmTree.]

man i remember i wanted to make a video about this a couple months ago, you've definitely made it better than i ever could have had

[@himanshurajput523]

When the trend of pop up camera began i was really excited. I didn't need new phone at that time so i missed on getting one. But now seeing that literally no brand give pop up cameras i am very sad. I would have prioritised pop camera in place of face id, flagship chip, ai feature, high refresh rate or fast charging.

[@hoangthi10601]

If this tech ever comes back, I hope it will become something like the whole camera cluster turned into a module which connects to the phone via pogo pins, or using wireless connection to power the module like how the Samsung S-pens charges. Imagine you can pull out the camera cluster, turn it to face you to take selfie, or turn the other way to take photo with the main camera, or pop it out when you want to take photo remotely or to mount the phone to the bike and being able to change the whole module when the camera fails (mine did due to mounting the phone to my bike). Seeing how Bluetooth technology has evolved, I think having a wireless camera module would be a nice feature.

[@sanakiddy2883]

A flippable, rotatable same main camera that also act as selfie camera is the best design funcntionally and privacy wise

[@Insha-j4q]

I have Realme X which I bought in 2019 and till today it still works like a charm .. No problem with the pop up camera. And I love there is no camera hole or notch on the screen

[@bigbadspikey]

I still have my Mi 9T Pro, but I almost never use the pop-up camera, heck, I rarely use the back camera. lol I can go with punch hole but I just wish that phone manufacturers still put them on the top most left instead of the top center.

[@m00gleboi]

Same, watching on my Mi9T Pro 👀

[@fafiteee]

hard disagree. the uncentered hole drives me nuts

[@jonathanjoestarjojolion98]

got a mi 9t it was great until battery is trash and stuff started to break and crash so I just use it as a webcam for my pc now and got a new phone

[@bigbadspikey]

@@fafiteee Agree to disagree? 😄

[@bigbadspikey]

@@jonathanjoestarjojolion98 I've changed my Mi 9T Pro's battery and it's still great. There are still some custom roms being made for the device. I mainly use it at home for light gaming, youtube and media consumption and some other stuff, but when I go out I use my Poco X3 Pro. Technically I use my Mi 9T Pro more than the Poco X3 Pro since I work from home.

[@Neuvalence]

my friends A80 camera module was still solid 3yrs later. could say his model was lucky but i think it was just well designed. still looked just as cool & smooth as the first time. we were so close to greatness

[@Sinisha82]

I never use front camera and live for the day when that unnecessary piece of hardware vanish from our phones .

[@Precel42]

Same it's a waste of space

[@ecthelionv2]

*points to the selfie gen and the streamers and the Microsoft office/meetups/ZOOM meetings on a budget*

[@enashimo]

Unnecessary for you yes but for a vast majority that ain't just the case at all

[@molybd3num823]

dad still has his huawei y9s prime from like 2018/2019, with a popup selfie camera still works great

I dont understand why there is no phone that just has no selfie cam, its like not that necessary or important to everyone. I think a good chunk of the market arent big into selfies or video calls and could simply do without them. Its also why the popup was a good solution, simple and elegant especially for people who dont depend on the front camera!

[@--julian_]

no one would buy a phone without a front facing cam in 2024 lol

@@--julian_ I dont think so, it would have quite a niche market for sure but so do folds and gaming phones and so on. But also they can simply return the popups, such a good solution for the truly bezelless screen

[@streyngthz]

There are some essential apps that require face recognizion to login.

@@streyngthz Not that i know of, also thats mainly iphone biometrics androids rely on fingerprints anyways

[@Dominos_Miku]

As someone who never uses the front camera, I loved my old Pop-up Camera Phone. I used it for half a decade and only ever used the Camera a handful of times. It was perfect, letting me have a full display, avoiding an notch for a camera I rarely use, while still being there for any clutch moments. I was so sad when I had to switch, but there was no new phones with a Pop-up Camera I could find. The redmagic 9 pro, was the best I could cope with. I really hope they bring back Pop-up Caneras.

[@prateekpanwar646]

For most answers of why something got obsolete. Generally answer is value brought for money spent. Pop up cameras have better privacy and look but to achieve that, Does the feature bring in more money or it could be spent for something more important. Similar story in Apple's 3d touch, The feature brought improvements but it was expensive for the improvements it brought. In short, practicality wins over luxury in long run.

[@Poseidon313]

i love the "and no this is not a segway into an ad" cuz I really thought it was gonna be a VPN sponsor lol Great video thou keep up the great work

[@lethanhlongcao5424]

6:47 caught me off guard 😂

[@MissesWitch]

those were so so cool.. actually, the only phone i use now has one, but it's a mi 9t pro, so it really shows its age in its slowness and now the faulty battery.. ! unfortunately it only has one speaker too, i really wish these popups made a comback!

[@arguekayes]

Im actually glad they stopped doing the pop up cameras. I could imagine tech companies/repair shops charging outrageous prices to fix a pop up camera, that will definitely break at some point.

[@Leebitsteller]

Mine always got stuck and I always needed to push it down or pick at it so it can move. The repair prices were very high. It was always half the phones price

[@Adenser]

I used to own the Oppo Find X. And the pop up camera was one of the best things happened, and pop up camera are way better than the under screen ones. It never broke ONCE. I had to swap from the find X to S22. But even with destroyed back, this thing still works with no issues whatsoever.

[@Yana.-_-.]

The rock if he's a phone: 1:50

[@PetreMihai94]

I still have in the house the Oppo Reno 2 like that one 1:50 (loved the shark wing), since 2020. Beaten by time, took nasty falls... And the camera mechanism still works as first day. No weird noises, no laggy motion. There's no excuse to dispose of them even if it takes space from the phone. Battery still lasts for 2 days in my use, and has a headphone jack. They simply don't care.

[@Supiragon1998]

The first word that came to my mind when I saw a phone with a pop-up camera was fragile.

[@jaedph]

Definitely loving your channel, dude! I'm a new fan! Keep up the good work and edits, I'm really loving your style!❤

[@vinamraparashar7590]

Soon as you started to say "In a world where data privacy..." I got ready to skip 20 secs expecting to be marketed yet another VPN 😂. But dude you have an amazing channel and I wish for you to one day grow big enough to get sponsors. Just keep up the vids and quality

[@Hello123-c7p]

I am still using pop-up camera phone from 2019. Realme X. Still pop-up mechanism working without any issues. It's more than 5 and a half years. This phone is a legend, though it’s gone slow after 5 years. This is the most I have used a phone this long.😅

[@Toll99725]

I honestly wonder, how no company has had the Idea to just put a small display on the back of the phone for Selfies with the main camera, abolishing the need of a front camera. Kind of the same principle as on the fold phones, but for normal phone

[@xirruz]

Yeeah, there's already been a solution to that but better. Asus Zenfone 8 Flip, it released the same time as pop up selfie cameras came out but that phone flips the Main cameras to the front so you can use those for selfies with the added benefit of using whole phone screen instead of adding a small one at the back. Trust me what you're suggesting is not as usable as you think, in most cases selfies are a YARD away(arm/s fully extended) you'll be squinting your eyes every time you try to look at that small screen, i.e. Z Fold 4 & 5, Xiaomi Mi 11 Ultra.

[@tegathemenace]

Nonsense because that's essentially an extra screen and an extra worry. Also taking up space for your back camera.

[@aquaponieee]

@@xirruz If you're squinting your eyes when looking at something an arm away, you need to get glasses lmao.

[@vadnegru]

​@@aquaponieee that screen would be too tiny *chinese man staring at paper meme here*

[@Toll99725]

@@tegathemenace I know that, but I would imagine that companies would have tried that Idea anyway. Tech companies try everything no?

[@ganeshkarekar1083]

You are such a new channel with high quality. Man i hope you grow fast. Amazing video

[@hydrawild]

yapping till the 8:00 mark

[@merjuliusmelano7113]

I had the Oppo Reno 10x Zoom & Huawei Y9s. Both with pop-up camera and it was a great experience. It was so sad there’s no more latest phones like them.

[@pcmasterrace2306]

Waste of 8 minutes. The answer is cost. Companies don't want to spend extra bucks for pop-up cameras. It's a cost-cutting measure. That's it.

[@roymustang87]

That’s highly incorrect, this is why dumb people shouldn’t try to sound smart

[@RizqiKqkq]

Nice video. I was recently wondering that too. Why the pop-ups camera suddenly gone.

[@sebastiangonzales46]

This channel is going places, very interesting videos and great explanation

[@Pal42_]

Owner of a Samsung A80 for 4 years now. People were scared of such an "experimental" phone back then but the phone still works perfectly, the camera still flips like it should, and I can still fully enjoy my uninterrupted screen. Another big reason I got this phone was that it shipped with Qualcomm chips worldwide, and since I live in Europe I didn't want to deal with Exynos, especially since my previous Samsung Exynos phone died in just 2 years

[@Startix]

I am currently using a OnePlus 7 Pro with Android 15 (using custom ROM) and just replaced the battery after 5 years the phone is actually still really usable, didn't find a better phone since then. And would definitely keep it another 5 year at least and only change is I REALLY NEED to.

[@mohamedelkhaligy3213]

this channel is so underrated! keep it up bro.

[@twisterdash_6965]

I keep using a Xiaomi 9T (also known as Redmi K20) for nearly 5 years now. The whole concept of pop-up cams was just ahead of it's time.

[@mmankt]

Agree, love the notchless/holeless designs. I am still rocking the op7 pro since day 1 rls. Best phone ever made imo. Used to switch flagships every 2-3 years but just can't let go of this dude.

[@loizos3918]

Man I used to own one of these types of phones, it was the Xiaomi Mi 9T and it really felt like the future back then. Bought it in 2019 and gave it to a friend after 2 years, he still has it and the pop-up camera never broke down.

[@jimfoster3575]

still rocking my 9T pro and the camera still pops out perfectly

[@Usersf134ssk]

Still use my Mi 9T for navigation and Music while driving. The all screen no hole, no notch is a pleasure to look at!

[@jimmyys]

My Mi 9T is a few days from being 5 years old and is still working just fine. I'm not the biggest fan of the camera since it drew from water resistance and practicality. Though as I don't use it too often it doesn't bother me that much and I'm definitely gonna miss the full edge to edge screen on whatever my next phone will be.

[@strategy_TR]

me too using the 5 year old mi 9 t and it work fine, i having a bad time thinking about the new phone because i love the full screen and the privacy of this phone .

[@renmoonlight7425]

Pops up camera is a good idea because you can enjoy video , movie's and games on full screen experience i hope they still making it 🥺

[@pixels_per_inch]

Agree. So far the only non hole punch phone maker left is Sony, Nubia and Redmagic

[@roy_shuvo]

I'm still using the K20 Pro with a pop-up mechanism from 2019, and I haven't faced any issues with its camera. I don't understand why phone companies moved away from this technology. People don't always need to use the front camera and the pop-up mechanism provides added privacy since it stays hidden under the phone when not in use. Phone companies should work on improving this technology to make it more solid and durable instead of focusing solely on under-display cameras.