There are actually quite a few phones on the market with pop-up cameras. Manufacturers use them to eliminate cracks and holes for edge-to-edge displays. Samsung had a slightly different idea of the Galaxy A80. It created a sliding, rotating mechanism for the camera. So there is only one camera system on the device that swivels to let you take selfies as well.
Have you ever wondered how Samsung made this happen? A video of the disassembled Galaxy A80 shows us how Samsung smartly designed the entire mechanism. It only uses one motor to lift the slider and rotate the camera.
Samsung's smart architecture shown in the Galaxy A80 video
The Galaxy A80's triple camera setup contains a 48MP primary sensor, an 8MP wide sensor, and a 5MP depth sensor. It can rotate 180 degrees so that the whole setup can also be used for selfie calls and video calls. Samsung has featured this prominently in the marketing materials for the Galaxy A80.
The video first posted on Weibo shows how the engine first pops the slider out of its box and then continues to push it further to rotate the camera. This indicates that the mechanism that Samsung uses for this rather unique idea is not much different or more complicated compared to the regular pop-up camera. It's just extracting more from the devices themselves.
Samsung has even created a safe in the mechanism in the event of a malfunction. The camera rotates even if only pressed to one side. This means that even if there is a hardware defect on one side, the camera will still rotate. impressed? We definitely are!
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