Huawei is working on a smartphone with a circular camera cutout

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A leaked image (again from Ice Universe) shows what could be a screen protector for a Samsung smartphone with a corner camera cutout, presumably the Galaxy A8s. Samsung has confirmed that it's indeed working on such a display, which it calls the "Infinity-O," and Huawei told The Verge that the teaser image above is genuine -- so both of these leaks have essentially been confirmed. It may be the world's first hole in the screen smartphone: Galaxy A8s pic.twitter.com/dBQfgUXed2 — Ice universe (@UniverseIce) November 24, 2018Visually, there's no doubt that this minimal approach to a front-facing smartphone is, er, infinitely better than a notch. At the same time, it eliminates the possibility of dual cameras, front depth sensors and other fancy imaging doodads. We could see "hole-screen" cutouts as early as December, but in the meantime, let us know your thoughts.

Huawei punch hole smartphone coming in December, might be the Nova 4

We've seen Huawei tease, at the beginning of the week, an upcoming smartphone with a punch hole. The Chinese company is directly competing with Samsung, who is also expected to announce a punch hole smartphone in December. The phone you're seeing directly above is believed to be the upcoming Nova 4, complete with its hole. At a first glance, it seems like the punch hole beats the purpose, seeing relatively large bezels. Until then, tell us what you think, and also drop us a comment on who you think will be the first to announce a punch hole phone: Samsung or Huawei?

Exclusive: New Huawei poster for its Infinity-O-rival smartphone leaks

As it stated in We have obtained an exclusive first look at a new Huawei poster for its upcoming smartphone with a hole in the screen. The poster urges us to take One Step Further to See the Future in December. It also confirms Huawei's plans to announce its first phone with a hole in the screen next month. Huawei will desperately try and beat Samsung to its Infinity-O phone launch. There have been sightings of such as device - first in the wild and later through a Huawei nova 4 render.