Oppo imagines removable and remotely controllable smartphone photo blocks..

[sanjay kumar]

Oppo is gaining momentum in the global smartphone market. Also, enthusiasts are starting to scrutinize the brand's actions more and more closely. Especially when it files patents relating to potential innovations in photography and video.

Would Oppo try to take over the ARA project that Google abandoned 5 years ago? Not sure. In any case, the Chinese seems to be inspired by the idea of ​​the modular smartphone, if we believe a patent filed by him. This is to provide a device in which the entire rear camera unit could be removable.

We could thus change all or part of it according to the user's needs. You want to focus on photography more than video: you put a good block, lined with camera modules with lots of depth sensors, laser, etc. You have the soul videographer, hop, remove it and replace it with a more suitable accessory.

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It would even be possible to remove the block from the back of the device and position it at the bottom, thanks to an onboard USB Type-C connector. This could allow you to take quality selfies or videos of yourself without having to rely on the sensor on the front of your smartphone, often less good than those on the back.

Finally, the patent mentions the presence of a small battery and the possibility of associating everything via Wi-Fi or Bluetooth to the device in order to use it remotely and to use it, for example, to take family or group photos.

For once, the photographer could appear on the shot without having to trigger a self-timer and then sprint: he would trigger everything remotely, from the

Of course, as with all patents, this does not bode well for a future feature approaching on one of the Oppo devices, but it is interesting to see that the brand is also putting resources into R&D to improve everything. which affects the imagery of our communicating companions...

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