---
title: "Samsung Is Working on Phone With “Invisible” Camera Behind Screen"
description: "A Samsung exec has shared new details on the company's efforts to create a full-screen phone, one with the camera embedded beneath the display."
date: "2019-03-15"
modified: "2019-03-15"
authors:
  - name: "Kristin Houser"
    link: "https://futurism.com/authors/kristin"
url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/samsungs-perfect-full-screen-phone"
categories:
  - "Robots and Machines"
tags:
  - "camera"
  - "Samsung"
  - "smartphone"
  - "the digest"
---

# Samsung Is Working on Phone With “Invisible” Camera Behind Screen

![A Samsung exec has shared new details on the company's efforts to create a full-screen phone, one with the camera embedded beneath the display.](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/samsungs-perfect-full-screen-phone.png>)
*\<em\>Image: Tag Hartman-Simkins\</em\>*

## Punch It

Just last month, South Korean tech giant Samsung unveiled the [Galaxy S10](<https://www.samsung.com/us/mobile/galaxy-s10/>), a phone with just a single hole punched in the screen to accommodate its front-facing camera.

On Thursday, a Samsung exec [shared new details](<https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20190314008700320>) on the company's intentions to create a "perfect full-screen" phone, with an "invisible" camera behind the screen to eliminate the need for any visible holes or sensors — confirming that one of the biggest players in tech sees edge-to-edge screens as the [future of mobile devices](<https://futurism.com/the-byte/samsung-galaxy-fold>).

## Hidden Tech

During a press briefing [covered by *Yonhap News Agency*](<https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20190314008700320>), Samsung's Mobile Communication R&D Group Display Vice President Yang Byung-duk said the company's goal is to create a phone with a screen that covers the entire front of the device — but consumers shouldn't expect it in the immediate future.

"Though it wouldn't be possible to make (a full-screen smartphone) in the next 1-2 years," Yang said, "the technology can move forward to the point where the camera hole will be invisible, while not affecting the camera's function in any way."

## Quest for Perfection

This isn't Samsung's first mention of an uninterrupted full-screen phone — as [pointed out by *The Verge*](<https://www.theverge.com/2019/3/14/18265265/samsung-all-display-phone-under-screen-selfie-camera-no-cutout>), the company discussed its ambitions to put the front-facing camera under a future device's screen during a [presentation](<https://www.xda-developers.com/samsung-display-under-display-camera/>) in October.

That presentation included a few additional details on how the camera in a full-screen phone would work.

Essentially, the entire screen would serve as a display whenever the front-facing camera wasn't in use. When in use, however, the screen would become transparent, allowing the camera to see through so you could snap the perfect selfie — and based on Yang's comments, that new innovation could be just a few years away.

**READ MORE:** [Samsung Seeks Shift to Full Screen in New Smartphones](<https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20190314008700320>) \[*Yonhap News Agency*\]

**More on Samsung:** *[Samsung Just Revealed a $1,980 Folding Smartphone](<https://futurism.com/the-byte/samsung-galaxy-fold>)*

### Author social links  
[LinkedIn](<https://www.linkedin.com/in/kristinjhouser>)