The era of the ‘hole punch’ smartphone has begun

The end of the controversial display notch is nigh… for Android at least.

Samsung kickstarted the death of the cutout with — no surprise — another type of display cutout on its newly announced Galaxy A8s. Instead of the typical notch, the A8s sports an “Infinity-O” display with a “punch hole” cutout for the selfie camera located in the upper left corner.

The A8s marks the first time Samsung’s released a phone with a new display without a symmetrical top and bottom bezel and beats Chinese rivals like Huawei from claiming first for yet another mobile innovation.

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