Samsung Galaxy A8s renders show what Infinity-O punch hole display could look like

The Galaxy A8s could be the first Samsung phone to sport the Infinity-O punch hole display

HIGHLIGHTS

• The Galaxy A8s is tipped to launch in January
• The punch hole display will see a small cutout to house the selfie camera
• The Galaxy S10 is also expected to come with an Infinity-O display
• 2019 is going to be a pretty significant year for Samsung. Apart from announcing its flagship Galaxy S10, Samsung is also going to launch its first fully foldable smartphone. Additionally, the company has confirmed it is working on some new displays with cutouts and notches, called Infinity-O, Infinity-U and Infinity-V. Among them, the Infinity-O has been generating a lot of interest for its punch hole-style cutout for the selfie camera. To get a better idea of what this display will look like, we have renders of what could be the Galaxy A8s that is due to launch in January.
  The renders have been provided by AllAboutSamsung. It shows the alleged Galaxy A8s with a punch hole display, which Samsung is calling Infinity-O. This kind of display sees no notch on the top, but rather a small circular cutout in the middle of the display to house the selfie camera.
  In this render, the cutout and selfie camera are placed on the top left corner just how Samsung described it back when it announced the Galaxy A6s. Unlike your typical notches, the cutout cannot be hidden through software. It will be ever present to the eye, so it will be interesting to see how intrusive it will be to the viewing experience. On the plus side, the hole is quite tiny and Samsung may just customise the UI around it.
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The Infinity-O display removes the need for a notch or thick bezel on top so it should offer a more immersive display. In the render, the Galaxy A8s is shown to have only a thin strip of bezel on the bottom. Additionally, the renders also show the rear panel of the Galaxy A8s with a triple camera setup similar to the Galaxy A7 (2018) and a rear-mounted fingerprint sensor. We also see a total of three buttons around the frame, which suggests volume and power button on one side and a Bixby button on the other.

Not much else is known about the Galaxy A8s apart from rumours that it may rock a Snapdragon 710 chipset coupled with 6GB of RAM. It may also ship with Android 9 Pie with the new One UI on top that will be optimised for the cutout display.

The Galaxy A8s is expected to be the first to come with the new Infinity-O display before the Galaxy S10. This isn't surprising because Samsung has been introducing new technologies to its mid-range Galaxy A-line to help it compete against the likes of OnePlus, Oppo and Xiaomi. So after the triple camera Galaxy A7 and the quad-camera Galaxy A9, the Infinity-O Galaxy A8s will be next in line and could be announced sometime in January.

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