At the end of last year, it was reported that there were an average 93 million selfies posted every single day, with an average of 10 selfies being posted to Instagram every 10 seconds. That amounts to a 60 selfies in just a minute! If this was the analogue age, it would require approximately 2,583,333 rolls of film to be used daily simply for selfies.
It was also reported by HQ Press that a study that comprised of 105 participants saw 39.4 percent of people proclaiming they take 1 to 5 selfies each day, which includes the use of the Snapchat app. On the other hand, 14.4 percent of people mentioned that they snapped at least 30 selfies daily: that amounts to more than one per hour!
Needless to say, the figures ought to have risen more by the time the curtains fall on 2019. With the increasing number of cameras and its capability on smartphones, selfies are here to stay. The front-facing camera used to be an afterthought but no longer: now we have various interpretations including the notch/teardrop, the motorized pop-up camera, or simply a punch hole in the middle of the display like the Samsung Galaxy S10 family.
Samsung intends to break new ground by reimagining how the selfie camera would fit into the chassis of its new generation handsets, and as a result of their brainstorming, it seems that a disappearing selfie camera will soon be part of the next generation of Galaxy smartphones. Samsung is said to be working on some kind of Under-Display Camera (UDC) that would help make the infinity screen a reality.
Bear in mind that this is just a rumor as at press time, allowing the display to take up 100% of the front section of a smartphone. This effect is made possible by tucking away the camera under the screen. Such radical thinking is aligned with the ultrasonic fingerprint scanning technology that has been incorporated into the Samsung Galaxy S10 and Note 10 families.
Nothing has been confirmed just yet, but should the Under-Display Camera materialize, it will not come across as a surprise considering the hints that Samsung dropped earlier this year. However, implementation of such an idea could prove trickier than normal, and it could be at least two generations of smartphones away from being released under the guise of a brand new Samsung Galaxy flagship handset, or will it debut on the next generation Galaxy Fold device?
There is very little advantage of being a first mover in terms of design and aesthetics where the smartphone world is concerned, sooner or later everyone else will play catch up if it is deemed to be a trend worth following. For instance, not everyone still likes the notch design (that subsequently evolved to the teardrop) that was popularized via the iPhone X's release in 2017, before it started appearing on smartphones from virtually all manufacturers.
Of course, there will also be a small minority of people who simply could not be bothered with selfies, making the position or visibility of the selfie camera irrelevant. Which category do you fall under?
