Samsung Galaxy S10 will have a very different kind of notch, rumor claims

Samsung's Galaxy S10 is still months away, but rumors about the device are already sprouting up — and this one's as interesting as they come. 

According to (reliable) leaker of smartphone things Evan Blass, Samsung's next flagship will have a "punch hole-style selfie cam cutout." 

If true, this would be the first Samsung flagship phone that has something resembling a notch on its display, but it would also be quite different from other phones. Most smartphone makers (with Apple leading the way) have incorporated some sort of cutout on top of their phones' displays, and lately the trend has been to make the notch smaller, as seen in, say, Oppo F9 and its "waterdrop" notch. A hole-shaped cutout takes the concept even further, though it does make one wonder how the software would handle it, especially when watching full-screen content like a video or when playing a game.  Read more...