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		hnuser123456 on Aug 14, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Transparent OLEDs The camera would be useless until the pixels in front of it are turned off, right? If you see a small "hole-punch" in your screen, the camera is on.

ginko on Aug 14, 2020 [–]

OLEDs can be turned on and off in fractions of a second. The camera sensor could take a picture while the led is off and there’d be no way to tell.

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