New Delhi | Jagran Technology Desk: After a long wait, smartphone manufacturer OnePlus has officially launched its Concept One smartphone at the ongoing Consumer Electronics Show (CES 2020) in Las Vegas. The company has developed the smartphone in collaboration with McLaren and is the first smartphone equipped with the electrochromic glass panel which can turn transparent or opaque to reveal or hide the rear cameras. The company claims that the phone takes just 0.7 seconds to turn fully clear from solid black.
The electrochromic glass panel was inspired by McLaren’s 720S Spider sports car, which features a retractable hard-top with the same technology that can be switched between tinted and transparent states. The smartphone also features a leather panel on the rear, in McLaren’s signature Papaya Orange colour.
However, the Chinese smartphone manufacturer has not revealed any details about the specification of the phone or anything related to the release date.
The Concept One's special glass only covers the camera section, while the rest is covered by leather, with exposed stitching. This glass contains organic particles which react to current, to shift to the desired state.
OnePlus has claimed the electrochromic glass used in the Concept One is the most advanced glass ever used. The company also asserted that the glass panel uses almost no power to operate. The two glass panels sandwich the organic material between them and measure just 0.1mm each, for a combined thickness of just 0.35mm.
The frame of the phone is made of an aluminium alloy treated with a new vapour deposition process so that the thin gold finish layer can be deposited precisely, resulting in what the company calls a subtle shine.
“This concept phone is a significant experiment in the future form of smartphones. OnePlus started this initiative with the goal of bringing the “burdenless” user experience to the next level. The invisible camera stands as a new form of camera design, one that spares the user from the compromises of current camera layouts,” NDTV quoted Pete Lau, CEO and Founder of OnePlus, speaking about the OnePlus Concept One phone.
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