How the Galaxy A80 could pass as a disguised phone for non-selfie users

Concluding updated: July 23rd, 2019 at twenty:04 UTC+01:00

"The Galaxy A80 is an interesting choice for people who don't like selfies." This is a rather agreeable revelation I had a couple of days agone, and earlier you ask what I've been smoking, permit me explicate myself. We all know that Samsung is marketing the Milky way A80 every bit a phone built for the "Era of Live," i.e., for people who like to do video calls or live streams and enjoy taking selfies. It has been purpose-congenital with a sliding rotating camera that doubles as both a front and rear-facing shooter, and it does expect like a powerful selfie-oriented device.

Only what if you're non into selfies or live streaming and you have the whole sliding mechanism out of the equation? Does the Galaxy A80 provide anything of value in that case? I call back it does, in the form of a beautiful screen that doesn't compromise with punch holes or notches.

Think of it this way: if you take aught involvement in selfie photography then a front-facing photographic camera on a smartphone volition always remind you of a feature that you lot never really use. It's going to exist there, and you lot're paying for information technology, whether y'all employ it or not. There are no phones for people who don't take selfies. Even the cheapest models come with a front-facing sensor in 1 class or another.

No notches, no cutouts

However, if yous approach the Galaxy A80 from the angle of a non-selfie person, then what you lot're left with is a total-screen display with no cutouts or notches, a good rear-facing camera setup, and the option of popping a selfie if ane of your friends actually wants one. Other than that, there'southward virtually no front-facing camera to remind you of your not-selfie ways, or to annoy you with its surrounding cutout or notch. I'd get as far every bit proverb that the Galaxy A80 is a solid recommendation I'd be able to requite to someone who hates selfies and is looking to buy a Samsung phone. Well, every bit long as the price isn't an consequence.

Ruminating on this idea, I wonder if Samsung might ironically find a market for the Milky way A80 in the exact opposite demographic at which the phone is aimed. We'll probably never know. There is, of course, the problem with the price. The inclusion of an intricate sliding mechanism for the camera bumped the price past quite a chip, and people who dislike selfies would once again pay extra for something they'd never utilize.

I suppose the difference is that the selfie component wouldn't exist constantly in their face, and so there's that, and maybe they tin convince themselves that they're paying extra just for a beautiful no-compromise display. But if the price isn't an consequence, I feel like some people would want the Galaxy A80 for the wrong (or right?) reasons. Not for its selfie photographic camera, but considering it technically lacks one. And with no interest in selfies, these Galaxy A80 owners would probably worry less about the possibility that the sliding mechanism will fail sooner than Samsung says it will.