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Vivo Nex Pop Up Camera Bug Makes It Elevate When Not Required: Report

Vivo Nex Pop-Up Camera Bug Makes It Elevate When Not Required: Report

By Ankit Chawla | Updated: 30 June 2018 17:06 IST

Highlights

Telegram was spotted triggering the camera
Tencent's QQ browser and Ctrip also prompt it briefly
Vivo hasn't issued a statement yet

Vivo's Nex range of smartphones, including the Nex A and Nex S, are the first ones in the world to launch with an elevating or pop-up selfie camera. With a near-bezel-free display, without a display notch, the selfie camera is hidden and emerges only when required. But, as per a video spotted online, that's not always the case. The video suggests that the pop-up selfie camera on the Vivo Nex comes up while opening a chat window on Telegram, when no camera function is prompted. Other users also claim the camera pop ups while using Tencent's QQ browser and the Ctrip app.

A video posted on Chinese social networking website Weibo, first spotted by Abacus News, shows the unintended appearance of the pop-up camera on a Vivo Nex smartphone while using messaging app Telegram. The user, in the video, opens Telegram on the smartphone, goes to New Message, and clicks on a contact to open up a new chat. The camera appears as soon as the new chat is opened, but goes back into concealment once the app is exited.

The report suggests that users have also observed similar behaviour on Tencent's QQ browser as have some on travel booking app Ctrip. However, in both these instances, the pop-up camera seems to have appeared only partially. In a statement, Tencent stated that while the QQ browser does prompt the selfie camera, it does not record anything. This development has been blamed on Android's camera APIs with Tencent claiming that the API is triggered because of the QR code scanning nature of the mobile browser.

The report claims that while there is no public statement from Vivo, the Chinese phone maker has notified its technical team and will follow up soon.

While privacy might be one of the biggest concerns with this development, the "bug" could actually help keep a tab on what apps are using the selfie camera without reason, something that isn't practically possible on a smartphone that has the traditional front camera setup.

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Vivo Nex S

KEY SPECS
NEWS

Display 6.59-inch

Processor Qualcomm Snapdragon 845

Front Camera 8-megapixel

Rear Camera 12-megapixel

RAM 8GB

Storage 128GB

Battery Capacity 4000mAh

OS Android 8.1 Oreo

Resolution 1080x2316 pixels

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Vivo Nex A

KEY SPECS
NEWS

Display 6.59-inch

Processor Qualcomm Snapdragon 710

Front Camera 8-megapixel

Rear Camera 12-megapixel + 5-megapixel

RAM 6GB

Storage 128GB

Battery Capacity 4000mAh

OS Android 8.1 Oreo

Resolution 1080x2316 pixels

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