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Renders of Motorola’s next Frontier Android flagship phone with its massive camera housing an estimated 200MP camera sensor have been leaked. Now, Evan Blass takes a closer look at the smartphone, revealing further information about the primary camera sensor. This will be a 194MP imager with OIS and a 1/1.5-inch imager.

Previous rumours stated that we’d see Samsung’s 200MP ISOCELL HP1 sensor, but that doesn’t appear to be the case. A 50MP ultrawide sensor and a 12MP telephoto lens are rumoured to represent the remaining two sensors.

A 6.7-inch pOLED with a 144Hz refresh rate and a Snapdragon Gen 8 1 Plus processor — an overclocked version of the present SD 8 Gen 1 – will be found elsewhere on the Frontier. The phone is believed to include a 4,500 mAh battery with 125W wired fast charging and wireless charging up to 50W. The Motorola Frontier is expected to be released in July, which means there will be plenty of time for additional leaks and speculations.

Motorola is no stranger to flip phones, and the latest patent shows a contemporary spin on the model. Motorola has been recently granted a design patent for a flip phone by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). Instead of the inward folding design that Motorola previously offered with the Razr, the worldwide patent body shows drawings of a potential design that employs a folding display to fold outward. The latest design depicts how the smartphone might seem and looks to integrate further notions surrounding the use of a foldable display panel.

How does a Motorola external flip phone work?

According to the patent application, the folding phone will have a flexible display on the phone’s exterior side instead of the typical inward folding layout. When the outer display is folded, users will have a display on both the front and the back of the phone. This would very certainly be supplemented with a software component that provides a functional smartphone interface with distinct capabilities on both the front and back. 

For example, although the front of the folded phone might function as a standard smartphone layout when deflated, the back could function as a viewfinder for the rear camera.

When it comes to the back camera, it looks to be housed in a hump, which will most likely contain the camera as well as other important sensors. The design also appears to reveal a concept in which a single camera module serves as both the front and rear cameras – when folded, it can capture back shots and when unfurled, it can snap selfies.

Its folding hinge also looks to have a U-shaped curve and a gap between the fold’s rotating, similar to the Oppo Find N foldable phone that was just unveiled. With the latter, Oppo demonstrated a design in which the flexible display follows a more gradual curve to prevent apparent folding creases over time.

Motorola has so far used an inward folding display and the Android system to try to revive its famous Moto Razr look. However, the latter was not a commercial success due to its lack of durability and expensive price. It’s unclear whether Motorola will ever release an outward folding smartphone, but the patent concept is intriguing.

The Moto Edge 30 Pro is likely to be released internationally and in India at the end of this month. It’s a name change from the Moto Edge X30 which debuted in China in December and comes with the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen1 chipset. 

The power button and volume rocker are located on the right rear, while there is nothing on the left. houses a rectangular module to accommodate three cameras, LED flashes and a noise-cancelling microphone. There is also the iconic Moto dimple. The phone can be seen in blue and grey colour options.

Specifications for the Moto Edge X30

The Moto Edge X30 sports a 6.7-inch FHD+ OLED  display with a 144Hz refresh rate, 576Hz touch sampling rate, 2400×1080 pixel resolution, 100% DCIP3 color gamut, HDR10+, a punch-hole cutout, and a fingerprint sensor for security. 5000mAh battery with 68W fast charging support and  60MP snapper on the front for selfies and video chat. 

As for the cameras, the Moto Edge X30 has three cameras on the rear, with a 50MP OV50A40 primary sensor with an f/1.88 aperture, a 5MP ultra-wide-angle lens, and a 2MP third sensor. It measures 163.56 X 75.95 X 8.49 mm and weighs 194 grams.