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Android Circuit: New Samsung Galaxy Leaks, Stunning OnePlus 7T Pro, Microsoft's Android Surprise



Taking a look back at seven days of news and headlines across the world of Android, this week’s Android Circuit includes leaked Galaxy S11 camera details, the OnePlus 7T Pro launches, latest OnePlus 8 leaks, Huawei’s new Google lifeline, unifying Android gestures, the Cosmo’s qwerty keyboard, Microsoft’s Android powered Surface device, and the Material Design award winners.
Android Circuit is here to remind you of a few of the many things that have happened around Android in the last week (and you can find the weekly Apple news digest here).
Galaxy S11 Camera Details
More details on Samsung’s Galaxy S1 are coming out this week. The handset - expected to be revealed in February ahead of MWC 2020  - and the South Korean company is playing to its strengths with camera improvements one of the leading leaked features. Forbes’ Gordon Kelly reports:
Regarding the camera, The Elec reveals the Galaxy S11 has a massive 5x optical zoom which is already prepped for final testing. MecaTech Systems, a Korean manufacturer of test sockets for smartphone modules, has been brought in for the checks according to The Elec’s industry sources - and they have been right before.
Building on this, Ice Universe has teased fans with the news that “The S11 doesn't just have a normal 5x optical zoom”. This is significant because Huawei delivered a 5x optical zoom in its P30 Pro this year, so Samsung is not simply playing catch-up. But exactly how Samsung is breaking the mould remains unknown. For now.
Meanwhile the forward facing camera on the Galaxy S11 looks set to be enhanced with three exposed sensors. One suggestion is this accommodates the addition of 3D facial recognition to unlock the smartphone. Chris Smith looks at the latest patent with the details:

As always with patents of any kind, the intellectual property that companies seek to protect might not always make it into consumer devices, and the same goes for this triple hole-punch camera. We might never see it on a phone, especially if under-display sensors are ready for prime time soon. Also worth noting is that the patent was filed last December.
Nevertheless, the fact that Samsung is considering including three sensors in a display is certainly revealing, suggesting that Samsung hasn’t abandoned the idea of having more sophisticated front-facing camera designs.
A New Android Powered Device From Microsoft
Although it’s not called out as a Surface Phone, Microsoft’s launch of the Surface Duo
 offers a dual-screened Windows like experience based on an Android platform. With a suite of Android applications, this is as close as Redmond will come to returning to the smartphone market… even if it will not launch until this time next year, as I noted in my analysis of the new hardware.
To make the jump to an Android powered device (which the Surface Duo appears to be, although I suspect the exact software is still in flux) is a step up, but not a huge step up. A year of public testing on top of what will already have been gained in private testing, alongside the experience with app development, is still an ask, but perhaps not as much as many would think.
…And while Microsoft’s hardware still demonstrates what can be done in the space, much like Google’s Pixel and Nexus hardware, they are really out there supporting the cloud-based services that powers the whole Windows ecosystem.
And Finally…
Google has awarded its ‘Best In Class’ Material Design trophies this week, and has used the opportunity to show off the variety of options available while still being regarded as 'following the design goals’ of Material Design for Android apps. One of the winners was Trip.com and its use of a hierarchal design:
Trip.com created an excellent travel-booking experience for its global audience. The app’s layout and typographic scale construct a strong visual hierarchy that holds up across an impressive 19 supported languages. Cohesive iconography and playful colors (which all meet accessible contrast requirements) reinforce key actions and draw attention to important information
Android Circuit rounds up the news from the Android world every weekend here on Forbes. Don’t forget to follow me so you don’t miss any coverage in the future, and of course read the sister column in Apple Loop! Last week’s Android Circuit can be found here, and if you have any news and links you’d like to see featured in Android Circuit, get in touch!
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