https://www.theverge.com/2019/3/4/18250308/oneplus-7-photo-specs-leak-pop-up-camera-notch-rumor

OnePlus might already be moving away from the teardrop notch on the OnePlus 6T for the company’s next flagship phone. A photo posted to Weibo (and republished by Slashleaks) shows a screen with a slim bezel running around it and no notch to be seen. There’s what looks to be a pop-up camera visible at the top left, so it seems OnePlus has chosen that approach instead of a slider mechanism for the entire phone. Think more along the lines of the Vivo Nex and less so Oppo’s Find X.

It’s difficult to assess the image’s authenticity since it’s fairly dark, but it does line up with renders created by OnLeaks. Will a motorized pop-up camera affect the OnePlus 7’s long-term durability or bump up the price of a phone line that keeps getting more expensive each year? Hopefully the answer to both questions is no, but as Gizmodo notes, this is a less traditional and riskier design than the last several OnePlus phones.