Oppo Find X10 could be the first Android phone with a square 100MP selfie camera

Tipster Digital Chat Station has revealed that the upcoming Oppo Find X10 series is being tested with the new 100MP square-format selfie camera sensor. If released commercially, it could be the first Android smartphone lineup to feature a 1:1 square front camera sensor design.

According to the leak, the setup uses a custom Samsung-made 100MP sensor of around 1/2.5 inches. The tech is said to be in testing for a future device that will be powered by MediaTek's upcoming 2nm Dimensity 9600 chipset, which should debut inside the Find X10 family.

Most selfie photos and social media content are shot in portrait orientation, so traditional front cameras are typically designed for vertical framing. A square sensor (1:1) changes all that, providing a wider field of view that can be cropped more flexibly for vertical and horizontal content.

That may come in handy in video calls, group selfies, live streaming, and creator-centric content where users tend to flip between orientations. Rather than having to rotate the phone or aggressively crop the picture, the sensor can keep more of the original frame.

Apple has also taken a similar route with its Center Stage-style front camera system on the iPhone 17 series, although Apple’s implementation is said to use a lower-resolution 24MP sensor. OPPO seems to be working on a much higher resolution model with the aim of providing maximum flexibility and digital zoom options.