Samsung Galaxy Note 20 may have a status indicator surrounding its punch hole camera - Android

We've seen a recent absence of the LED indicator for notifications, in smartphone manufacturers' quest for bigger screens and smaller bezels, but Samsung appears to have a plan for bringing back the useful feature.

As discovered by , the South Korean company has filed five design patents with China's National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) on October 16th, 2019. All of the patents surround the idea of having a graphical interface around the selfie camera, which itself is in a punch hole on the screen.

In the patents, Samsung explains that the small area inside the punch ...