A hidden ability was recently found in OnePlus’ latest phone, the 8 Pro: one of the mobile’s filters can capture the inside of some objects as if the camera had X-rays. The discovery has caused a sensation for the striking and surprising, but it did not like it very much in the company since OnePlus has announced that it will withdraw the effect of ‘transparency’ in a future update.
It is seldom the case that a phone is discovered to have a quality that it did not initially possess, that even the manufacturer had not intentionally given it. But there it is: the OnePlus 8 Pro, as we demonstrated with our own phone, can glimpse through the plastic of some objects to capture its interior. As a result of the combination of the color filters on his camera and infrared capture, the quality had become an unexpected selling point; a quality that OnePlus did not like: the company has announced on Weibo that it will withdraw the effect due to privacy problems.
OnePlus will remove the Photochrome filter
The famous X-ray quality is not really like that since the OnePlus 8 Pro cannot glimpse the interior of all objects and under any circumstances. Instead, it goes through some painted surfaces as long as the plastic is originally translucent; without being able in any case to transfer clothes or reveal hidden objects. Even so, OnePlus ensures that users have shown some concern about their privacy; reason why they have taken the decision to eliminate access to the filter.
In an official communication from OnePlus on Weibo, the company comments that they developed the filter to take photographs using infrared light with the intention of obtaining unique textures. And that, with the discovery that the filter can capture the interior of objects under very specific circumstances, many users have not only found a way to make parallel use of such a filter, false images have also been created that do not match actual capabilities of the phone. So, to eliminate any risk, OnePlus has decided to end the OnePlus 8 Pro’s ‘superpower’.
Although the removal of the filter will be effective in China, OnePlus has decided to keep it in the international version of the 8 Pro. This has been confirmed by the brand, it has also published an article in its forum.