As the development of smartphones has reached a bottleneck in the past two years, various mobile phone manufacturers are also working on folding screen mobile phones, because this is a product direction that combines mobile phones and tablets into one. Huawei and Samsung have also been making many innovations in folding screen mobile phones, which are most vividly demonstrated in the Huawei MateX series and Samsung Fold series. But the development of folding screen mobile phones actually doesn’t stop there. In August, Huawei officially won the design plan for a new folding screen mobile phone, and today’s renderings also appeared as scheduled. At the same time, Samsung's new folding screen design concept phone also appeared, and the competition between the two made folding screen phones usher in another upgrade.
The form of folding screen mobile phones has actually evolved several times in just three years, from the initial outer folding screen to the current inner folding screen, from obvious creases to almost no creases. From the Fold inner folding screen to the Filp inner folding screen, the iteration of folding screen mobile phones is surprisingly fast. This time, the latest model of Huawei Mate The 11-inch screen transforms directly from a mobile phone into a large-sized tablet.
In order to realize the floating screen, Huawei designed a new hinge structure for Huawei MateX3, and obtained the relevant patent in August this year. Therefore, the design of Huawei Mate A more extreme design will definitely bring a more extreme audio-visual experience.
Of course, at the same time, Samsung also exhibited a prototype of their latest folding screen mobile phone. After unfolding, this concept phone also has a larger screen, which should be at least close to an 11-inch tablet by visual inspection. . But Samsung's design is completely different from Huawei's. Samsung's design is to fold the phone in a Z-shape, which means the whole phone folds twice when it is folded. You should be able to roughly see it clearly by looking at this picture. It seems that the next development direction of foldable screen mobile phones is to transform from mobile phones to large-size tablets.
At present, the latest folding screen designs of Huawei and Samsung are both designed to achieve a large screen of about 11 inches. Although the plans are different, it can be seen that both mobile phones combine the two most popular features. Cutting edge design and technology. This will also lead to the third form upgrade of folding screen mobile phones. Of course, it may also be the folding screen Plus version of the two companies. After all, everyone has different preferences for tablet size. Some people like the size of iPad mini, while others like it. The size of the 11-inch iPad Pro. And supporting a larger screen will inevitably make the body heavier, so the above two solutions may coexist with the existing folding screen design.
Of course, after the development of folding screens, they are still a toy for the rich. As ordinary users, all we can do now is to wait for the supply chain to improve and let the price of flexible OLED screens drop, and then we can slowly The popularity of foldable screen phones is also the development direction of smart phones in the future.