The Verge revealed that this foldable mobile device belongs to the Surface series and the internal file describes it as a "pocketable surface device", but the document does not specify whether the device is a mobile phone, tablet or Is the other.
Although it's not clear whether this collapsible mobile device is a rumored Andromeda or Surface Phone, in fact, many mobile phone manufacturers have begun to focus on folding screen mobile phones.
It is reported that in order to make the screen of the mobile phone bigger and more dazzling, domestic and foreign mobile phone manufacturers can be said to be painstaking. After the full screen has entered the market, many manufacturers have begun to focus on the development of collapsible smart phones. Among them, Samsung is the earliest mobile phone manufacturer. , ZTE, LG, Apple, Xiaomi and Huawei are closely following.
Since 2013, Samsung has started the development of foldable screen phones. At that time, Samsung expected a foldable, flexible mobile phone to be available in 2015, but when Samsung announced the new road map of Project Valley again in 2015, it said In the development process of the foldable screen, technically encountered obstacles, the project's first smart machine Galaxy X has to wait. Until recently, Samsung's Samsung Display department confirmed that the foldable screen technology will wait until 2019. mature.
Last month, foreign media ETnews reported that Huawei is currently developing a collapsible smart phone, and its partner is China's largest display manufacturer BOE. However, due to BOE's current doubts about the development of organic light-emitting diodes, so this Products will not be released within a short period of time. It is worth mentioning that a source said that BOE has cooperated with the two companies to launch four foldable products.
Last year, ZTE launched a foldable cell phone Axon M by connecting two 5.2-inch 1080P screens together.
In addition, Apple, OPPO and vivo and other mobile phone manufacturers have also been related to the folding of related patent exposures.