Samsung and Huawei are leading the way, and ' foldable phones will be released ' should be one of the most popular warm-up messages in the mobile phone circle recently, although it's a bit premature to warm up, because neither Samsung nor Huawei has given a specific time.
Samsung and Huawei should not intentionally sell this xiaoguanzi, but technically, the product still has a problem to solve. Screen resources should no longer be the biggest constraint: Samsung will undoubtedly use its own screen resources to better control production schedules, while Huawei is more likely to co-operate with BoE, with two having a better foundation for cooperation.
Samsung and Huawei should be ready for the screen when Gaodongjin and Yu Chengdong have been able to tell the media about the product. The real difficulty is actually in the back of the screen, and involves security issues: including batteries, circuit boards and other internal components need to adapt to the folding needs, while the internal space design challenges, not only for the durability of the case, including the death and even burning loss of the probability of occurrence is very likely to be much larger than the bar-shape products.
Especially for the "start" of Huawei and Samsung, it is necessary to solve these problems before the product is officially released. Compared to Samsung Gaodong, Huawei Yu Chengdong seems to be more confident about its own foldable mobile phone at the moment.
Yu Chengdong said the foldable smartphone was perfect and could even replace the computer, when asked whether it considered the foldable smartphone to be commercially attractive, according to the World newspaper, quoted by the global network.
' Very perfect, even to replace the computer ', Yu Chengdong this statement is reliable? Temporarily put aside the ' collapsible ' product concept, the core of the above statement is that ' smartphones can replace the computer ', because the large screen and portable does not necessarily rely on their ' foldable ' implementation, at least ' projection ' can also be achieved, the same, the phone itself does not have to be collapsible, connected folding screen operation, in portability, and will not
There are too big gaps. The need for smartphones to ' replace computers ' requires a boost in capabilities, not just the expansion of the screen, and if the screen expands to help the smartphone ' replace the computer ', the tablet product market should be more prosperous in recent years, but that is not the case.
Conversely, in the mobile phone market performance of the strong Apple, with the iphone and ipad, still keen on the PC market, but also has a tablet product line of Huawei, itself is involved in the PC market, and even in the PC market, also adopted the ' Huawei + Glory ' dual brand strategy.
Even with the ' folding screen ' solution to the problem of vision, from a capacity point of view, at least at this stage, the smartphone still cannot ' replace the computer '. Look at the processor chip first, after all, its ability as a PC and smart phone ' core '. Mobile processors have not been very rapid in recent years, but the increase in the frequency of mobile processors and the core increase have not given them the ' clout ' to replace desktop-level processors.
On the one hand, desktop-level processors do not stop the forward, fast loading web pages, watching high-definition video screens and other capabilities, they can be done, on the other hand, limited to the volume and endurance requirements, mobile phone chip performance is difficult to achieve the same time desktop chip height. Then look at the battery life capacity. Limited to portability, smartphones have a limited amount of power compared to computers, which can affect high-load office or gaming experiences, and mobile power may be a solution, but a more portable power supply will be discounted on portability.
Here have to specifically mention the folding screen phone, larger screen to bring greater power consumption, and portable product features so that the battery can not be greatly improved, compared with the traditional bar shape products, energy consumption will only be greater.
In addition, in combination with the 1th, the endurance also limits the processor potential, before, because the mobile phone frequency is higher than the computer, most mobile processors are reduced frequency processing, so as to achieve longer battery life. Finally see the problem with the external device. Instead of computers, smartphones need to be able to replace complex operations on the computer, with keyboards and mice still in place for a long time. Some might say that you can use a virtual keyboard, but the ' tools ' that appear in sci-fi movies may only be suitable for emergency situations, and some say they can be solved with voice input, so at least the user needs to be independent and quiet, not interfere with others, and not be disturbed by others, and the AI needs enough ' wisdom '
It remains to be seen whether some of the micro-operations in a drawing or video clip can be completed. Comprehensive, portability and greater visibility, folding screen mobile phone in some scenarios, compared to the traditional bar shape products, it is possible to better temporarily ' replace ' the computer to do some work, but talk about ' alternative ' also need to consider more factors.
At this stage, it is better to do the folding screen phone itself, let it in the smartphone market first occupy a place, ' first set the bureau, and then plan ahead '. Foldable smart Phones | ' Can even replace the computer ', is it reliable?