These two days, the news that OPPO launched a folding screen mobile phone is overwhelming.
The so-called "four years to grind a sword", in fact, as early as April 2018, the first generation of Find N prototype has been born.
In four years, after six generations of prototype design, oppo Find N made a stunning debut on the first two days.
Folding screen "from early adopter, to commonly used"
As OPPO's first commercial folding screen mobile phone, you can feel the intention of design from the proportion of the screen.
The OPPO Find N outer screen is 5.49 inches, which is smaller than the mainstream folding phone size.
The smaller size also means that the difficulty of one-handed operation is reduced, and with the ratio of 18:9, the external screen is no longer like a "large-screen remote control", and the practicality of the external screen is also increased.
Previously, some people joked that the folding screen was opened as a mini tablet, but from oppo's initiative, it can be seen that the larger and larger screen is not the advantage of the folding screen, only the product suitable for the user is the solution.
It is worth mentioning that the total weight of oppo Find N is only 275g, what is this concept?
Take the current several hot folding screen mobile phones, their weights are: 317g (Xiaomi), 295g (Huawei), 282g (Samsung).
In addition, OPPO's self-developed Seiko quasi-vertebral hinge allows the screen to form a teardrop shape when folded, achieving the folding effect of "seamless concealment".
Not only that, this hinge of OPPO Find N also supports the "multi-angle hover" function, which supports multi-angle free hover.
I have to say, a bit "fragrant" ah~ ah~
Compared to the stunning appearance of OPPO Find N, the performance can only be said to be decent.
Equipped with Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 mobile platform, the outer screen resolution is 1080P, the refresh rate is 60Hz, and the inner screen can achieve 1-120Hz intelligent dynamic refresh rate.
But there is a saying that the price of 7699 yuan or what bicycle is needed?
Apple was exposed to the launch of the foldable iPhone
In addition to old players such as Samsung and Huawei, how can Apple easily miss the folding screen market.
Apple analyst Guo Mingxi believes that folding mobile phones are the trend of future smartphones, Samsung is constantly improving the layout of folding mobile phones, and Apple is not prepared to be absent.
Foreign media MacRumors reported that Apple plans to launch the first folding phone iPhone Flip in 2023, and set 2024 as the final target date.
As for configuration, the iPhone Flip will be equipped with an 8-inch flexible OLED display, and what Apple needs to solve at present is "key technology and mass production problems."
In a word, there will be no folded iPhones in the short term, but the trend is there.
Unconsciously folding screen mobile phone has been three years after the emergence of the technology of major friends have matured, so where is Apple's competitiveness?
Mung Bean believes that Apple's application ecology will become one of the biggest advantages.
Including upstream and downstream control capabilities, software and hardware collaboration capabilities, so that the adaptive ability of Apple devices is second to none in the industry.
It's like Apple launched the "Bangs" screen, regardless of the look and feel of the "Bangs" screen, but it is indeed the first to coordinate the application interface and the status bar, ensuring that the user's vision will not be split.
Including at the WorldWide Developers Conference (WWDC 2021) in June this year, Apple demonstrated universal Control (full platform control) to users.
Allow users to place three Apple devices nearby, use a set of keyboard and mouse to easily "cross-screen" work on connected devices, and users can extend or copy content on one Apple device to another device.
On the other hand, if Apple's folding machine comes out, will it be able to better adapt to the new mobile phone form?
Folding screen mobile phone development trend
Although consumers' attitude towards folding screen mobile phones has been lukewarm, major manufacturers have not lost enthusiasm.
Prior to this, Huawei announced that it would release a new folding screen mobile phone on December 23.
In addition, Xiaomi released the first folding screen mobile phone in the first quarter, and other mobile phone brands such as Lenovo and Vivo are also making efforts to develop folding screen mobile phones.
As for what the final form of the phone is, we don't know.
But what can be determined is that folding screen mobile phones will become popular and become another form of smart phones, and OPPO Find N being snatched up is the best proof of positive feedback from consumers.
In addition to the previous appearance of curved screens and folding screens, what kind of form the mobile phone will appear, let us wait and see...
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