With the maturity of folding screen related technology, the current folding screen mobile phone is no longer a symbol of identity and status. Not long ago, OPPO released the folding screen mobile phone FindN, which for the first time pulled the official price of the large-screen folding mobile phone to the 8,000 yuan gear, and the price of the traditional bar flagship mobile phone was the same, which would give more users the opportunity to contact the folding screen products.
However, folding screen mobile phones are still a new thing after all, although manufacturers each claim that their folding screen products are "more mature", but for folding screens, what is really "practical"?
1. Folding form
At the beginning of the birth of the folding screen, there were two genres of "outer folding" and "inner folding", the advantage of the outer folding is that the fuselage has only a large screen, but the screen will always be exposed, because the hardness of the folding screen is far less than the traditional screen high, so the folding screen of the outer folding is very easy to scratch, and even directly damaged by sharp objects. The inward folding machine in the folding form will play a protective role in the large screen, the disadvantage is that a machine two screens, if the system design is not in place will produce a serious sense of separation, more serious will switch the internal and external screen when the program flashback, display errors and so on affect the experience of the phenomenon. But the flaws are not hidden, and the current folding screen mobile phone has been basically unified into the form of inward folding.
In addition to the "difference between inside and outside", the folding screen also has "vertical and horizontal points". Folding screen was first born, is a "thin strip" like a book horizontally opened into a large screen, we mention the folding screen mobile phone, generally associated with this look.
But the folding screen mobile phone also has a more distinctive vertical folding form, it looks more like the flip phone 20 years ago, the folding state is boxy, the volume is much smaller than the traditional mobile phone, only a small display to view the status; But after opening, it is very close to the size of ordinary mobile phones. Vertical folding folding screen mobile phone due to the small size, cute shape, size and form are relatively close to the powder in the lady's makeup bag, the price is relatively close to the people, so it is also a lot of beauty-loving users as a fashion trend single product, manufacturers also give more artistic components to this product, and the horizontal fold mobile phone is the main sense of science and technology. For example, Huawei's upcoming P50 Pocket uses a luxury design style.
2. Is the larger the outer screen size, the better?
Many users subconsciously think that the larger the screen, the better, but in fact, for folding screen mobile phones, especially for the outer screen, its size is definitely not the bigger the better.
The history of the development of straight mobile phones proves that there is a certain limit to the size that a person can grasp with one hand. The size of the mobile phone screen from the initial 3.5 inches of the iPhone series, has been trying to improve, but in fact, after the screen broke through 5 inches, it has basically reached the limit of human one-handed holding, which makes the mobile phone have to cancel the bangs, chin "full screen" shape to increase the size of the screen in disguise, in recent years, the phone is just getting longer and longer, and the width of the screen has actually changed.
Whether it is a straight mobile phone or a folding mobile phone, people's hands will not change, if you blindly pursue the size of the outer screen, it is difficult for people to operate one-handedly when holding a mobile phone with a width of more than 7cm, plus the thickness of the folding screen will generally reach about 15mm, the thickness is generally more than half a pound, and the feel of one-handed use will become very poor, and it will have to be used with both hands. The question is, if the hands can use the mobile phone, why can't the user choose to use the inner screen?
In addition, the size of the outer screen is too large, which will also make the inner screen look chicken ribs. If 99% of the operation can be implemented with the external screen, then the significance of the inner screen is not so great. From this point of view, the outer screen should be less traditional, and even miss some functions, such as Samsung, Xiaomi's "remote control" external screen, or the vertical folding screen of the ultra-small secondary screen, the use alone is obviously very awkward, but placed on the folding screen, in fact, the experience is better than the pursuit of the proportion of the external screen mobile phone experience. In addition, the width of the outer screen is too large, which will bring the next problem.
3. What kind of inner screen is really practical?
The outer screen of the folding screen not only determines the grip of the phone when closed, but also determines the proportion of the inner screen when opened. If the outer screen size is close to 18:9 of a traditional bar phone, then when it is turned on, the inner screen size is close to a 1:1 square. Not long ago, OPPO released FindN also claimed to have a "golden folding ratio".
However, the scene where users need the most large screens is to watch videos. The square inner screen ratio brings a huge problem: the size ratio of the video is 16:9, and the 1:1 inner screen does not have much larger effective area than the outer screen when watching the video. In addition, for the game, the increase in the viewing angle brought about by the increase in screen area up and down is far less effective than the left and right perspectives.
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The more mature inner screen, either similar to the vertical folding design, close to the traditional mobile phone experience when opened, or close to the tablet size of the 4:3 or even 3:2 ratio, can more effectively take into account the entertainment needs of video, games and other entertainment needs, as well as document processing, split screen and other productivity needs.
Of course, the folding screen not only brings the shocking experience of the large screen, but also due to the form of folding, some compromises have been made, such as the battery is usually smaller than the traditional mobile phone, and the thickness of the folding is limited, and the camera stack is not as good as the annual flagship configuration. But no matter what, the folding screen gives users a new experience. Do you have any plans to buy a folding screen? Feel free to share in the comments section.