Looking back at the development process of folding screen mobile phones in the past two years, it is estimated that it is difficult to find that manufacturers continue to optimize the screen crease effect while constantly highlighting the hover function of their own folding screen models. From the previous Samsung Z Fold3 to OPPO Find N, and then to the Huawei P50 Pocket, all of them are equipped with excellent hover functions, which to a certain extent also brings a new efficiency experience to the multi-scene experience. However, there are also many people who think that the hover function of the folding screen mobile phone is somewhat chicken ribs, which is a flashy experience. So, we may wish to see what kind of practical effect the hover function of the folding screen mobile phone can bring today, and whether it is useful or not.
Of course, before the actual experience, here is also a science popularization of how the folding screen mobile phone to achieve hover function. Here, oppo Find N, for example, with the support of its self-developed new Seiko pseudo-vertebral hinge, can bring free hovering capabilities between 50 ° and 120 °, mainly due to the three sets of six larger specifications of the 3.3mm cam and spring design on the hinge, which produces damping that can fix the other half of the screen stably at an angle, bringing hardware support for the hover function.
（OPPO Find N）
On the other hand, the adaptation of the folding screen mobile phone system to the hover function also largely determines whether the experience is good or not. Like when opening Office on Samsung Fold 3, after folding the phone into 90 ° hover, the phone will automatically recognize and open the typing mode, the upper half displays the content, the lower half is the keyboard, quite smart. Moreover, Samsung Fold 3 with S Pen can bring more efficient performance to its hover function, such as quickly recalling "Samsung Notes" and shorthand when hovering video conference, and tapping the button on the S Pen to complete the shutter operation when hovering selfie, these adaptation effects are still very good.
(Samsung Z Fold3 hover function display)
In addition to the regular hover typing and hovering selfie scenes, the customized ColorOS 12 system like OPPO Find N also brings a more innovative experience effect, further improving the usefulness of the function. For example, when hovering over a selfie, the phone can complete the shutter through a specific gesture operation, making it easy to complete the multi-person selfie effect. Oppo Find N also innovatively supports hovering 4K time-lapse photography, relying on the excellent light sensitivity and resolution of the IMX766 flagship sensor, which can meet the needs of time-lapse photography without a tripod, record the busy scene of traffic in the city, and easily create high-quality blockbusters.
In the hover viewing scenario, just fold the OPPO Find N to any angle, and the system will automatically adjust the video footage to the upper part of the screen for display, while the lower half will act as a trackpad. In this way, we can carry out progress bar drag, brightness adjustment, volume adjustment and other operations on this, which also avoids the impact of false touch on the viewing experience, so the viewing effect is indeed much more convenient. It is worth mentioning that at present, OPPO Find N has adapted to 5 video and audio APPS, including iQiyi, Youku, Tencent, Mango TV, and Bilibili.
In addition, OPPO Find N can also realize a variety of scenes such as hover fitness, hovering conference, hover music, etc., which can be said to make full use of the advantages of hinge and dual-screen design. It is not difficult to see that the hover function of the folding screen mobile phone, on the one hand, allows the user to save the mobile phone bracket and fix it on the desktop to free his hands, on the other hand, it makes full use of the advantages of split-screen control, which is quite useful in typing input and watching drama scenes, which is enough to increase the fun and playability of the mobile phone. Therefore, the hovering ability is not the chicken rib function that many people think, it is still quite practical, enough to effectively improve the efficiency of the use of the scene!