The research institute DSCC expects that global folding screen mobile phone sales will climb to 3.8 million units in the fourth quarter of 2021, an increase of 480% year-on-year and 215% month-on-month, and the shipment of folding screen mobile phones is expected to grow to 17.5 million units in 2022.
At the moment when the mobile phone market is gradually entering the stock market, folding screen mobile phones have become the objects of efforts of major related manufacturers. In 2021, the folding screen mobile phone market has entered a full-fledged stage, and mainstream mobile phone manufacturers have actively put into production and frequently produced new products, including Samsung, Huawei, Xiaomi, OPPO, Honor and other manufacturers have released their own folding screen mobile phones.
The price of more than 10,000 yuan also makes many people stay away from the category of folding screens. With the Samsung GalaxyZ Flip3, OPPO Find N, Huawei P50 Pocket and other folding screen models that came out in 2021, the price of folding screen mobile phones has also been lowered to less than 10,000 yuan, and the consumption level has gradually expanded.
Since 2018, the domestic manufacturer Royole brought folding screen mobile phones into the public vision, and the category of folding screen mobile phones has been gradually matured in 2019 after the germination of 2019 and the gradual maturity of 2020, in 2021, folding screen mobile phones have shown a situation of blooming everywhere. As a technical problem that has been plaguing folding screen equipment in hinge selection, screen strength and system application, at this stage, these technical problems have been solved and continuously optimized.
At present, folding screen equipment and has become a must for major mobile phone manufacturers, into 2022, it is expected that more folding screen products will be launched. Subject to the high cost of screens and hinges, the terminal price of products has been hindering the folding screen mobile phone from entering the mass consumer market, and at the same time, the technological innovation and use experience of the folding screen mobile phone also need to be further improved and matured. In the future, we will wait and see where folding screen mobile phones will go.