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On Tuesday, the media broke that Apple is planning to develop a folding screen notebook, which is expected to be 20 inches and will be launched in 2026 and 2027. Prior to this, ASUS also released a concept folding screen at CES 2022, and some domestic manufacturers launched folding screen notebooks. But does the folding screen notebook that has allowed major manufacturers to enter the game really have a market, and is there a demand?
Is a folding screen notebook a pseudo-requirement? I think it can't be said that it is a pseudo-demand, and it is more appropriate to describe it as an individualized need.
01 The practicality of the folding screen notebook is weak, and the demand for "hunting and showing off" is strong
Folding screen notebooks are the same as folding screen mobile phones, and the price is relatively high. For example, Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Fold folding screen notebook is currently priced at 23999 yuan, which can be regarded as a "luxury" in the notebook.
For ordinary users, this price to buy a notebook is really a bit over budget, can spend this price to buy folding screen notebook is mostly a review blogger and large money, hunting and showing off the psychology is more intense, practicality is basically not talked about. Why do you say that, let's take a look at the scenarios in which notebooks are used.
02 Folding screen notebooks have a poor experience in gaming and office codewords
The most commonly used scenarios for notebooks are: playing games, office codewords, writing PPT, and design drawings. Will I use a folding screen notebook to play games? I think gamers basically don't, the big screen plus the thin and light characteristics, it is likely that the performance will not keep up.
Speaking of office codewords, if you use the touch keyboard codewords on the folding screen notebook, the efficiency will definitely be reduced a lot. But if you unfold the screen, adding a peripheral keyboard is no different from a tablet.
But the folding screen notebook is not useless, I see that the folding screen notebook that has been listed is relatively thin and light, 999 grams, it is more convenient to carry on business, and it is more cool to watch movies with a large screen. But spending tens of thousands of dollars to buy a notebook to watch a movie still feels like a loss.
03 positioning high-end, the price dissuaded a large wave of people
At present, the price of the folding screen notebook that has been listed has exceeded 20,000 yuan, if a new folding screen notebook is estimated to be more than 20,000 yuan, Apple's 20-inch folding screen notebook If released, the price must not start at 30,000 yuan?
For gamers, this price can buy two or three game books, for ordinary office needs of users, you can buy 5 thin and light books, buy a folding screen notebook is not cost-effective.
Overall, for most users, the demand for buying a folding screen notebook will not be too strong. And at the current price, folding screen notebooks are destined to be niche playthings.
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