With the development and maturity of technology, folding screen equipment has become a product series of many well-known brands. In the past year, Huawei, Xiaomi, Samsung, OPPO, Honor and other well-known brands have launched their folding screen series products.
According to a report, "The market for foldable screen products is booming. Canalys expects foldable screen smartphone shipments to grow at a compound annual growth rate of 53% from 2021 to 2024. ”
Relevant statistics show that the price of foldable devices is more expensive than that of general mobile phone products, but its market growth is faster. With the overall smartphone market growing by 7%, it gained 148% year-on-year growth. Shipments of foldable smartphones are expected to grow by 53% between 2021 and 2024, surpassing 30 million units by 2024.
Based on this, more and more manufacturers have begun to get involved in this market area, and more foldable devices have appeared in the user's choice range.
After many revelations, vivo mobile phone officials also officially confirmed the release plan of its first folding screen new machine today.
The official introduction shows, "Today, officially introduce you to vivo X Fold, which is a "big, big" professional folding flagship, we use it to announce the arrival of the folding screen 2.0 era. More details will be announced on April 11 at the vivo X Fold new product launch. ”
Regarding this new folding screen flagship, Huang Tao, vice president of vivo products, said that vivo began to pre-develop the folding screen four years ago, and will realize screen fingerprint recognition on the new vivo X Fold.
At the same time, this new folding screen will also bring support upgrades for the hinged part. According to the previous report of the Science and Technology Innovation Board Daily, "its hinge is Apple supply chain manufacturer Hangzhou Ampino Feifeng Communication, because of the addition of multiple aerospace materials, the hinge cost exceeds 1200 yuan, which is the highest cost of folding screen hinges on the market at present, and will have a greater increase in the number of folding." ”
As for other specifications, related news shows that the new folding screen flagship vivo X Fold will use a 6.53-inch single external screen, FHD + resolution, OLED material; built-in 4600mAh battery, support 80W wired fast charge, 50W wireless fast charge, thickness of 6.28mm.
In terms of design, this new machine is expected to be consistent with the rear shell scheme of other models of the vivo X series flagship, all in the form of a combination of square and round.
The related schematic diagram shows that it adopts an in-folding scheme, the external secondary screen is a center-mounted punching design; the rear circular lens module has a built-in four-camera combination, which is called a full-focal four-shot in the exposé.
In terms of overall product specifications, the final pricing and actual performance of the vivo X Fold are expected. In addition to the vivo X Fold, which has been officially announced, many iterations of the folding screen series that have been met with everyone have also appeared recently.
Blogger @Digital Chat Station's latest revelation mentioned that a new folding screen device may arrive around the middle of this year. This new product is equipped with an external screen of about 6.5 inches and an inner screen of about 8 inches, all of which support a 120Hz refresh rate, and its screen creases have been improved compared with the previous generation, and it also brings an eye-protecting dimming solution.
The news did not mention the specific subordination of this new product, but the relevant speculation is that it may be a new generation of Xiaomi MIX FOLD 2 folding screen mobile phone. However, given that no precise information has yet appeared, the actual situation remains to be confirmed.
In addition, Samsung's Samsung Galaxy Z Fold4 and Z Flip4 folding screens have also recently been exposed, and related news also mentioned a third unknown Samsung folding screen device.