The history of folding screen mobile phones is not long, only 4 years, but the competition is becoming more and more fierce. The five giants of the domestic Android camp, Huawei, Xiaomi, Glory, OPPO, and Vivo have met in the folding screen market to launch a positive PK.
According to Counterpoint, global folding screen mobile phone shipments are expected to reach 15-20 million units in 2022. IDC data shows that by 2025, global shipments of folding screen mobile phones are expected to reach 27.6 million units, with a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 69.9%. Major institutions have predicted that the folding screen will be a new wave of mobile phone incremental market, is the opportunity to pull the existing users to take the initiative to change the machine, but also the domestic mobile phone curve overtaking, impact the high-end mobile phone "stepping stone".
According to Yu Chengdong, managing director of Huawei, CEO of terminal BG, and CEO of smart car solution BU, thick, creased, and afraid of falling have always been the three major pain points for folding large-screen mobile phone users. Huawei Mate Xs 2 is only 255g, which is almost the weight of a straight phone. The fuselage adopts ultra-light glass fiber, and the structure adopts innovative materials such as aviation-grade titanium alloy and ultra-light super-strong steel, which realizes the overall weight reduction of the fuselage, and has the characteristics of high strength and toughness; the hinge adopts Huawei's self-developed formula, innovative material ultra-light and super-strong steel, with strong endurance and exquisite structure, making Huawei Mate Xs 2 ensure higher strength at the same time, more lightweight fuselage.
In terms of imaging systems. Huawei Mate Xs 2 is equipped with a 50-megapixel primary color imaging system to capture real colors; the use of newly upgraded XD Optics computing optics, innovative optical system image information restoration technology, so that the clarity can be improved, breaking through the physical boundaries of the optical system, and restoring real details; equipped with XD Fusion Pro primary color engine, through the primary color camera, 10-channel multispectral sensor, P3 full color gamut 2000+ color adjustment, so that imaging color is what you see.
This year, the folding screen competition will become more and more intense, and who wins the C position also means the advancement of high-end image. From the current shipment point of view, in the global market, Samsung and Huawei occupy the main share of the folding screen market. In the next 2-3 years, Apple's choices will also become a weather vane and an important variable. Although there are still flaws in the experience of folding screen mobile phones, whether sales can achieve rapid growth and whether the product line can be sustained support also needs to be considered. However, with the maturity of the overall supply chain and the decline in costs, the ecology of the folding screen will also enter the 2.0 version and further go to the public.
It is reported that Huawei Mate Xs 2 has three colors of ya black, brocade white and frost purple, and is priced at 9999 yuan at 8GB+256GB; 11499 yuan at 8GB+512GB; and 12GB+512GB collector's edition at 12999 yuan. On April 28, 2022, at 21:00, the pre-sale will be opened on Huawei Mall, major authorized e-commerce companies, Huawei experience stores, and authorized retailers, and will be officially launched at 10:08 on May 6.