Text/Huang Haifeng
The mobile phone market is becoming more and more competitive. According to data released by the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology, in the first two months of 2022, domestic mobile phone shipments totaled 47.886 million units, down 22.6% year-on-year.
In stark contrast to the overall mobile phone market, the folding screen mobile phone market has a strong growth momentum. According to data released by Omdia, the shipment of folding screen mobile phones in 2021 reached 9 million units, an increase of 309% year-on-year. According to Canalys, by 2024, the annual shipment of folding screen mobile phones is expected to reach 30 million units, with a compound annual growth rate of 53%.
Folding screen mobile phones have undoubtedly become the strategic investment point of many manufacturers to exert high-end efforts. We see that Samsung, Huawei, Xiaomi, OPPO, and vivo have all entered the folding screen mobile phone market. Many manufacturers pay more attention to hardware stacking, and exert efforts on creases and hinges, but it is not easy to stand out from the competition. How to break the mobile phone brand?
We see that on April 28, Huawei released a new folding flagship Huawei Mate Xs 2 folding screen mobile phone. In this regard, Yu Chengdong, managing director of Huawei, CEO of terminal BG, and CEO of smart car solution BU, introduced that the new folding screen mobile phone solves many pain points, basically close to the thickness and weight of ordinary mobile phones, and further improves in terms of thinness, flatness and reliability. For some apps that have not yet adapted to large screens, Huawei has also brought new technologies that are convenient for users to use.
What attracts the author's attention is that Yu Chengdong introduced that the new folding screen has made a breakthrough in Wi-Fi technology, and the connection speed has been greatly improved, "making your Wi-Fi speed several times faster." Netizens wondered, everyone is currently using the same Wi-Fi technology, how can Huawei do it several times faster?
The answer is the three industry-leading communication technologies of "three frequencies, four networks and five collaborations". So, what kind of value will the new communication technology bring to Huawei's folding screen mobile phone? What kind of innovation does "three frequencies, four networks and five collaborations" have? In addition to this innovation technology, what other black technologies does Huawei Mate Xs 2 have?
Continuous communication innovation: Huawei seizes the competitive password
It is often said that "if history is a mirror, we can know what is good and what is wrong." The birth of mobile phones is to solve communication problems. When mobile phones can access the Internet, the role of mobile phone communication functions has become more prominent, including mobile technology 3G, 4G, etc., including Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and so on.
We walk into the development process of communication technology, to explore the importance of communication in many functions of mobile phones, we will find that many mobile phone brands, because the communication ability has not kept up with the times, and in the competition is at a disadvantage, or even gradually declining.
Today, we have seen that Huawei has resisted the pressure to create Hongmeng intelligent communication functions, including multi-network collaboration, dual-network concurrency, multi-device communication sharing, AI signal prediction and many other functions.
It is understood that the Hongmeng smart communication function is based on the distributed architecture, adding AI wisdom capabilities to communication, opening up the boundary of end-to-end, technology to technology, distance to distance, and providing different strategies according to user usage scenarios, bringing users a faster, more stable, faster and more convenient network experience.
For example, the P50 series released by Huawei last year achieved strong communication performance through the AI heterogeneity of 4G+Wi-Fi 6, with the help of communication technologies such as four-network collaboration, dual-network concurrency, and AI signal prediction. Reviews show that the huawei P50 series download speed has a peak rate of 84Mbps in video scenarios, 77Mbps in game scenarios, and 60Mbps in scenarios such as browsing news.
Throughout history, it is not difficult for us to find that every time the progress of communication technology has created a new mobile phone empire, Huawei Hongmeng intelligent communication function will undoubtedly become the secret of Huawei's leading competitors in the new track of folding screen.
Since every advance in communication technology will have an impact on the mobile phone market. How does Huawei win the future in the folding screen market? To this end, we see that Huawei Mate Xs 2 promotes the re-evolution of Hongmeng intelligent communication technology in terms of communication capabilities, bringing "three frequencies, four networks and five collaborations", and three industry-first communication technologies.
With the blessing of the three pioneering communication technologies, the intelligent communication experience is very different
What exactly is the "three-frequency, four-network,five-collaboration" used by Huawei Mate Xs 2? How to improve communication capabilities? Next, the author will decrypt the three tricks for everyone one by one to see if they can bring consumers a high-quality communication experience.
Trick one: Tri-band Wi-Fi, choose more
Today, whether at home, in the mall, or in the workplace, Wi-Fi has become the best choice for people to surf the Internet. Looking at the Wi-Fi market, Wi-Fi6, known as "indoor" 5G, has become mainstream, and many of them have 3 wireless LANs, that is, 1 2.4GHz band, and 2 5GHz bands, which are Wi-Fi 5G low frequency and Wi-Fi 5G high frequency.
Huawei Mate Xs 2 is the industry's first folding screen phone equipped with tri-band Wi-Fi, which can achieve a theoretical data transmission rate of 4Gbps through a tri-band channel. I think the tri-band Wi-Fi capability is one of the keys that Yu Chengdong said about making Mate Xs 2 users Wi-Fi several times faster than others.
For example, in a crowded venue, when everyone chooses to connect to Wi-Fi, you can choose the 5G low frequency that no one uses, and you can enjoy a smooth network experience when others compete for crowded channel resources for traffic distribution.
Stunt two: four networks concurrently, the speed of the network is beyond imagination
In ordinary life, when people use mobile phones to access the Internet, they often can only choose Wi-Fi or mobile data alone. Huawei's Mate Xs 2's original quad-network concurrency technology enables Wi-Fi and mobile traffic to work together when users need high-throughput scenarios, enabling a high-bandwidth, low-latency, and stable Internet experience.
It is reported that compared with Huawei's previous dual-network concurrency, the four-network concurrency will expand the original 4G with Wi-Fi 6 dual channels to 4G, Wi-Fi 2.4G, Wi-Fi 5G low frequency, Wi-Fi 5G four channels.
It is not difficult to understand that mobile phones have more channels to access the Internet at the same time, which can achieve a more stable and faster Internet experience in scenarios with high Internet demand such as concerts, and can have more choices than others when encountering network congestion. According to tests, the concurrency of the four networks can make the peak rate of mobile phone Internet access as high as 4Gbps.
Stunt three: five networks coordination, internet access as you want
Perhaps many people wonder, have heard of optical broadband networks, mobile networks, Wi-Fi networks, Internet of Things, Huawei Mate Xs 2 provided by this five-network collaboration, what is it? It is reported that the five networks refer to the main card 4G, secondary card 4G, Wi-Fi 2.4GHz, Wi-Fi 5G low frequency, Wi-Fi 5G high frequency used by users every day. Five-network collaboration enables Huawei Mate Xs 2 to switch smoothly between five networks.
When we use mobile phones to access the Internet, we often encounter unexpected situations such as Wi-Fi interference and weak main card signal. Five-network coordination is like five lanes, when one or two lanes are blocked, there will be no traffic jams. In this regard, Huawei's Mate Xs 2, which has five networks of synergy, will be easier to switch to the secondary lane with higher speed than other mobile phones.
Five-network collaboration can also allow consumers to smoothly and quickly switch between different Wi-Fi frequencies from home room to outdoors, from the office, and out of the company to take a taxi, so that you can achieve cellular intelligent non-sensory switching, avoid mobile phone drops, stuttering, delay in connecting to the Internet, etc.
Not only communication technology, but also many black technologies
If the strong communication technology has built a communication moat for Huawei's Mate Xs 2, many other black technologies have brought extraordinary experiences to the folding screen mobile phone. The author notes the following highlights.
First of all, the design is more outstanding. In this era of eating by the face, the appearance of high value can often win the hearts of many consumers. Huawei Mate Xs 2 features a new generation of twin-rotor hinges to bring consumers an ultra-flat folding screen. It is reported that the flatness is 70% higher than that of the previous generation Huawei Mate Xs.
In addition, new materials bring about a comprehensive improvement. Folding screen phone type is too heavy is one of the main drawbacks. Huawei Mate Xs 2 uses aviation-grade materials, the weight of the whole machine is only 255g, the thinnest unfolding state is only 5.4mm; the industry's first composite reinforced structure screen, with high-performance materials, compared with the previous generation of products, the anti-drop increase of 2.5 times, the impact resistance increased by 2.8 times, the anti-extrusion resistance increased by 1.4 times.
Secondly, the 7.8-inch large screen, the machine experience is very different. Huawei Mate Xs 2 has 2480× 2200 ultra-high resolution and 424 ppi ultra-high pixel density, and brings a 120Hz screen refresh rate, as well as a maximum 240Hz touch sampling rate, so that consumers can watch videos and browse the web more comfortably.
Again, create a flagship video experience. Huawei Mate Xs 2 subverts the industry's pure hardware and image processing technology solutions, with a 10% increase in clarity through the XD Optics computing optics upgrade, and the use of black technologies such as the XD Fusion Pro primary color engine to bring the most realistic color records.
What impressed the author the most was that when taking pictures of his family, he often needed to shoot repeatedly because the photo effect was not up to expectations. Huawei Mate Xs 2 can display the design of the main screen and the second screen at the same time, so that everyone can make suggestions at the first time and take a successful photo.
Finally, the wisdom upgrade, so that the mobile phone has great wisdom. Huawei Mate Xs 2 can achieve floor-level positioning through the industry's first 3D accurate indoor positioning, bringing indoor path planning capabilities. Imagine that when looking for a store in the mall, you will no longer look up and down to help you become a road.
At this time, the author can't help but think that the overpass in Chongqing and the overpass in Beijing can be said to be the nightmare of countless drivers. Huawei Mate Xs 2 has such accurate positioning capabilities, can't it easily solve the problem? It is reported that the technology has covered more than 1,300 core business districts in more than 160 cities in China, as well as more than 20 large transportation hubs.
Author's observation: Huawei Mate Xs 2 leads the folding screen into a new era
It is not easy to turn an advantage into a win, but Huawei has completed this transformation in the field of mobile phones. We have seen that Huawei relies on its decades of accumulation in the field of communications and other fields to continuously bring surprises to consumers and achieve wide recognition of mobile phone communication capabilities.
In 2017, in the terminal quality report released by China Mobile, Huawei Mate 10 Pro and Mate 10 ranked first and second respectively in the communication capabilities of high-end models above 3,000 yuan; in 2019, in the China Telecom Terminal Insight Report, Huawei P30 Pro ranked first in 4G, VoLTE, Wi-Fi, GPS and other communication performance; in the 2020 China Mobile 5G Communication Index Report, Huawei Mate 40 Pro won the first place in the 5G communication capability evaluation.
On the road of mobile phone communication technology innovation, Huawei has never stopped. Huawei Mate 10 earlier equipped with AI high-speed rail mode, AI elevator mode; Mate20 series first dual-card dual standby dual VoLTE dual-pass technology; P50 series brings AI heterogeneous communication technology; Huawei Mate Xs 2 once again brings the industry's first "three-frequency, four-network,five-collaboration" technology.
It can be seen that Huawei has been focusing on consumer experience, investing in communication innovation of smart terminals and creating high-quality products. Just as the so-called infinite scenery is in the dangerous peak, only by going out of their own path and climbing the peak that others have not climbed can they reach the height that others have not reached and create their own era.
Meritorious donation, Yuru Yucheng. Different from the mobile phone brand that has just launched the folding screen, Huawei has continued to launch multi-generation folding screen mobile phones, and has a lot of experience. Remember that in February 2019, Huawei's first folding screen MateX was launched. After that, Huawei has successively launched folding screen mobile phones such as Mate Xs, Mate X2, and P50 Pocket, which are welcomed by users. According to the 2021 China folding screen mobile phone market share list released by IDC, Huawei's share reached 49.3%, accounting for almost half of the market.
Today, the latest communication technology and the blessing of many black technologies will make Huawei Mate Xs 2 stand out in the folding mobile phone market and continue to write the myth of innovation. The author believes that the latest generation of Huawei Mate Xs 2 will lead the folding mobile phone into a new era!