Source | Wisdom Technology Review
Cheaper, more robust mobile phones are the next direction for the development of folding screen mobile phones, but not black technology.
On April 28, Yu Chengdong released a lighter, thinner, more beautiful, more durable, the key is a cheaper folding screen mobile phone. However, there is only a 4G network version. The legendary domestic UTG is also not used.
From a hardware point of view, it is indeed a better and more mature version. But most analysts will agree that this is far from what Yu Chengdong boasted, crushing his peers, and definitely not a so-called "revolutionary" product.
Cheaper, more robust mobile phones are the next direction for the development of folding screen mobile phones, but not black technology.
It is understood that the innovative materials mentioned by Yu Chengdong include replacing the liquid metal that MateX first used earlier with a cheaper and lighter metal material. If there is no accident, it should be some kind of reinforced aluminum.
Is there any revolutionary, crushing product that Yu Chengdong talked about?
Considering the previous delivery of the UTG supply chain, as well as Yu Chengdong's repeated hints and statements to speculate in good faith, Huawei may have a Special Edition, which will carry 5G chips and UTT glass. Pricing will go back to 17,000 or even higher.
So you can? This is a time to test Yu Chengdong's language style, and from previous experience, Yu Chengdong's credibility in honoring the Haikou he boasted was not high.
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At the press conference, Yu Chengdong did not mention the Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 4G chip used by MateXs, but only introduced the WiFi performance of this mobile phone. Could this be the secret that Yu Chengdong claims that the supply problem has been solved?
Brother company Honor has also solved the authorization of Android family barrels by using Qualcomm chips. Can Huawei use Qualcomm 5G chips next? Can it solve its overseas Android usage problem?
Three years after the issuance of the 5G license, Huawei can still launch such a high-end 4G mobile phone. Huawei continues to show its self-confidence in terms of brand.
The market has been well known that Huawei has obtained ultra-high profits in the past year in the sales of a small number of folding screens, which is rumored to have exceeded 6 billion US dollars.
CNBC once mentioned a figure that Samsung's hardware profit of less than 10 million folding screen mobile phones exceeds the hardware profit of all other straight-panel mobile phones.
However, most of the profits of Huawei's folding screen mobile phones come from its folded version of Mate X2, not Mate Xs. Huawei's folding screen series products, the real output and sales of MateX and MateXs have always been a mystery.
A more reliable information from the industry chain channel said that the real output of MateX may only be a few thousand units, and the real output of MateXs is tens of thousands of units.
Just like Samsung's first GalaxyFold, Huawei has prepared an extremely detailed instruction manual for MateX, specifying the use scenario, range, temperature and so on. Among the products recently released by OPPO and Vivo, there are less than 10 instruction notes and only one page.
Some analysts believe that Huawei was worried that at that time, the immature folding version of the folding screen, the problems in the use of products would affect its own brand and reputation.
The same is true of the facts. The outside world can not know the accurate repair rate of folding screen mobile phones, but from the situation of attention around them, almost all MateXs users have repaired, or difficult to repair experience.
In real terms, the phone is more durable than most people think, but it will always be damaged in unexpected situations, such as when a pencil falls on the screen, and when the security personnel accidentally touch it with a scanner.
From this point of view, yu Chengdong released the Mate Xs2 last night, after the release of small batches, if it can really be more durable, it is also a major breakthrough in its form towards maturity. It can provide verification for later versions of Special Editon, as well as later versions, to get rid of this pattern.
The perfect folding screen phone has arrived
When discussing the so-called perfect folding screen type a few weeks ago, friends who have used several folding screen mobile phones released recently left a message saying that it is a pity that it is Android.
From the perspective of the progress of the industrial chain, Apple will not have a folding screen mobile phone plan in the near future, and within the past 1 and a half years, Apple cannot launch its own folding screen mobile phone.
However, Apple is also the first company to start the basic research and development of the folding screen industry chain, and in some areas, it may be earlier than Huawei. Some recent information shows that Apple is testing the technology of large-scale and consistent production of materials for folding screen mobile phones, which may be a positive signal.
Fortunately, in addition to Apple, other Android coyotes all released their first folding screen flagship OPPO FindN and vivo X Fold in OPPO and vivo, and the hardware type, configuration, and appearance design of the ideal folding screen mobile phone are generally clear: the outer screen full screen, screen fingerprint, face recognition, inner screen UTT with Samsung OLED.
On the evening of the 28th, Yu Chengdong also gave a possible direction for the folding screen, but the product has not yet been given, lighter, thinner, more durable, UTG with Samsung OLED. From the perspective of use experience, the folded version of the folding screen mobile phone has a natural beauty and advantages in the grip experience.
The premise is that at least 5G must be. With the help of folding screen mobile phones, android wolves have finally discovered a blue ocean market without Apple.
According to the recent prediction of Hu Baishan, executive vice president of vivo, in the next few years, the market size of folding screen mobile phones is expected to reach 90 million units. Hu Baishan's prediction may not include the iPhone.
How long will it take for Yu Chengdong to get rid of the crown of "the world's most expensive 4G mobile phone"? Previously, Yu Chengdong's overly optimistic words made it difficult for the outside world to accurately grasp the direction of his information. People who still have the courage to analyze its progress mentioned that Huawei may release an updated version of millions of Mate X2 mobile phones by the end of the year, perhaps the real X3.
In a few months' time, Yu Chengdong may be able to solve his so-called supply problem. Guo Ping, Hu Houkun and other Huawei executives have explained many times that the chip process launched in an innovative way has been launched.
Perhaps, Huawei will continue to try to obtain its high-end 5G chips from Qualcomm.