Text/Jiao Yunjie Proofreader/Li Junhui team
Although sales are no longer leading, the pace of new product releases has not stopped.
Some netizens believe that this is the embodiment of Huawei's "stubborn" side, and some netizens believe that users and the market are eternal, but the difficulty is short-lived, who dares to conclude that the sales of Huawei mobile phones must not take off again in the future?
Indeed, regardless of the outside world's vision and comments from all parties, Huawei's layout in the field of intelligent hardware and the pace of new product releases still maintain their own rhythm.
On April 28, 2022, Huawei held a new product launch conference and released new smart hardware products such as folding screen mobile phones, smart screens, and watches.
Among them, the release of the new folding screen mobile phone Huawei MateXs2 with the gimmick of "single-sided" and known as "ultra-thin, ultra-flat and super reliable" has attracted a lot of attention.
On the one hand, the current folding screen has become a common choice of major smartphone brands, in addition to Huawei, Xiaomi, vivo, OPPO and Glory have released their own folding screen mobile phones, on the other hand, compared with other folding screen mobile phone players or brands, Huawei's folding screen mobile phone has released the second generation, highlighting its leading edge.
In this regard, some netizens speculated that it may be due to cost control and other reasons, Huawei's first folding screen mobile phone Huawei MateXs is not mass-produced, and the price is also very expensive, reaching a price of nearly 20,000 yuan.
Nowadays, the price of the new folding screen mobile phone Huawei MateXs2 has fallen or decreased by a certain extent.
So, under the market competition pattern full of folding screens, Huawei MateXs2 is more worthy of users to start or choose than the folding screen new products such as the just released Honor MagicV and OPPOFindN?
Hardware configuration: Huawei MateXs2, Honor MagicV and OPPOFindN rear main camera are comparable, and honor performance is outstanding
In terms of processors, Huawei MateXs2 and OPPOFindN use The Snapdragon 888 processor, and honor MagicV uses the Snapdragon 8Gen1 processor.
Among them, the Snapdragon 888 processor adopts a 5nm process, with built-in integrated X60 5G baseband, and adopts an X1 large core + 3 A78 cores + 4 A55 small cores. CPU performance and energy efficiency are both 25% higher than the previous generation. AnTutu ran 700,000 points.
The Snapdragon 8Gen1 adopts a 4nm process, with an architecture of 1 X2 3.0GHz large core + 3 A710 2.5Ghz high-performance cores and an A510 1.8Ghz energy-efficient core. Compared with the Snapdragon 888cpu performance increased by 20%, energy efficiency increased by 30%. AnTu rabbit ran 1 million.
In terms of rear photography, Huawei MateXs2 and OPPOFindN both adopt a rear-mounted triple-camera design, and Honor MagicV adopts a rear-mounted four-camera scheme.
Huawei's MateXs2 uses a "50-megapixel primary color camera + 13-megapixel ultra-wide-angle camera + 8-megapixel telephoto camera" rear triple camera combination. Wide angle supports 120° wide angle field of view shooting, while supporting 2.5cm macro shooting. Telephoto supports 3x optical zoom.
Honor MagicV uses a "50MP wide-angle lens + 50MP ultra-wide-angle + 50MP spectral enhanced lens and a dTOF laser focus" rear quad camera configuration. The main lens uses a 1/1.5-inch sensor. Equipped with 6P lenses. Wide-angle has a 13mm-equivalent focal length and supports 122° wide-angle shooting.
OPPOFindN uses the "IMX766 50MP main camera + IMX481 16MP ultra-wide angle + 13MP telephoto" rear triple camera combination. The main camera resolution or color reproduction is currently at the mainstream flagship level. Telephoto supports twice the optical zoom.
In terms of front-facing photography, Huawei's MateXs2, Honor MagicV and OPPOFindN all use front-facing single camera design.
Among them, Huawei MateXs2 uses a 10.7 million pixel ultra-wide-angle camera, and Honor MagicV is equipped with a 42 million pixel front camera. OPPOFindN uses a 32-megapixel front-facing camera.
It can be seen that whether it is a rear camera or a front camera, honor MagicV has obvious advantages.
Exterior design: Huawei MateXs2 adopts external folding scheme, honor MagicV and OPPOFindN adopt internal folding scheme
Although it is also a folding screen mobile phone, there are two folding schemes, one is the external folding type, and the other is the inner folding type.
It should be said that there are more manufacturers that currently use the inner folding design, and there are fewer external folding types, among which the folding design of Huawei MateXs2 adopts the external folding scheme.
In terms of design, the screen size of Huawei MateXs2 in folded state is 6.5 inches, the screen size after expansion is 7.8 inches, and the screen supports 120Hz refresh rate and 240Hz touch sample rate. The folding scheme adopts the form of external folding, the hinge uses a double rotary eagle wing hinge, the side adopts a linear design around the side, and the fuselage is made of glass fiber. In the folded state, the mobile phone is divided into two screens, the front is a punching screen, and the reverse side is a vertical row of three shots.
The screen size of honor magicV folded state is 6.45 inches oled punch screen, and the screen ratio is 21.3:9. The resolution is 1080p. Supports 120Hz refresh rate with peak brightness of 1000nit. The unfolded outer screen is a 7.9-inch oled punched screen with a resolution of 2k, a screen refresh rate of 90Hz, and a maximum brightness of 800nit. Folding adopts an internal folding scheme, the hinge is officially called ultra-thin suspended water droplet hinge, and the official claims that the hinge can be folded 200,000 times.
Unfortunately, honor MagicV does not have a hover design, and it is impossible to put the screen on the side of the phone as a mobile phone stand on the table. The back cover is made of glass and plain leather. The color scheme is rich, with three colors: titanium empty silver, burning orange and bright black.
OppoFindN folding front screen uses a 5.4-inch 18:9 curved punching screen, and the outer screen only supports a 60Hz refresh rate. Most of the content on the 5.4-inch screen can be controlled by thumb. The rear camera section adopts a craters design. 3D glass is used at the front and rear. The screen folding method adopts the flip-book folding method. The screen expansion size is 7.1 inches. The expansion screen still uses the punching scheme. When the screen is turned on, the contents are landscape-dependent. If you want to watch a video, just expand it.
Although OPPOFindN is an internal folding scheme, the screen crease is not obvious, and the crease replaces a very strong crease of Samsung with two shallow creases. The folding hinge uses a quasi-cone hinge, and the screen folding can hover at 50-120 ° for movie watching, listening to music and video calls. The lower half of the screen serves as a phone stand. The screen supports 1-120Hz adaptive refresh rate.
Pricing strategy: Huawei MateXs2, Honor MagicV and OPPOFindN folding screen price difference is large, OPPO is the cheapest
In terms of weight, Huawei MateXs2 weighs 255g, Honor MagicV weighs 293g, OPPOFindN weighs 275g, which shows that Huawei MateXs2 has a lighter grip.
It is no wonder that Huawei regards "ultra-thin and light" as a major selling point for Huawei's MateXs2.
In terms of battery life, the battery capacity of Huawei MateXs2 is 4800mAh, the battery capacity of Honor MagicV is 4750mAh, and the battery capacity of OPPOFindN is 4500mAh.
It can be seen that the endurance of Huawei MateXs2 is better, because the Honor MagicV screen is larger, although its battery capacity is larger, but its endurance should be very similar to OPPOFindN.
In terms of charging, Huawei MateXs2 supports 66w wired fast charging, Honor MagicV supports 66w fast charging, and OPPOFindN supports 33w wired charging.
As you can see, charging on honor Magicv and Huawei MateXs2 has the highest charging power. However, compared with the current flagship smartphone, the charging power of these folding screens is not high.
In terms of storage combination, Huawei MateXs2 has "8GB+256/512GB" and "12GB+512GB" storage versions to choose from, Honor MagicV has "12GB+256/512GB" two storage specifications, OPPOFindN has "8GB+256GB" and "12GB+512GB" storage versions.
Relatively speaking, Huawei MateXs2 provides more storage solutions, and also has the consideration of lowering prices through low storage versions, seizing users, and dividing up the market.
The same "12GB + 512GB" version, Huawei MateXs2 is priced at 12999 yuan, Honor MagicV is priced at 10999 yuan, and OPPOFindN is priced at 8999 yuan.
As you can see, oppoFindN has a pricing advantage, which is a good choice for users who want to try folding screens.
As far as Huawei folding screen mobile phones are concerned, compared with the previous generation of products, the price of Huawei MateXs2 is a lot lower.
However, compared with Xiaomi, vivo and OPPO folding screen mobile phones, the price and configuration competitiveness of Huawei MateXs2 is not too significant.
(Li Junhui, a special researcher at the Intellectual Property Research Center of China University of Political Science and Law, has long been concerned about related policy, legal and regulatory issues.) )