At the beginning of the new year, domestic mobile phone manufacturers have shown their new products and new technologies, which has aroused the attention and expectations of the majority of machine friends. Among them, a high-profile innovation is the "four micro curved screen" adopted by Huawei Mate 60 Pro, Xiaomi 14 Pro and other models, which is not only beautiful and atmospheric, but also takes into account the advantages of straight screen and curved screen, bringing users a new visual experience and operation experience.
What is the "quadruple curved screen"? How was it born? What changes will it bring to domestic mobile phones? Let's explore together.
The road to the evolution of mobile phone screens
Looking back on the development process of mobile phone screens, it can be found that it has undergone changes from plastic straight screens to glass straight screens, and then to various curved glasses.
More than ten years ago, mobile phone screens were basically transparent PC materials and acrylic materials, and this kind of plastic cover was easy to scratch and felt poor to touch. In 2007, Apple launched the first generation of the iPhone, which used a whole piece of Corning's "Gorilla Glass" on the front, creating a precedent for glass panels, and also bringing better visual effects and touch experience to mobile phone screens.
With the advent of flexible screens, mobile phone screens began to appear in the form of curved surfaces. In 2014, Apple released the iPhone 6 series, which uses "2.5D glass" to make the edges of the screen more rounded and the side slide feel smoother. In 2015, Samsung launched the Galaxy S6 edge, which realized the curved display on both sides of the screen, adding a sense of technology and beauty. Since then, major manufacturers at home and abroad have launched mobile phones with various curved screens, such as Huawei's "waterfall screen", Honor's "quad curved glass" and so on.
The battle between straight screen and curved screen
Although the curved screen is beautiful, it also brings some problems, such as the color difference on both sides of the screen, the difficulty of filming, and the frequent mistouch, etc., which make many users disgusted with the curved screen and prefer the practicality of the straight screen. Therefore, the debate between straight screen and curved screen has never stopped.
In recent years, as the user's freshness of curved screens gradually fades, and the advantages of straight screens gradually become prominent, many manufacturers have begun to adjust their screen strategies, reducing the curvature or returning directly to straight screens. For example, Samsung's S24 Ultra this year abandoned the curved screen and adopted a straight screen design in favor of the S-Pen.
The rise of the "four-micro curved screen".
In this context, the "four micro-curved screen" came into being, which is a screen form that is slightly curved at the four corners of the screen, which not only retains the beauty of the curved screen, but also avoids the shortcomings of the curved screen, and realizes the perfect combination of straight screen and curved screen. It also works with extremely narrow bezels to create a near-bezel-less visual effect that immerses the user in the world of the screen.
The emergence of the "quadruple curved screen" is also due to the progress of screen manufacturing technology, especially the maturity of flexible screens, which makes the bending of the screen more free and accurate, and will not affect the display quality and stability of the screen. At present, Huawei Mate 60 Pro, Xiaomi 14 Pro and other models have adopted "four micro curved screens", which have been well received and sought after by users. It is reported that other domestic mobile phone manufacturers are also actively evaluating and following up on this screen form, and it is expected that more "four-micro curved screen" mobile phones will come out this year.
In 2024, domestic mobile phones are really going to change a lot
The rise of the "four-micro curved screen" marks the innovation ability and competitiveness of domestic mobile phones in the field of screens, and also demonstrates the keen insight and rapid response of domestic mobile phones to user needs. In the new year, domestic mobile phones will continue to be represented by the "four-micro curved screen", and launch more innovations and breakthroughs, so that users can enjoy a better mobile phone experience, and let the world witness the style of domestic mobile phones.