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"Bigger, bigger, bigger, bigger!"

Put the largest screen possible within the acceptable body size. In the full-screen era, this seems to have become the golden criterion for testing the excellence of a mobile phone. As a result, mobile phone manufacturers began to cut bangs and shave their chins, doing whatever they could to achieve screen-to-body ratio. Recently, the industry has come up with another solution. By folding, it has the size of a normal mobile phone and a screen the size of a tablet.

As if they had discovered a new continent, all mobile phone manufacturers jumped on it. Today the patent of this company is exposed, and the prototype of that company is leaked tomorrow. It was so lively for a while, as if folding phones were what smartphones should be like, and some comments called 2018 the first year of folding.

But calm down and think about it carefully. Full-screen displays are still in the ascendant. There are still issues such as bangs affecting the appearance and mechanical structure compromise that have not been substantively solved. The concept of folding mobile phones suddenly became popular again. Is this really a good thing for the mobile phone industry and users?

Let’s create a foldable first year together

Based on recent reports from many media, it is not difficult to find that in addition to Apple, other mainstream mobile phone manufacturers are more or less related to foldable mobile phones.

The loudest one is undoubtedly Samsung. As one of the major suppliers of mobile phone screens worldwide, Samsung has unique advantages in screens. Its plan to make a foldable mobile phone was first reported in 2013. This year, Samsung officially announced for the first time that it would use foldable mobile phones as its life-saving straw.

On November 7, local time in the United States, Samsung unveiled a foldable mobile phone at the 2018 Developers Conference. It uses a 7.3-inch OLED display and can be folded inward into a more portable size.

Google stated that the Android system has officially supported foldable devices. As an important partner, Samsung will be the first to release a product, and other manufacturers will soon follow. Samsung held the launch event to urge app developers to write and tweak apps for foldable phones to gain critical feedback.

As of now, Samsung has not yet determined the name and final release date of the foldable phone. However, Korean media reported that Samsung’s smartphone business CEO Koh Dong-jin expressed his hope that the next-generation flagship Galaxy 10 and folding mobile phones will be used to deal with the current crisis Samsung is facing.

LG, which is Korean like Samsung, is also trying to attract attention from the industry and outside the industry with foldable phones. LG recently applied to the European Union Intellectual Property Office to register three trademarks, FLEX, FOLDI and Duplex, corresponding to the folding mobile phones that were exposed earlier.

Looking back to China, domestic mobile phone manufacturers are also“ don't stop." It is an open secret that Huawei wants to compete with Samsung for the launch of folding phones. After this year's Huawei Mate20 series launch conference, Yu Chengdong revealed in an interview that the folding phone will be Huawei's first 5G phone and plans to launch it next year.

OPPO, vivo, Xiaomi, Lenovo, etc. are not to be outdone, and corresponding news is constantly coming out on social media. Take OPPO as an example. On November 20, a number of digital bloggers posted on Weibo, saying that OPPO had submitted a foldable mobile phone patent, which may be used in the next generation of new products.

So far, seven of the top ten brands in the global smartphone market share have joined the recent folding phone war. Among them, Samsung, which ranks first in sales in the world, also puts folding mobile phones at the same strategic level as its own flagship products.

In addition, Shenzhen Royole Technology also launched what it calls "the world's first foldable flexible screen mobile phone" on October 31. Baidu Index shows that on November 1 after the press conference, the information index of the keyword "Royole" increased from three digits to 79,082. This also adds to the popularity of foldable phones.

Mobile phone manufacturers have gathered together, screen suppliers have exerted their efforts, and public opinion has fermented. 2018 has become the first year of folding.

The gathering may be to stimulate the market

It is undeniable that both full-screen and foldable phones can bring fresh user experiences to users. The screen-to-body ratio can bring greater visual impact and satisfy the "all-screen" fantasy. Folding mobile phones are cooler, more technological and futuristic.

However, as a consumer electronics product, excluding those individuals who make friends by selling mobile phones, the ultimate goal of more mobile phone manufacturers' efforts is actually to make users pay for them.

Especially when the mobile phone market is on the decline, new points are needed to stimulate users' numb purchasing nerves. Data show that in 2017, the global smartphone market fell for the first time in history. The reason is that, after years of development, the smartphone market has become saturated. On the other hand, the mobile phone market is highly homogenized, and products with insufficient innovation can no longer arouse users’ desire to switch phones.

As a result, a collective self-rescue movement under the banner of full-screen display was launched in the mobile phone industry. The iPhone made Face ID, OPPO and vivo made liftable cameras, and Honor, Xiaomi, Lenovo, etc. made sliding screens.

Counterpoint gave smartphone market data and showed that global shipments increased by 6% month-on-month in the third quarter. Although it was effective, the stimulating effect was far from what was expected. Compared with the same period last year, the overall market is still down 13%.

According to statistics from the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology, from January to September this year, the domestic mobile phone market shipped a total of 305 million units, a year-on-year decrease of 17%. From the shipment growth trend chart, we can see that since entering 2018, the year-on-year decline has remained at a high level.

In this case, I have to find another way. Folding mobile phones seem to be a good choice. Android Authority, a well-known foreign technology media, affirmed the folding mobile phone released by Royole, calling it an important milestone for the entire technology industry.

However, in addition to the affirmation, there is another premise that cannot be ignored-"not suitable for purchase". In its review, Android Authority stated that Royole’s foldable phone is more like a semi-finished product. The high price also means it is only suitable for developers and enthusiasts. Information on the official website shows that Royole’s foldable phone starts at 8,999 yuan. In addition, it is rumored that Samsung’s foldable phone will be priced at more than 1,500 pounds.

Some people in the industry said that there are still many obstacles to overcome before foldable mobile phones can be fully launched into the market. In terms of hardware, even though flexible screen technology is becoming increasingly mature, it is still necessary to consider a series of new challenges that are different from traditional smartphones, such as how to ensure battery life with a larger screen, how to control the thickness after folding within an acceptable range, how to scientifically and reasonably stack the internal parts of the phone to adapt to the folding characteristics, and so on. In terms of software, developers have to make special adaptations, the logic of folding screen usage, and the construction of the system ecosystem, which all require a lot of time and energy.

Furthermore, folding mobile phones is actually not a new thing, and mobile phone manufacturers have already tried it before. However, the current advancement of screen technology has brought foldable mobile phones one step closer to their ultimate form.

For example, in October last year, ZTE released the Axon M foldable mobile phone, which realizes screen folding through hinge connection. So far, this mobile phone has received a total of 7,400+ user reviews on JD.com and ZTE’s official flagship store, while Tmall only has 254 reviews. Judging from the actual feedback, ZTE Axon M has almost solved some of the existing problems of folding phones mentioned above, and there is still a lot of room for improvement in both hardware and software. I don’t know if ZTE officials are aware of the problem, but it can be seen that the price has been adjusted from the original 3888 yuan and 4888 yuan to 1988 yuan and 2588 yuan.

Write it at the end

To sum up, it can be concluded that one day in the future, folding mobile phones may become mainstream. However, this day is still relatively far away.

Even the new products that Samsung and Huawei promise to release next year can only be called first-generation experimental products at best. The immaturity of the product and the unreasonable price will be the two major barriers to the popularization of folding mobile phones.

Nowadays, there is a lot of publicity to whet the appetite of users. If foldable mobile phones gradually evolve from technological innovation to concept hype, manufacturers will only suffer consequences. Users who have been waiting for it for a long time will finally realize the reality. Folding mobile phones have more gimmicks than substance.

Many people must be curious as to why Apple has not launched folding phones in this wave.Machine craze? After all, Apple’s ability to lead the industry is unparalleled. Take full-screen as an example. Before the release of iPhone

The Baidu Index shows that the maximum value of the search index for the keyword "full screen" appeared in September 2017, when the iPhone X was released. Since then, notch has become the most common shape of full-screen mobile phones.

In the so-called first year of folding, Apple chose to mute its voice, which can also explain the problem to a certain extent. As for those manufacturers that have deployed foldable phones in advance, they hope they will not follow suit again when the era of foldable phones truly arrives.

This article was first published on the WeChat public account "Industry News", written by Mumu