In the Chinese market, Huawei has always been the king of folding screen mobile phones, and in recent years, it has ranked first in the market share of the domestic folding screen segment. But in the global market, Samsung is the boss. Sometimes, keeping up with the boss is also a good marketing strategy.
The current folding screen mobile phones can only be folded once, Samsung has launched a "three-fold" form that can be folded twice, the "Z-fold" folding screen mobile phone, the size of the fully expanded can reach about 10 inches, directly replacing the tablet, and is expected to be officially mass-produced and listed this year.
According to various sources, Huawei is also intensively developing a "three-fold" folding screen mobile phone, hoping to attract more consumers and close the shipment gap with Samsung in the folding screen market. As early as 2022, Huawei has applied for a patent for a "three-fold" mobile phone, and it is inferred from the time of the patent application that it is also very likely to be listed in the next two years.
Huawei's current highest-end folding screen phone is the Mate X5, which was launched in September last year. This phone is a "new version" of the Mate X3, and the SoC chip has been changed to the same Kirin 9000S as the Mate 60 series, which supports 5G, and other configurations have also been upgraded.
In terms of price, the starting price of Mate X5 is 12999 yuan, which is quite high. If Huawei launches a "three-fold" folding screen mobile phone, it will have to use two hinges, and the screen will be more difficult to make, and the starting price is estimated to be 20,000 yuan, or it will soar directly to 20,000+.
Although Samsung is expected to make the world's first mass production of Z-shaped folding phones, the world's first Z-shaped folding screen mobile phone was not released by Samsung, but TCL.
TCL had shown a prototype in 2019 with a screen provided by CSOT that was 10 inches in size when fully opened. The side looks like the letter Z, with a "Dragonhinge" hinge, which is very thick when folded, and the display on top of the folded will act as an outer screen.
In 2019, Huawei and Samsung mass-produced folding screen mobile phones, kicking off the prelude to the "popularization" of folding screen mobile phones. After several years of development, the process of folding screen mobile phones has become more and more mature, and the durability and stability are gradually improving, and **is also along the way**. Some cost-effective folding screen models** are close to ordinary straight board flagship machines.
In terms of thinness and lightness, with the continuous efforts of the domestic camp and the ** chain, the weight and thickness of many folding screen mobile phones have also been done quite well. Therefore, many consumers will consider folding screen mobile phones as the main model when buying a machine.
For "tri-fold" mobile phones, in addition to durability, how to make it relatively thin and light, is still quite difficult. Therefore, even if it is successfully mass-produced, the first two or even three generations of models will definitely have many shortcomings, not to mention that it will be very high.
There is also a big problem with the folding screen, which is the system.
The operating systems of many mobile phone brands do not do a good job in adapting and optimizing the folding screen, resulting in an unsatisfactory experience of folding screen mobile phones, and failing to give full play to the advantages of large and dual screens of folding screen mobile phones.
In order to solve this problem, Google did not hesitate to take matters into its own hands, launching its first folding screen phone, Pixel Fold, last year, and will release a sequel, Pixel Fold2, this year.
Huawei's Harmony OS system, through in-depth customization, can make the system better adapt to the special screen layout and shape changes of folding screen mobile phones, providing users with a smoother interface and operation experience. Before launching the "Tri-Fold phone", Huawei will also adapt and improve its system in depth, so that its "Tri-Fold phone" will become a perfect combination of tablet and mobile phone.
Following Samsung, Huawei or the same "tri-fold" mobile phone, the 10-inch screen can also be easily stuffed into the pocket, the perfect combination of tablet and mobile phone. If Huawei really launched a mass-produced "tri-fold" Z-shaped folding screen mobile phone, would you consider getting one?