In the field of folding screen mobile phones, Huawei and Samsung are the top leaders in the industry, accumulating a large number of patents with their first-mover advantage, and most of the follower technologies have some similarities. The latest news shows that Apple plans to launch an iPhone folding screen mobile phone, and in order to avoid using Huawei's patents, Cook decided to fully embrace the South Korean ** chain cooperation model.
According to Yeux1122, a well-known Korean blogger, Apple is actively developing a folding screen iPhone, and has cooperated with a number of first-class chain manufacturers, and the most important partners are from South Korea.
The news pointed out that Apple will not only launch iPad folding screen products, but also launch iPhone folding screen, and has been in contact with a number of Korean screen manufacturers and component manufacturers, hoping to bring a better interactive experience.
As we all know, in the field of folding screens, Huawei and South Korea's Samsung have the most patents, Yu Chengdong once said that "Huawei's folding screen technology is far ahead", becoming the only manufacturer in the world with three mass production technologies: inner folding, outer folding, and clamshell folding. Especially in the hinge part of the most advanced technology, Yu Chengdong said at the press conference that "all folded up without gaps mobile phones, all use Huawei patents", but these technologies have been taken by some manufacturers, and do not pay patent fees, domestic friends do not respect intellectual property rights, foreign manufacturers are relatively better.
Apple obviously doesn't want to have too much entanglement with Huawei, the iPhone folding screen has some new understanding in terms of hinges and screens, and Apple hopes to launch a disruptive product that makes technological differentiation.
First of all, the hinge part, Apple wants the iPhone folding screen to be composed of a series of interconnect devices, with a crescent-shaped slot design, rather than a water drop or U-shaped hinge. This design not only avoids the use of Huawei patents, but also can better support the screen when bending, protecting the screen from being less susceptible to wear and tear after long-term use.
The screen is also very different from the previously released products, Apple will not buy Samsung screens separately, hoping that the latter will make a flexible screen and a fuselage shell connected together structure. The advantage of this is that the screen strength is higher, and it is not easy to damage the flexible structure, Samsung made samples for Apple to test, but it is not clear whether Apple is satisfied with the products made by Samsung, and it is estimated that Samsung and South Korea** are anxiously waiting for Apple's feedback.
Huawei and Samsung launched a mass-produced version of the folding screen mobile phone in 2019, and then domestic manufacturers chose to follow up, and the current global annual sales have reached about 20 million units, becoming one of the choices of high-end users. Even if Apple launches the iPhone folding screen this year, it has been five years behind mainstream competitors, and it does not have an advantage in terms of publicity and experience, and it must make a blockbuster product. Apple's advantage lies in its strong control over the hardware chain, on the other hand, it can make the most in-depth interaction with the operating system, and it is expected that Apple's first folding screen is refreshing.
Friends, what do you think of Apple's plan to launch an iPhone folding screen, refuse to use Huawei's patents, and embrace the Korean ** chain?