Folding smartphones with a second outer screen are more and more common
Folding smartphones with a second outer screen are more and more common
2024-07-31
When was the last time you used a folding phone? Smartphones that can fold and have a second outer screen are more and more common. Most of the big smartphone companies have released a folding phone. The one conspicuous exception is Apple. Many people still find the idea of a folding phone unappealing, maybe because it reminds them of the flip phones of the 2000s. But the new generation of folding phones are a different kettle of fish. Let’s take a look at some of the new folding phones and the state of this growing market.
More and more phone brands are offering folding models. No need to open the phone to view this 4.01-inch outer screen, on which you can read messages, reply using a full keyboard, make phone calls or watch YouTube videos.
They’re also convenient for taking selfies. This 50 megapixel Leica lens easily handles backlighting and dark environments.
Wang Lu-hsuen
Phone brand product manager
The outer screen and the inner screen have the same resolution, 1.5K. They have the same 3000 nit peak brightness. When you try them out, you don’t find the outer screen to be lacking in resolution or brightness.
Kisplay
Electronics expert
The biggest problem with folding phones is their bulkiness. If they could be thinner and lighter, consumers would definitely be more open to them. And small-sized folding phones are actually already growing quite fast in Taiwan.
Another brand shows off a different selling point: a folding phone can easily turn into an automatic translator, with each screen giving translations in a separate language. Global sales of folding phones set a six-quarter high this quarter, and all the big brands want in on the act.
The Motorola folding phone has a 4-inch outer screen. Its axle has been tested to withstand 600,000 opens. The Xiaomi international flip phone has made its debut in Taiwan, with an outer screen of 4.1 inches. Its USP is that you can use apps without needing to open the phone. Samsung has already released many generations of folding phones, and is incorporating more apps and functions, the most exciting of which is that two-sided translator. But what about Apple?
Liao A-hui
Electronics expert
Apple tends to be a late starter. They usually wait until a product is more mature or there are more applications, before they launch it. It’s possible that we’ll first see a folding tablet or a folding computer from Apple. I think they won’t get going with the phones so fast.
Apple launches its iPhone 16 range in September, but it doesn’t include a folding phone. Recent reports have suggested that a folding phone is in development at Apple, but it won’t see the light of day until 2026 at the earliest. Apple addicts are already on the edge of their seats.
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折疊手機大戰PK功能應用! 雙面即時翻譯.大尺寸外螢幕
2024-07-31
折疊手機已成為各大品牌新戰場，三星最新一代手機，能化身即時翻譯機，Motorola則是強調轉軸設計，能減少螢幕耗損，小米外螢幕最大，4.1吋可以支援應用程式，直接回訊息、打電話。至於蘋果傳出，2026年可能推折疊機，3C達人認為，折疊平板可能先上市。
越來越多手機品牌推折疊機，4.01吋的外螢幕，不用掀開手機，就能直接看訊息，用完整鍵盤回復，還可以直接打電話、看Youtube影片。
折疊手機自拍也方便，使用5000萬畫素徠卡鏡頭，逆光拍攝或在黑暗中，也能拍出美照。
[[手機品牌產品經理 王鋁渲]]
“外螢幕部分跟內螢幕做到一致的解析度，都是1.5K的，並且都有一樣的，3000nit的峰值亮度，內外螢幕體驗的時候，你不會發現說，我外螢幕可能畫質比較差，或者亮度比較低”
[[3C達人 kisplay]]
“折疊機最大的問題，就是在於它的輕薄的部分，如果可以做得更輕薄的話，消費者接受一定會更好，尤其是小型折疊機的部分，它在台灣，其實已經成長是蠻快的”
另一品牌利用折疊優勢，能變身即時翻譯機，內外螢幕顯示不同語言。全球折疊手機出貨量創六季新高，各大品牌都來搶市場。
Motorola外螢幕4吋，轉軸設計通過60萬次折疊測試，小米國際版折疊機在台首發表，外螢幕4.1吋，主打免掀開就能使用應用程式，已經推出好幾代折疊機的三星，則是結合更多應用功能，最搶眼的就是雙面翻譯。民眾好奇，那蘋果呢?
[[3C達人 廖阿輝]]
“比較後發的一個角色，他們通常等這個產品比較成熟，或是說有其他應用的時候推，或以折疊的平板，或折疊電腦先入手，都有可能，手機的話，我倒覺得應該不會這麼快”
蘋果將在九月推新機iPhone16系列，但遲遲沒見到折疊機，最近傳出蘋果有在研發，最快可能2026年問世，果粉也相當期待。
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