After the exposure of the first off-screen camera phone last month, more and more people began to believe that this will be the future of smart phones, because only this design can completely guarantee the integrity of the screen at present, and it can achieve a very high screen ratio without other special-shaped structures. It seems that in order to verify the idea of machine friends, many manufacturers exposed their off-screen camera phones last month. It seems that next year, the mobile phone circle will really blow up the wave of off-screen cameras. However, recently OPPO has exposed a new patent, which has brought new changes to the appearance of mobile phones.

OPPO new patent exposure, alternative folding screen

OPPO's exposure this time is a patent of "foldable terminal", which was submitted in February and officially approved last month. As can be seen from the name, this patent is actually the folding screen technology that we are familiar with. Although most of us have never used a folding screen mobile phone, I believe everyone knows that there is such a design. Samsung and Huawei are the two most mature manufacturers of folding screen technology. However, OPPO's new patent is obviously different from Huawei and Samsung, because it does not adopt the common left and right internal and external folding methods, but chooses to fold up and down, which is somewhat similar to the previous flip phone.

Worry-free body thickness increases durability

After seeing the advantages of this new technology, you will know why OPPO is so unconventional. Folding up and down can solve a big problem of folding screen mobile phone, which is the thickness of the fuselage. OPPO's folding screen technology includes a hinge with gears, which makes the fuselage thinner and thinner, which is exactly what OPPO is good at. At the same time, this new technology of OPPO will also improve the durability of folding screens. Its hinge can make the screen not leave obvious creases when folding, which is not only more durable, but also will not leave defects in appearance.

Folding screen has formed a wave, what is the future trend?

After OPPO announced the folding screen patent, it means that another big-name manufacturer has joined the ranks of folding screen mobile phones. In addition to Samsung and Huawei, which already have folding screen phones, manufacturers such as Apple and Xiaomi have also exposed related patents before. This does not mean that these manufacturers will definitely release folding screen mobile phones, but at least it proves that there is still a certain market for the appearance of folding screens. Some people even think that the folding screen appearance will become a mainstream appearance of future mobile phones, just like the camera design under the screen.

In the mobile phone circle, Samsung and Huawei have launched their own folding screen mobile phones, which have seized the high-end of the industry, and OPPO, which has outstanding domestic sales, is not weak. Even though there are many patents for folding screens in the mobile phone circle, we must admit that none of them are really perfect. The folding screen has many slots since the concept was put forward, such as the weight, thickness and durability of the fuselage. If these problems are not solved, folding screen mobile phones will not be popular in the mobile phone circle. Do you think this new patent of OPPO can solve the above shortcomings of folding screen technology?