Oppo 'chases' new folding screen smartphone, designed quite similar to Huawei Mate X

As predicted earlier, the first half of 2019 will be the time for the explosion of 5G and the folding screen in the smartphone world and indeed it is. Just a few days after Samsung launched the smartphone screen fold the Galaxy Fold's first commercial version of the world, this morning, the second-largest smartphone maker officially introduced Huawei Mate X. with selling price up to nearly VND 60 million. And now, another big name, Oppo, is also pleading for the launch of his future strategic card with the launch of the first 'drop-in' images.

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More specifically, early today, Oppo Vice President Brian Shen suddenly shared the first images of this manufacturer's folding screen smartphone on social network Weibo. However, Brian Shen also stated in his Weibo post that Oppo still has no plans to ship this prototype device to commercial scale unless the company realizes that the market really needs. with this folding screen phone line.

"Currently, folding screens can be said to be advertising-only, much, of course, it can make our phones more flexible, but in reality, this doesn't bring the Great improvements in user experience, and it is important that the price for this product is still too high, making it difficult to get the chance to reach many users. Our folding screen, please share this article for us to know.If demand is big enough, Oppo will consider mass production. "

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Through photos shared on Weibo, it can be seen that Oppo's folding screen smartphone has a similar design with the newly launched Huawei Mate X, instead of Samsung's Galaxy Fold. This means that Oppo's smartphone will have a large OLED screen that surrounds both sides of the phone when it folds, instead of being folded inwards. There is also a fairly thick banding around the screen to accommodate the camera and other sensors.

After all, whether Oppo has decided to ship this phone or not, it is clear that we are nearing the time when folding screen phones will become relatively popular, and will most likely be Key products in the next few years, when the features and prices are better optimized. Technology that evolves hour by minute, competition and elimination in the smartphone world is taking place more fiercely than ever, and that competition will benefit users, especially in terms of selling prices. . In addition, this new move by Oppo also shows that not only the "bugaboo" comes from Korea like Samsung and LG, but now the folding screen technology has also been in the hands of many Chinese manufacturers Other like Huawei, Xiaomi and now is Oppo. The market for smart phone folding screens will be a potential land as well as difficult to predict in the future.

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