In terms of folding screens this year, Samsung Galaxy fold launched in the United States, while Huawei launched its own products in Spain on the 24th. They can be said to set a tone for 2019: 5g and new technology. The new Huawei mate x supports 55W super fast charging! Who is better than Samsung fold?
Huawei mate x
Oppo's 10 times hybrid optical zoom technology, which was introduced on the 23rd, is full of 16mm-160mm equivalent anxiety highlights. We can take more detailed and clear photos in the field experience. Huawei's first 5g folding screen mobile phone mate X was released later than Samsung fold, so it needs to be faced with the trouble of "Zhu Yu is ahead" users' preconceptions. Besides 5g, what are the highlights of mate X that can support it? Can it compete with Samsung's fold?
"Eagle wing" folding mode
We have the impression that the screen is a component of "rather than bending". Until the advent of flexible screen, it is possible for mobile phones to fold, and there are many problems to solve the problem of screen folding. Huawei introduced that mate X's folding screen adopts an external folding design (Huawei calls it "Eagle wing design").
Huawei mate x
The machine is designed with four layers of structure to solve the problems faced by folding. The top layer is the screen protection layer of polymer material, the second layer is the flexible screen that can be bent, the third layer is the soft rubber support plate, and the bottom layer is the shaft. Yu Chengdong stressed that after mate X was folded, there was no gap at the folding place, and the front and back screens were almost parallel, while the folding places of other competitors had large gaps.
Size change before and after folding
Huawei mate x uses a full screen. In the folded state, the display on the front of Huawei mate x is about 6.6 inches, with a resolution of 2480 & times; 1148 pixels, 19.5:9; the back screen is 6.38 inches, with a resolution of 2480 & times; 892 pixels, with a ratio of 25:9.
Huawei mate x
The expanded screen has a resolution of 2480 & times; 2200 and a scale of 8:7.1 (approaching Square). The display screen has no bangs or holes, and the thinnest part of the fuselage is 5.4mm when the screen is unfolded. After folding, the thickness is 11mm, which looks thin.
Main hardware parameters
Huawei mate x carries the two top technologies of 5g and folding technology, and its hardware is naturally generous. The Qilin 980 + 5g multi-mode baseband chip Baron 5000 has no suspense. The front and back camera are designed in one. The Leica three camera system is located in the vertical bar holding structure on the right side of the back of the screen. Whether the mobile phone is folded or not, the three lenses will not be blocked. In addition, mate x is internally equipped with four 5g antennas to enhance the signal.
Huawei mate x
When photographing the scene, you can take pictures directly with the rear camera when the screen is unfolded. In this way, the viewfinder can be seen more clearly through the large screen. When taking selfie, the screen can be folded (the screen on one side of the camera is facing itself), so that you can easily take selfie with one hand. When taking photos for others, the folding state can be used to take photos, so that not only the photographer can see the view taking picture through the front screen, but also the photographed can see their own pictures through the folding screen on the back, making the photos more interactive.
Huawei mate x
There are make complaints about make complaints about life. Tucao is internally placed two batteries, but the total battery capacity is 4500mAh. Compared with the 3300mah of Xiaomi 9, it's a circle larger, but it's not much higher than other mainstream flagship. In order to make thin mobile phones, there's no way to cut the endurance. However, in order to make up for the battery's endurance problem, mate x is equipped with the latest 55W fast charging device. The official said that mate x can be charged with 3825mah in 30 minutes, depending on good and bad.
Compare Samsung fold
Comparing Huawei mate x with Samsung fold, apart from the difference of literal parameters, the biggest difference comes from their design concept. Samsung Galaxy fold adopts the fold in design, while Huawei mate x adopts the fold out design. Yu Chengdong said at the conference that the benefits of folding out are that mate X has a larger screen size and no gap in the fuselage. In order to prevent blocking the camera, the right side of the folding screen in Samsung fold has opened a gap. Mate x can support dual screen display and multi task processing, while Samsung fold can support three application displays.
No matter inside folding screen or outside folding screen, they are facing more problems of falling resistance. In contrast, Huawei mate x screen is "naked" outside, without a protective cover, falling to the ground is basically equivalent to a broken screen. Samsung's fold screen is designed to be wrapped, which can protect the phone to some extent even if it falls to the ground.
In terms of price, Huawei mate x only has 8GB of memory + 512gb of storage, which costs 2299 euros (about 17500 yuan), and has not yet announced the time of sale. Yu Chengdong said it may be available in June this year. Samsung fold, priced at US $1980 (about 13300 yuan), will go on sale on April 26, 2019, with a price difference of 42, 000.
Price comparison
Finally, Samsung fold said it could support 200000 folds without any problem when it was released, while Yu Chengdong didn't disclose the durable data of its folding screen at the mate x conference. The inner folding screen bends the screen inward. The pressure in the folding area comes from squeezing when folding, while the outer folding screen stretches the screen outward. The pressure in the folding area comes from pulling. I think the outer folding stretching is more prone to fatigue. In terms of folding reliability, Huawei mate x is not as reliable as Samsung fold. At the Huawei mate x conference, we were unable to experience the real machine, which means that the engineering machine debugging has not been completed or is still defective. On the one hand, oppo and Xiaomi have blocked 5g in advance, and on the other hand, Samsung's folding screen takes the lead. As for the final market performance of mate x, let's look at its next performance.