Samsung Fold3 has entered mass production, and a new era is coming.

At present, Samsung is the richest manufacturer of folding screen product line. The folding screen models sold by Samsung include the folding Galaxy Z Fold 2 and the clamshell Galaxy Z Flip 2, and the Samsung W2 1 jointly launched by China Telecom, in which W2 1 is improved from the Galaxy Z Fold 2.

Now that these three folding screen phones have been released for a long time, it's time to iterate.

On the 22nd of this month, Roland Quandt said that the mass production of Galaxy Z Fold3 and Galaxy Z Flip 3 has been fully launched.

And recently, Galaxy Z Fold 3 has also passed BIS certification in India, and it is not far from the release according to this posture.

Another news is that it has been revealed recently that the China special edition of Samsung's "Heart is the World" W22 based on Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 3 will also be launched, and its equipment code is SM-W2022.

It is also mentioned that the 7.56-inch inner screen of the upcoming Galaxy Z Fold 3 will be equipped with off-screen camera technology.

It is worth mentioning that all the proceeds from the series "Heart is the World" will be used for charity.

As a first-line mobile phone manufacturer, Samsung often brings some new technologies to consumers in new products.

In fact, it is not a day or two to break the news about the camera under the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 3 screen.

So what about off-screen cameras that frequently break the news at present?

It turned out that some time ago, Aroged, a foreign media reporter, broke out new advertisement screenshots suspected of Galaxy Z Fold and Galaxy Z Flip.

The slogan in one of the renderings indicates that the new product will be equipped with off-screen camera technology.

And the off-screen camera is something that many digital enthusiasts have been waiting for for a long time, right? How is the camera under the screen realized?

For the technology of taking pictures under the screen, the most difficult thing is how to increase the light input of the front camera and increase the function of "portrait mode" as much as possible while ensuring the imaging quality.

However, in order to hide, the front camera must be hidden behind the screen panel, which will inevitably be covered by screen pixels, so there is a congenital short board with insufficient light.

In order to solve this problem, the most direct way is to improve the light transmittance of the screen or insert a larger area of CMOS and lens.

If a larger area of photosensitive element is blocked, it will inevitably lead to a longer flange distance. As a result, the design of the internal space of the fuselage becomes difficult and the thickness of the fuselage increases.

If you do this, wouldn't you take the old road of mechanical structure taking the initiative to attack again?

I can't accept it!

In that case, let's move on the screen.

We can first make all parts of the screen transparent except the organic light-emitting diodes and organic light-emitting materials, and then enhance the light transmittance by adjusting the pixel layout and reducing the screen thickness.

However, this will inevitably lead to the reduction of the display effect.

For example, Axon 20 released by ZTE last year is a pixel cutting scheme. To put it bluntly, the sub-pixels of the lens are cut down according to a certain proportion, so that more light shines into the lens through the gap.

So that the lens blocked by the screen can be exposed!

But the dew is exposed. Yes

Because the camera part has been roughly edited, not only the display quality of this area is very different from other positions.

Its off-screen initiative is not ideal, and its initiative score in DXOMARK is even only 26 points. In contrast, a casual mobile phone now costs 70-80 points.

Alas, even a real straight man doesn't want such a straight man to take a positive photo.

So it is not difficult to understand why ZTE is only used on low-end models from 2 198 yuan, and its sales volume is not ideal. At best, I earned a cup for "China Cool Alliance" ZTE.

If ZTE's off-screen active shooting is asking for directions, then Samsung is directly open, which is tens of thousands of dollars.

Samsung is confident to use it on such an expensive model, and we have reason to think that the quality of its off-screen camera and screen has reached a good level.

In terms of the screen of Galaxy Z Fold 3, there were also people who broke the news before.

Galaxy Z Fold 3 will use a new generation of UTG ultra-thin glass and cancel the screen polarizer, and the screen transmittance of Galaxy Z Fold 3 will also reach 40%.

However, due to the addition of the S Pen, the screen needs to be equipped with a sensing layer that supports the S Pen stylus, so the Galaxy Z Fold 3 will be thicker than the Galaxy Z Fold 2.

The battery capacity has also dropped from 4500mAh to 4250mAh. However, due to the elimination of the screen polarizer, the screen will save more electricity and the brightness will be higher than before. In this way, the reduction of battery capacity will not cause any difference in experience.

However, compared with how high the configuration is and how powerful the technology is, the fruit is still more concerned about whether the price of the folding screen mobile phone can be reduced. Now even the Xiaomi MIX Fold from 9999 yuan is hard to become the first folding screen mobile phone for young people, right?

In the second half of 20021,Google, Xiaomi, vivo and Glory all have the opportunity to bring new folding screen products.

Therefore, under such a big wave of folding screens, more and more manufacturers will share R&D and production costs for folding screens. On June 5438+ 10 this year, Samsung will also produce folding screen panels for Xiaomi, vivo and Google, and the price of folding screen mobile phones is expected to further drop this year.

It is also reported that the cost of Samsung's upcoming Galaxy Z Fold 3 and Galaxy Z Flip 3 will be lowered by 20%, so the price of Galaxy Z Fold 3 may be around 1.599 USD, and the price of Galaxy Z Flip 3 is around 959 USD.

However, even if it is so much cheaper, it has nothing to do with fruit. Please don't call me until 3000 yuan is stacked. Thank you.

However, while the price is lowered, it may also be because of the compromise of new technology on experience. If so, is it lucky or unfortunate to reduce the price?

In recent years, the development of smartphone screen appearance seems to have reached a bottleneck. The current mobile phone screen panel has almost no recognition. If the off-screen camera is mature, the front panels of major manufacturers will be more strikingly consistent.

The shape of the border can be changed, but the screen itself is difficult to change.

Nowadays, mobile phones are no longer the exciting times with special-shaped screens, perforated screens and mechanical structures.

Maybe you can only pin your hopes on folding screens and scrolling screens, or surround screens.

So, what is your ideal future screen?