Although not everyone is on board yet, one of the things I love most about flexible display technology is the way it allows phone designers to truly get creative with new designs. D.Facilitates a partnership with a Japanese design company Nento, Oppo’s new three-hinged slider phone may be one of the more interesting ideas.
Simply dubbing “Slide phone”—EAlthough Oppo’s new device is a concept, for now-It provides a neat twist The traditional flip phone design allows users to unlock the phone in a total of seven different positions by attaching an upper part with three different hinges.
Oppo and Nento say the inspiration behind the phone is to give people more flexibility and functionality from their phone by allowing only a portion of the phone to slide, to reveal time or recent announcements quickly. If anyone wants, tell me Take a selfie.
Unlike foldable phones such as Huawei Made x, It also exposes its soft flexible screen even when not fully open, the slide can be flipped back down to provide better protection against scratches from any collision on the phone when the top half of the phone is closed.
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Positioning of slide phone cameras Very important Because, By placing the second at the lowest level Oppo can use the same cameras to take cellphone and regular photos by adjusting the bending area of the hinges (when closed). This will allow you to reduce the overall number of cameras on the phone compared to the like Galaxy Z Fold2, Which has a total of five cameras (one above the outer cover screen, one punch-hole selfie camera on the main 7.6-inch flexible display and three on the back).
If that’s not enough, the slide-phone also comes with a built-in stylus for people who want to take notes or sketch, though I agree that a stylus is a somewhat unnecessary addition considering that it doesn’t have the extreme aspect ratio of a slide-phone. Seems very optimal for painting. I can even call it dishonest when fully expanded, however Oppo depends on how strong and stable those hinges can be.
Although Oppo and Nento’s concept photos for the slide-phone look sleek, which makes it hard to imagine that in light of current flexible screen technology and hinge design, Oppo can actually create a device that is deliciously thin or as elegant as seen in the pictures. Above the next two years.
So, While this is definitely innovative, the slide phone is still a concept. But what comes next for phones like the ZFold 2 with a forward-thinking look, with its concept for a phone Scrolling display, Oppo seems to be exploring how to push flexible display technology as much as possible.