Samsung Galaxy Z Fold5 may feature a waterdrop-like folding screen design

Folding screen mobile phones have been developed for several years, and more and more manufacturers have begun to invest in development, but screen creases are a common problem for everyone. Samsung, a leading manufacturer, recently reported that it may launch a revised folding structure to further reduce the screen size. crease, while still retaining the water resistance of the Galaxy Z series.

▲ The picture shows the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 4.

At present, the screen folding design of folding screen mobile phones is roughly divided into two schools. The U-shaped structure represented by Samsung Z series products can concentrate the creases at the folds, but the creases are relatively deep. Chinese manufacturers prefer to use the drop-shaped structure. Although the creases Shallower, but because the structure has a larger range of active areas, the range of unevenness is mostly wider than the U-shaped structure.

South Korean media ET News brought news that Samsung’s next-generation folding mobile phone will adopt a new folding screen structure, and the new design will also form a water drop shape at the folding part of the screen, but Samsung’s structure will fit the two screens when folding, which improves the original After the U-shaped structure is folded, there will be gaps in the fuselage, which can also improve the durability of the folding structure and overcome the shortcomings of the drop-shaped design.

▲ Samsung applied for a patent for the folding structure described in the report in 2016, and it seems that it will use the bottom plate to solve the problem of too wide folding creases of water droplets.

Ice Universe, who broke the news, additionally revealed the folding structure of this “small water droplet” on Twitter, which is called a dumbbell (dumbbell) design inside Samsung, and will be able to be waterproof. Most folding mobile phones use water drop design in the folding structure. At present, except for the Samsung Galaxy Z series, there is no real waterproof function. If the rumor is true, it will be a breakthrough in folding technology, but how can the new structure reduce the crease? The extent, and what changes will be made in width and depth, is still worth waiting to see.

Citing source:ET News (Korean)