After the release of Xiaomi Mi MIX, the term “full-screen” began to be widely used. Today, it seems to be called “full screen” when the screen is higher than in the past. The most important feature of full-screen is: while ensuring portability, increase the display area of the phone screen as much as possible, which is often mentioned by manufacturers as “screen-to-body ratio”, the higher the screen-to-body ratio, the stronger the visual impact, and the more consumers will be happy to accept.
Now most manufacturers to enhance the screen ratio can be said to be riveting, all the design, experience, features to make way for the full screen, even at the expense of the experience to pursue more extreme full screen.
Xiao Lei must admit that the full screen is a necessary stage in the development of cell phones, full screen iPhone X, Xiaomi MIX, OPPO Find X without exception can leave a very deep impression on the user. Even the iPhone X with bangs, its visual impact is far more intense than the iPhone 8, also let the iPhone successfully get rid of the “forehead stop aircraft carrier” flirtation. In order to achieve the real “true full-screen” design, cell phone manufacturers continue to make efforts to make their own products infinitely closer to this concept, but from the experience, it seems to be a step backwards.
Appearance evolution, experience degradation
Before the introduction of full-screen phones, most phones on the market have a large forehead and a long chin, the former is used to place the front camera, microphone and other components, the latter is used to place some physical buttons, some models will be equipped with a physical fingerprint unlock button.
Years later, I started to hate the full-screen design
In the era of full-screen, some cell phone manufacturers to pursue the ultimate full-screen design at the expense of the user experience: such products as OPPO Find X, Xiaomi MIX3 is a typical case, through the slide and lift the way the sensor “hidden” in the bottom of the screen, but every time you need to use but must be the The sensor module must be “popped out” every time you need to use it. Although the official service life of hundreds of thousands of times, but in any case is not as convenient and durable than the traditional phone.
Now, years later, I hate full-screen designs
In fact, whether it is a sliding cover or lift design, these are only manufacturers to “reduce” the sensor space and the introduction of temporary solutions, more complex body structure, the increase is not only the manufacturing cost of the phone, but also occupy the body of the internal space of inches.
There are some manufacturers are using the premise of retaining functionality to improve the screen ratio, strictly speaking this type of phone can not be called a true full-screen design, at most just a slightly higher screen ratio of the phone. Samsung S8 is also the same, in order to improve the screen ratio of the front of the screen will be fingerprint recognition module to the lens module, the experience is not good. But it has the advantage of not destroying the unity of the back of the body, the overall more beautiful.
Years later, I started to hate the full-screen design
Both of these ideas come at the expense of user experience, and the benefits seem to be only a momentary shock to the senses. The visual impact of a true full-screen is certainly good, but the disadvantages can be quite a bit, such as: the regression of the recognition rate and speed of the screen fingerprint, the regression of the quality of the front camera, the risk of dust accumulation and mechanical damage to the sliding cover or lift structure, the risk of poor signal due to the elimination of the breathing light and the constant shrinking of the antenna area.
Today’s solution is not good enough
Initially, the real full-screen products are like “catching ducks on the shelf”, focusing only on the changes in appearance, without taking into account the user experience. As the concept of full-screen and products gradually mature, manufacturers have come up with their own solutions for the aforementioned downgrading experience.
First, take biometric identification for example, Apple it thought of 3D structured light, using face recognition to replace the previous entity fingerprint recognition program. 3D structured light technology is still flawed, first of all, there are certain requirements for the exposure rate of the face, in wearing a mask, or side face lying on the bed, it is not guaranteed 100% recognition success. But its appearance can replace the traditional capacitive fingerprint unlocking program to a certain extent, higher security, unlocking speed is considered its advantage. But the disadvantage is to make a large area on the screen to place these sensors, but also let the iPhone become our mouth “bangs screen”.
Most Android manufacturers are retaining the fingerprint unlock operation, but it is the fingerprint recognition module to the screen below, which we often see today is the screen fingerprint unlock. The drawbacks of on-screen fingerprint unlocking are not discussed here first, whether it is practical or not, this will be one of the mainstream solutions for future phones.
Years later, I started to hate the full-screen design
The earpiece is an indispensable component of the phone, but it is also a hurdle on the road to a true full-screen. Xiaomi MIX had to use a piezoelectric ceramic vibration system in order to hide the earpiece, which improved the aesthetics, but the actual experience was not good. This program has been officially eliminated on the MIX II, and no manufacturer should follow up.
Years later, I started to hate the full-screen design
The subsequent full-screen phones are using the micro slit earpiece solution, which is a super miniature can only listen to a loud on the small earpiece, not only the sound quality is not good, the experience in a noisy environment is also bad. Screen sound technology, not to mention a variety of programs, but the practicality is too low, the user simply do not want to accept.
How to “hide” the front camera is also the focus of manufacturers, in addition to the above-mentioned sliding cover, lift program, like bangs, water droplets and now the mainstream of the hole in the screen are manufacturers in order to full-screen and have to compromise the helplessness of the move. From the aesthetic point of view, this type of design is not as harmonious as the traditional top and bottom symmetrical design, but manufacturers are determined to choose the closest to the true full-screen “shaped screen” design for a higher screen-to-body ratio.
Years later, I started to hate the full-screen design
But the good thing is that some manufacturers have begun to develop under-screen camera technology, Xiaomi, OPPO, Vivo have shown their concept machine. According to industry sources, the fastest models with under-screen cameras will be officially mass-produced in the first quarter of 2021, and mass production in the second half of the year, in other words, we will be able to see a lot of front all a screen phone. But how the actual effect, whether the “true full-screen” and sacrifice the display effect, we do not know.
The future of the full-screen
Full-screen does not appear for no reason, but the inevitable result of the design concept of narrow bezel to the extreme. From the market trend, brand innovation, supply chain system, want to create a very powerful full-screen cell phone requires extremely deep technical accumulation and sufficient research and development funds.
Years later, I started to hate the full-screen design
Full-screen may not be that important to consumers, but it is important to cell phone manufacturers. Smartphones since the moment of birth, the trend of convergence can not be avoided, full-screen is considered the only breakthrough point for continuous innovation in the era of large cell phone screens. Now, everyone is heading in a similar direction, and the smartphone market is gradually converging as a result.
In Xiao Lei’s opinion, today’s full-screen is still in the immature stage, its development direction must be correct, but at present there are relatively more trade-offs to be made. When the under-screen camera technology and high resolution can coexist, then the phone will be able to enter the real “full-screen” era, of course, until the full-screen also sucks after the street, manufacturers have to start thinking about the next “battlefield”, like before Samsung, Huawei released Folding screen may be a new way out.
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