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In the early hours of the morning while most people in the United States were sound asleep, HTC unveiled its next-generation flagship smartphone. The HTC U11 made its debut in Taipei, emerging as a solid contender to other 2017 flagship smartphones (at least, on paper, but we’ll discuss that in a separate post). The U11 sports a unique design with what HTC refers to as “liquid design language,” characterized by smooth lines and mirror-like colored finishes that really catch light in a beautiful way. But not all of the defining elements of HTC’s U11 design are so impressive.
In 2017, every major smartphone maker is moving toward a new display design that does away with the large bezels surrounding a phone’s screen. LG’s G6 achieved a screen-to-body ratio in the high seventies, Samsung managed an 83% screen-to-body ratio on the Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+, and Apple’s upcoming iPhone 8 is expected to be even more impressive. But HTC’s new U11 sports the same old look we’ve seen for a decade now. Why isn’t HTC on board with this exciting new trend? BGR got the answer straight from the horse’s mouth.
If you checked out our
HTC U11 hands-on preview earlier this morning, you know how impressive this new flagship phone is. Available for pre-order right now
on Amazon, the HTC U11 is one of the sleekest and most stylish smartphones we’ve ever seen. At least, on the back of the phone.
The face of HTC’s new flagship smartphone is decidedly dated, featuring large spaces above and below the device’s rectangular 5.5-inch Super LCD 5 display. The U11 also still has an oblong home button beneath the screen, which is something that Samsung did away with on the Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+. We also expect Apple to ditch the home button on its upcoming iPhone 8.
So, why isn’t HTC pushing its smartphone design forward on the front of the U11, as it did around back? The answer is actually fairly simple.
In a closed-door meeting ahead of the HTC U11’s unveiling, an HTC executive told BGR that the company is indeed investigating newer smartphone trends like bezel-less displays and dual-lens camera systems. In the case of displays, however, HTC is at a clear disadvantage.
LG’s G6 and Samsung’s Galaxy S8 both have screens with barely any border around them, but LG and Samsung also both have display divisions. Since they make their own screens, they also have the ability to tailor those screens to their specific needs. HTC, of course, does not have a display division. Instead, it looks to other companies to supply smartphone components such as displays.
At this point you might be thinking about Apple. The iPhone 8 is expected to have an edgeless screen, and yet Apple doesn’t make its own display panels. Of course, Apple is uniquely positioned to work with its suppliers more closely than other smartphone companies. Because the company accounts for so much of its suppliers’ business, these suppliers build components specifically to meet Apple’s needs. HTC doesn’t quite have that kind of leverage.
In the future as these new borderless display panels become more widely available, and as the cost comes down, we’re likely to see new HTC phones with better screen-to-body ratios. In the meantime, certain aspects of the U11’s design are inevitably stuck in the past.
感想:
大概知道這個原因是因為這類面板要客製化,需要達到一定量才會量產,如同小米mix的螢幕!
從m01上資料看到大部份這類面板在各大面板廠在今年第四季才會量產!
手機廠商開啟「全面屏」競爭 下半年逐漸量產
本報記者 倪雨晴 廣州報導
在手機屏幕的進化中,液晶屏、
OLED屏、雙曲屏、柔性屏、全面屏,不斷刷新手機「顏值」。隨著上游技術的升級以及市場需求的增加,2017年以來,手機廠商們對全面屏的關注度越來越高。
近日,在新機發佈周期來臨之際,多家公司強調了全面屏這一競爭焦點。所謂全面屏「All-Screen」,是指盡量減少手機的四周邊框,屏幕均用於顯示。以最新發佈的
三星Galaxy S8為例,屏幕比例為18.5:9,基本去掉了手機的「上額」、「下巴」,消除了正面實體按鍵,達到84%的超高屏佔比,接近全面屏。
據悉,十周年版的
iPhone也將採用全面屏的
設計,此外,華為、小米、金立、魅族等手機廠商都在為全面屏新機做準備和預熱,下半年將迎來全面屏上市的高峰期。但GFK手機分析師金瑞兆告訴21世紀經濟報導記者:「目前來看,全面屏有點『雷聲大,雨點小』,今年主要用在旗艦機上,不會有大批量的量產。」
全面屏走俏
在手機同質化的當下,以顯示技術帶動外觀屏幕的變化,對消費者來說無疑是視覺上的刺激。因為不論是採用LCD還是OLED面板,使用面積的提升能夠為用戶帶來更寬闊的視角。
國內全面屏概念的興起始於去年小米MIX全面屏概念手機的推出。小米科技董事長雷軍曾公開表示,全面屏手機是未來10年的方向,今年會有全面屏手機大戰。事實上,此前夏普曾上市一款名為AQUOS Crystal的全面屏手機,但是沒有面向中國發佈,加上其手機品牌影響力的滑落,當時並沒有引起太大關注。
但可以確認的是,手機廠商已經為屏幕做好了技術準備。金立董事長劉立榮在此前接受本報記者採訪時就表示,「消費者對智能手機的視頻需求越來越大,會越來越需要更大的顯示屏,但手機整體尺寸太大則影響攜帶和單手操作,因此需要更高屏佔比的手機。今年下半年手機的競爭會聚焦在全面屏上。」
而華為消費者業務CEO余承東也在近期確認,華為也會做全面屏,並且要做上下全機身的全面屏。同時,網上不斷曝光的iPhone、小米6/6 Plus和魅族魅藍E2的全面屏設計也吸引了不少眼球。
綜合商家的布局來看,全面屏的普及期即將到來,但是首先會在旗艦高端機型上進行使用,不會成為街機。
在第一手機研究院院長孫燕飈看來,國內廠商紛紛轉向全面屏的一個因素在於OLED屏幕的資源短缺,「廠商想用高屏佔比來彌補屏幕資源緊缺,全面屏確實在手機結構上有技術提升,因此也成為手機公司的創新亮點,在高端機上應用能夠提升利潤。」
等待量產
屏幕的進化為市場帶來活力的同時,全面屏的大面積普及還需要時間,在產業鏈和技術上均有不成熟之處。小米MIX就因備貨不足遭到質疑。
目前來看,三星將曲面和全面屏相結合的產品是市面上的典型案例,但是也以後置指紋觸摸作為代價。前置指紋感測器是手機的設計趨勢,在全面屏的外觀下,前置指紋識別就需要用到光學指紋技術,但是該技術仍不夠成熟,無法做到商用量產。因此,體驗稍遜的後置指紋觸摸也成為業內對三星S8的一大指摘。而要達到100%的屏佔比,聽筒、感測器等技術瓶頸還需要解決。
除了技術難題外,屏幕短期內依舊是一大制約因素。劉立榮就表示:「全面屏的屏幕資源還比較緊缺,預計到今年10月份才能實現大規模量產。」據悉,全面屏的酣戰將始於今年下半年。
儘管整體來看,手機屏幕的供應並不緊張,但群智諮詢副總經理李亞琴告訴21世紀經濟報導記者:「全面屏在集中上量期,可能出現結構性緊張。目前量產的面板廠比較少,主要是三星和JDI日本顯示,下半年其他面板廠才會陸續量產。而第一批全面屏手機主要是跟JDI合作為主。」 到了今年下半年,國內的京東方、天馬微電子、和輝光電等面板廠商都會加入供應商行列。
根據群智諮詢(Sigmaintell)的報告,目前全面屏主要是採用COG/COF(均為封裝技術)方案,由於全面屏的製程良率相對較低,雖然對於產能消耗起到積極作用,但是成本仍然相對較高,預計今年整機廠將主要在中高端市場試水。同時,今年全面屏上遊資源仍然以境外面板廠為主,下半年
大陸面板廠全面屏資源將逐步實現量產,推動整機廠全面屏上量。
群智諮詢預測,2017年
全球全面屏智能手機的出貨規模約為1.3-1.5億台,佔比約為10%。2018年,隨著各大上游面板廠全面屏技術的不斷成熟,將迎來全面屏智能機的普及期。
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