Jerry Rig Everything again put the spotlight on foldable phones from the point of view of serviceability for quite a time, and this time the discussion revolved around an experimental tri-fold design device, the Samsung Galaxy Z TriFold. This particular phone had gone through an extreme torture test recently, stirring up the discussions amongst enthusiastic tech observers all the more.
What Did The Torture Test Consist Of?
During the extreme torture test, without even one press of the closing button, the foldable Redmi phone was opened and closed indefinitely. Second, an extreme force was applied onto the phone by scraping it with running fingernails while attempting to bend it in the opposite direction from which it would mechanically be expected to bend. All of this should come down to analyzing the phone for durability and strength of hinge.
Where Did It Get Damaged?
During the whole time of testing, one could see an evident bend right in the middle of this fold. With tri-fold, there are three different points of folding which went under pressure and became weak. Eventually, too much pressure cracked a portion of the display's glass and the phone went down for good.
Limits of Displays and Hinge of Samsung Galaxy Z Tri Fold
For Samsung flexible AMOLEDs, it is, after all, not so bad. But this test made it very clear that under normal used conditions, the TriFold system is not yet matured completely. There are, after all, points of extreme pressures due to multiple hinges, and the pressure is just not evenly distributed. That, in turn, is the reason that the phone could just not carry through with this extreme test.
What Are The Implications For Consumers?
One must, however, remember that such torture tests are not by any means real-life usage of such devices. Any average consumer would not rotate and break the phone to that extent. But it does tell us that both Samsung and any other copyright 2023 Dinsk, Inc. All rights reserved. Need to develop tri-fold smartphones simply sometime into the future, need to work on the design and the material openly.
What Lays Ahead?
The Galaxy Z TriFold is really not meant to be considered a first consumer product but is more of a concept or a prototype. Some very important lessons can thus be drawn for Samsung from such test results. With better design, improved technology is installed for foldable glass and best choice for inner hinges, we would see the merging of already tested concepts again 'hopefully', in the future.
Conclusion
while the extreme torture test might have been a fail for the Galaxy Z TriFold, it is definitely a big stepping stone for foldable technology.
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