Last yr Tecno introduced a rollable phone idea known as the Phantom Ultimate. This was simply a idea, although, seen solely in demo movies – however now the corporate has some precise prototypes and introduced them to the MWC. We received some hands-on time with the Ultimate and a couple of different fascinating concepts which are brewing over at Tecno HQ.
The Phantom Ultimate could by no means develop into a retail product, however it’s now a actual working system. The phone begins off with a 6.55” show that wraps across the left edge. At the push of a button, it grows wider and as extra display spools out the diagonal grows to 7.11” (with a completely different facet ratio, in fact), all within the span of 1.3 seconds.
The Tecno Phantom Ultimate extends and shrinks as wanted
There is a “second show” on the again – we put that in quotes because it’s really the principle (and solely) show that’s rolled across the again. Here the show is seen by a glass window, so that you don’t have to fret about damaging it. It’s a intelligent use of what’s already there.
The rise of foldable telephones have pushed Android to develop better help for screens abruptly changing their measurement and facet ratio. The Tecno Phantom Ultimate is a good demonstration of that too because the UI and apps regulate after you prolong or shrink the show.
The UI dynamically regulate to the brand new display measurement
The system measures 9.93mm thick, which was once slimmer than any foldable, although some horizontal folding fashions have now reached under the 10mm mark.
While Tecno continues to be experimenting with rollable telephones, it already has two foldables available on the market – the Phantom V Fold and the V Flip. The firm’s engineers have been busy dreaming up methods to make them better.
One factor that they’ve provide you with known as Borderless Foldable Main Screen . It’s fairly self descriptive – it’s a modification of how the Ultra Thin Glass (UTG) is connected to the phone that permits the producer to shrink the bezel across the display, giving it a better screen-to-body ratio.
Borderless Foldable Main Screen
At final yr’s MWC Tecno unveiled the Chameleon Color Technology – mainly, a panel on the again that may be set to one in every of a number of thousand colours. This is achieved with sub-micron prisms that may be rotated by a magnetic area.
Chameleon Color Technology on a flip foldable phone
This signifies that the impact wants ambient mild to work, however on the flip facet it makes use of little or no energy – on the order of milliamps. And it’s fairly quick too, needing simply 0.03s to shift to a completely different color. Additionally, Tecno says that this has a very lengthy service life so that you don’t want to fret about it carrying out.
For extra of Tecno’s superior ideas, take a look at the Tecno Pocket Go and Tecno Dynamic 1.