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My take is Samsung went with a design which thinks of device's real life usage (thoughtful design). Whereas Huawei went for drama (stagecraft). Why? From Anand

by achow 8y ago

My take is Samsung went with a design which thinks of device's real life usage (thoughtful design). Whereas Huawei went for drama (stagecraft). Why? From Anandtech.. Huawei calls the new hinge system a “Falcon hinge”. It’s to be noted that this seems to be the weak-point of Huawei’s design as it doesn’t look nearly as refined as Samsung’s attempt. At the pre-brief we weren’t able to actually get our hands on the phone, but one unit of the presenter had a notable “waviness” of the screen where the hinge was. The number one concern of the Mate X however is the fact that it is a outwards folding phone. By nature of it being a flexible display means that we’re dealing with a polymer material which is softer than glass, and thus also more scratch prone. Samsung’s inwards folding design here will be much less prone to scratches, however the Mate X will be a quite more fragile phone in this regard. In fact it seems Huawei is aware of this as they also presented a protection case in which you can slip the whole device in, trying to address this compromise of this surely better looking, but likely less practical design. https://www.anandtech.com/show/13990/huawei-launches-the-mate-x https://www.anandtech.com/show/13990/huawei-launches-the-mat...

entity345 8y ago
> Huawei calls the new hinge system a “Falcon hinge”. It’s to be noted that this seems to be the weak-point of Huawei’s design as it doesn’t look nearly as refined as Samsung’s attempt. The "Falcon Wing" hinge (note how they learned from Apple about coming up with catchy names) is the strong point of the Mate X: Everyone has been wowed by it and how it allows the phone to fold flat and to be thin. Questions about durability remain open both both the Fold and the Mate X. We shall see.
solarkraft 8y ago
I believe the exact opposite. Most of the time I'll want to use the phone in the folded mode and there you have the choice between a stunning full screen and an embarassing, added display. The Samsung doesn't fold flat. That makes it bulky and leads to a very problematic force distribution (2 lines). The flat folding Huawei distributes the force over the whole phone. There are already phones with OLEDs and they seem to work fine (they do have glass surfaces to distribute point loads, however). Additionally it just looks great. I'm not sure about the scratches. You could make the surface so soft it doesn't get scratched at all, but it probably wouldn't feel good. I do like matte screens that don't show scratches, but that'd slightly impair display clarity.

by achow 8y ago

entity345 8y ago

> Huawei calls the new hinge system a “Falcon hinge”. It’s to be noted that this seems to be the weak-point of Huawei’s design as it doesn’t look nearly as refined as Samsung’s attempt. The "Falcon Wing" hinge (note how they learned from Apple about coming up with catchy names) is the strong point of the Mate X: Everyone has been wowed by it and how it allows the phone to fold flat and to be thin. Questions about durability remain open both both the Fold and the Mate X. We shall see.

solarkraft 8y ago

I believe the exact opposite. Most of the time I'll want to use the phone in the folded mode and there you have the choice between a stunning full screen and an embarassing, added display. The Samsung doesn't fold flat. That makes it bulky and leads to a very problematic force distribution (2 lines). The flat folding Huawei distributes the force over the whole phone. There are already phones with OLEDs and they seem to work fine (they do have glass surfaces to distribute point loads, however). Additionally it just looks great. I'm not sure about the scratches. You could make the surface so soft it doesn't get scratched at all, but it probably wouldn't feel good. I do like matte screens that don't show scratches, but that'd slightly impair display clarity.