2020:5G And Folding Screen In CES To Write Trend Directions.

A colorful slot machine and a lengthened Lincoln car. As long as the plane, a McCarran International Airport, known as the "Sin City" of Las Vegas, its city atmosphere will be crowded.

Not to mention the main road - Las Vegas Avenue - the city's iconic hotels and casinos. Venice people, mirage, Wynn, treasure island... Under the shadow of night, bright yellow lights and red and green neon interlaced the background of the city. As the protagonists of the background, those hotels and casinos seemed dignified.

But in January each year, Las Vegas's secular desire gave way to a sense of technology in the future. In January 7, 2020, the annual CES was held in Las Vegas again. This is also the fifty-third time that this event has met with the world. Thousands of exhibits are on display at the exhibition, technology companies, enthusiasts, media... People from all over the world gathered here to try and play with the tide of consumer electronics this year.

Official data revealed that on this year's CES, the number of exhibitors reached a record high, reaching 5187, an increase of 12% over the same period last year. In twenty-first Century, the economic report reporters found that 5G, 8K and folding screens became popular in CES this year.

5G is still hot.

"5G IS TAKING FLIGHT (5G is taking off)" -- on the day of the opening of CES on January 7th, at 9 a.m., a small number of small vehicles sprayed white dots of mist over the Las Vegas Avenue, piecing together these words.

Although last year has been a big heat, but this year 5G continues to heat, become a major topic of CES this year. On many enterprise stands, the 5G's super words highlight their attention to related technologies.

Before Lenovo booth, the world's first 5G PC Yoga 5G, which is newly released on this CES, is displayed in front of people. It is also the first time that the 5G connection function has been extended from the field of smart phone to the high-end computer industry.

In addition, Lenovo displayed the world's first foldable computer Thinkpad X1 Fold, which also features 5G.

"Lenovo has all along attached great importance to 5G. We are the first company in the world to make 5G phones possible by 5G module." in an interview with reporters including the twenty-first Century economic report, Lenovo Group Chairman and CEO Yang Yuanqing revealed that with the global layout and commercialization of 5G, Lenovo will have more and more 5G mobile phone products on the market. At the same time, Lenovo is also actively promoting the "equipment always online" through the great vision of 5G to realize the interconnection of all things, so as to take the lead in launching 5G PC in the industry.

Samsung has displayed its own Galaxy 5G products at the exhibition booth, including Galaxy Note 10+ 5G, Galaxy S105G, Galaxy Fold 5G, Galaxy and S105G. TCL also released three TCL 10 series smartphones on the eve of the launch of CES, including the TCL brand's first 5G mobile TCL 105G.

Matsushita released a VR glasses supporting 5G network and HDR display on this CES. According to the introduction, the VR glasses can provide high quality sound and picture effect, and support 5G network, which also ensures the transmission quality and stability.

"5G is a very big hot spot this year, and it itself is an infrastructure technology." 0glasses founder and CEO Su Bo told the twenty-first Century economic news reporter: "in the 5G era, because of network slicing, not only can it provide storage, but more importantly, it can provide power for various application scenarios. At this time, all kinds of new terminals, such as AR/VR, are likely to replace mobile phones in the future.

However, in Yang Yuanqing's view, the greater value of 5G in the future lies in the commercial IoT. Therefore, focusing on consumer electronics CES actually does not completely release the charm of 5G. "Commercial IoT will promote the intelligence of all things. These smart devices are not only consumer electronic devices, but also various equipment in airports, factories and hospitals," Yang Yuanqing pointed out. "These devices will become more intelligent after having modules such as computing, storage and networking. 5G will enhance the convenience of these connections and bring better intelligence to all walks of life. "

Folding screen explosion

Screen is the eternal topic of CES. Compared to last year, this year's CES is more striking than the outbreak of folding screens.

In the corner of the LG booth, dozens of OLED screens are pieced together into a huge curly screen, flashing a faint blue light. Under the support of 4K visual effects, many attendees stopped and put out their mobile phones to punch cards.

But the most important thing is LG's curly OLED TV. The 65 inch UHD Roll Down OLED TV features organic film instead of glass encapsulation, enabling the TV to function like a reel.

Lenovo is the first to show the new details of the world's first ThinkPadX1 Fold. According to introduction, ThinkPadX1 Fold is made of light alloy and carbon fiber, and the leather is folded in double shell. It is equipped with a 13.3 inch folding OLED display, weighing less than 2.2 pounds (1 kilograms). The monitor can switch freely in many directions and angles, and it can be folded and fully expanded.

In addition, Lenovo also shows the recently released Motorola Razr folding mobile phone. Different from the foldable thinking of mobile phones that are popular in the market today, Motorola Razr has folded the size of mobile phones to make them more compact.

At the same time, Razr carried out a double screen design. It had a small screen on the closed watch case. After opening the cell phone, it was a double size smart phone. Motorola product expert Chris Francica introduced to the twenty-first Century economic news reporter that the folding design of Razr had already tried 26 possibilities, and eventually formed the mobile phone form that is now landing through continuous research and development.

In addition, Samsung, HUAWEI, and woo technologies show their folding screens.

The reason why manufacturers are enthusiastic about folding screens is due to their visible market power. According to Sigmaintell, sales of global folding smart phones in 2019 were about 700 thousand. With the rapid decline in the cost of folding screens, it is estimated that in 2020, there will be about 4 million sales of global foldable smart terminals, and the industry will usher in explosive growth. By 2025, this figure will increase to 150 million.

Feedback from users on Motorola Razr can be seen. According to Yang Yuanqing, the Motorola Razr released in November 2019 was not originally planned for mass production in the early stage of the listing. However, due to the strong market reaction and strong demand, the original listing time had to be postponed slightly. "It is expected that 2020 will soon be on sale in the US market."