Although there is no unified standard for distinguishing high-end mobile phones in the industry, most high-end flagship models in the machine circle have some similarities. At present, performance is no longer the primary standard for distinguishing high-end models, and the price

Although there is no unified standard for distinguishing high-end mobile phones in the industry, most high-end flagship models in the machine circle have some similarities. At present, performance is no longer the primary standard for distinguishing high-end models, and the price alone is also somewhat one-sided. The most obvious commonality is that the appearance id design of each high-end flagship

Appearance ID is a very abstract concept because each manufacturer has its own aesthetic understanding. The intuitive class is simply listed as an organic combination of the back cover, lens module style, border design and grip feel of a model. This is an important watershed for each model to create a flagship-level "delicate feeling".

The current situation is that the flagship mobile phones on Android love large screen curved surfaces + curved borders. Taking the domestic Huawei and Xiaomi as examples, this is true for the classic Huawei mate50 series or the popular Xiaomi 12S Ultra. The front uses curved or micro-curved screens, and with their respective back cover id designs, it has left two impressive product impression tags on this year's machine circle.

and Apple in recent years, I have loved the design of straight screen and right-angle borders for ten minutes. Apple seems to have always been loyal to the mainstream, perhaps because of a compromise to weight, or for the convenience of space utilization, it is willing to risk the user's "cutting hands" and "sharp" complaints about the user's feel, and it also needs to continue to be equipped with right-angle borders on several generations of new phones.

0 Which design is better for right-angle borders and curved borders has been arguing online for a long time. This contradiction stems from the separation of texture and feel. The curved surface has good visual effect but is easy to touch by mistake, right angles are tough, but the edges are easily poor due to the "sharp feeling". If the unity of experience and texture was not guaranteed in the past because of technological limitations, then in the current era of technological maturity, most people in the market are looking forward to more and more "the best of both worlds" solutions.

For example, in terms of appearance id design, Xiaomi in China is definitely the most special one. It deeply explains how to leave a unique market impression on each generation of digital flagship through non-continuity design. According to the latest official news from Xiaomi, the upcoming Xiaomi 13, as a flagship model, rarely adopts a right-angle frame design, and the four sides have a narrow 1.61mm and 1.88mm that are nearly as narrow as four sides.

Regarding the issue of right-angle border cutting hands that users often discuss, Lei Jun also posted a blog saying that 2.5D bulges will be made on the edge, and the back cover will still have a four-curve design. This design with a right angle 2.5D in the front and four-curve back should be the "product impression" that Xiaomi wants to set the tone for this generation of small-sized flagships. That is, the "straight-screen and vertical edge" rare in the industry, a small-sized flagship that takes into account both visual effects and feel.

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The "texture" of high-end flagships has always been a very metaphysical thing. Manufacturers will consider many other factors when designing the appearance of mobile phones. Beauty is just the result, and technology is the most essential starting point. It can be said that the appearance id of each mobile phone has become one after another comprehensive mobile phone design ability test.

Nowadays, more and more "the best of both worlds" design solutions are implemented, which indirectly proves the continuous progress of industry technology. For example, Xiaomi and Apple mentioned above, no matter how consumers complain about the two border designs, this is essentially a necessary process for both parties to continuously improve their own technical and product capabilities.