The proportion of mobile phone screens is getting higher and higher, and the border is getting narrower and narrower. With the improvement of appearance, people are more and more worried about breaking the screen. At the same time, the verticality of the mobile phone market is becoming more and more obvious. There are promising high refresh, high resolution, A-screen gorgeous, and never slave LCD. The demand is diverse, but manufacturers cannot launch various versions of screens.

However, on August 4, a patent issued by Xiaomi was released through the famous rendering website letsgodigital, which shows us the dawn of low-cost screen replacement and free screen matching. This is also a classic modular design. The screen is made into an independent module, which is connected to the body through two rows of contacts on the back. It may be to stabilize the structure and protect the screen, the main body of the machine still has bulges on both sides of the screen. Interestingly, on the patent drawing of Xiaomi, the design of hidden front camera is still used

The core SoC, motherboard, camera, battery and speaker of the mobile phone are all on the back cover of the main body, so the screen module really only has a screen. The fuselage part has dual camera and three camera options. For users who often slip off their mobile phones, this scheme can replace the broken screen by themselves after it is broken, and the cost of changing the screen should be much lower. In addition, users can also "save phones" like "save phones", select the screen version and body they need, and save a lot of unnecessary hardware costs.

However, the concept of modular mobile phones has long been passed“ From entry to giving up ". From Google Project Ara in 2013 to the detachable chin of LG G5 (the music chin module, we Love to play computer games Still in use), and then to Moto Z, the Hasu back cover that overturned the car, there is no module that can shine Mobile phone products.

After all, mobile phones are products that pursue appearance and portability, and high integration is justice. The thickness and weight that modular products sacrifice for customization is exactly their own lifeline. However, it is still hoped that some manufacturers will bravely materialize various modular patents. Even if it is "certain next time", it is better to choose more patterns in the market.

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