Blu wearable phone: Is it a joke or a dream?

The novelty in the field of science and technology can be said to be overwhelming. There is news every day. A few days ago, the technology circle was screened by a wearable mobile phone called Blu. Today, I want to talk to you about this mobile phone. Although I landed on the crowdfunding website, is this ideal full of reality when it comes to reality?

See the picture Blu

Blu

Regarding Blu, I think it is more troublesome to use too many articles to describe. You can understand it directly by looking at the picture. To put it simply, this phone can be bent at will, that is, it can be worn on the hand, or it can be straightened when used as a normal mobile phone.

According to the developer, Blu uses eye tracking technology. That is, for the ring-shaped state when worn on the wrist, Blu developed a "GO UI" that can track the user's eye and adjust the screen display position to get the best reading experience. In addition, this product is also waterproof, you can wear it whether you take a bath or swim. Blu also uses wireless charging technology, which is a Wi-Fi-only smartphone. It does not have an external port, so mobile phone charging is also done by wireless charging or by NFC technology.

Other "British" technologies are not introduced one by one. To sum up a sentence, that is the high-tech mobile phone we dreamed of, integrating all the current super-powered technology.

Crowdfunding on Blu: A joke

This product, called Blu, seems to me to take 3-5 years to truly realize the technical features described on the crowdfunding website and enter the commercialization stage.

Strictly speaking, Blu is not the first to propose this concept of mobile phones. The earliest idea of ​​this mobile phone was the industrial designer. About 10 years ago, around 2005, the design award "Nokia Benelux Design Awards" was established by Nokia, the mobile phone overlord at that time, in the design competition that year. The design of Nokia 888, designed by TamerNakisci, won.

BLu

This mobile phone, which was called concept design at the time, was a sensation. According to the design concept at the time, Nokia 888 is a mobile device designed for freedom and fun. It uses a liquid battery that supports voice recognition input and features a flexible touch screen. It can also change the shape according to the needs of users in different occasions. It was just not expressed in a wearable phone at the time, but it was called a bracelet phone, which was integrated with various "extraterrestrial" techniques, and then worn on the hand like a bracelet.

Standing today, the time has passed in the past 10 years. This technology mobile phone, which once seemed to be a future + distant, seems to be close at hand today. Later, in January 2010, Nokia applied for a patent for flexible LCD screens; in June of the same year, Sony proposed the concept machine of Nextep, and released a mobile phone based on soft screen technology through conceptual design.

In the following years, various technologies related to mobile phones based on flexible screen technology began to take shape, and a series of industrial chain technologies including circuit boards, screens, and batteries were all developed in this direction and in the laboratory. Some substantial progress has been made. However, substantial progress in this laboratory is still a long way from commercial application.

Blu

So when Blu posts this information on the crowdfunding website, it seems to me that this is more of a joke. As for why Blu can log in to the crowdfunding website, there may be three reasons: First, the crowdfunding website hopes to have a cold joke to increase their exposure; second, the crowdfunding website is responsible for reviewing the day and drinking too much; People on crowdfunding sites have limited knowledge of current state of the art. So let this joke be successful.

However, this joke did not live for a few days, it was terminated by the crowdfunding website Kickstarter. I don't think that Blu's idea and concept are problematic, but the current industry chain technology simply cannot satisfy and support. This can be seen in the following two news about related industry chain technologies:

1. At the Korea Battery Show in October 2014, Samsung SDI launched the second generation of flexible batteries. This breakthrough in battery can be said to make wearable devices the biggest winner, and accelerate wearable devices to replace mobile phones as the center of life. However, Samsung SDI staff said that these new batteries have not yet reached the mass production standard and need to further improve stability. In the next three years, Samsung flexible batteries will be officially put into commercial use. LG's flexible battery is not mentioned, compared to Samsung's technology, LG is more of an early evolutionary product.

2. According to foreign media reports, LG will mass-produce flexible plastic screens that can be bent at any time in July this year. The largest use of such screens is on wearable devices. However, it is still necessary to observe whether such a scroll-type display can finally be put into the market. After all, there are still some problems in the cost, capacity, and technical stability of the OLED.

The six major problems facing Blu mobile phones

It can be imagined that to achieve the high-gravity technology of Blu, the industry chain technology faced is not limited to the above two, there are more, such as chips, circuit boards, sensors, touch technology and other technologies. problem. In my opinion, Blu's design wants to enter commercial applications, at least the following six aspects need to be solved:

1. Currently, the sensitivity based on flat touch is often a problem. Based on the screen that often changes back and forth between curved and straight, how to maintain the sensitivity of touch is not a technical aspect. Small problem

2, how to meet the comfortable wearing of different arm thickness, this is also a real problem; perhaps the size of the problem can be met by the introduction of a variety of specifications, but the comfort of wearing this way directly bending the screen It is also a worrying issue. Moreover, according to Blu's weight on the crowdfunding website is 170 grams, the weight of the Apple iPhone 6 Plus is 172 grams, so that a heavy mobile phone is worn all day long, wearing comfort is debatable;

3, according to the introduction of Blu, it uses the application of eye tracking technology to ensure the reading comfort of users. But the question is, how does the open screen worn on the hand protect the privacy of the individual? When we use the mobile phone in public, some private information can be covered by hand, or tilted at an angle, and how to open the 360° open screen on the hand;

4, the most critical problem of Blu mobile phone is still in the technology of the hardware itself, on the one hand, the industry chain technology mentioned above can not effectively support; on the other hand, even if these technologies can barely support, then in the process of use Repeated bending has a chain effect on the screen, circuit board, battery, sensor, etc., that is, how can Blu be protected in the "dynamic" scenario compared to the current "static" usage scenario of the mobile phone? Add

5, compared to the mobile phone, the Blu worn on the arm, it is more likely to be bumped, how to protect the OLED screen is a problem at this time; in addition, if you do not wear it, if you want to put it in your pocket Here, how is this "soft" body good; not only that, but also to ensure that their use in different forms will not have the problem of ghosting and superposition;

6, Blu is still lacking the same technology, is the speech recognition technology, in order to truly realize the humanized and convenient interaction, the most important thing is to let the user get rid of the current finger touch interaction, directly interact by means of voice Operation, at least to ensure that you have an advantage over your current phone when driving.

Why is the unreliable Blu being popular?

Based on the above questions, I think that the value of Blu's wearable mobile phone to achieve commercialization can be said to have a long way to go. So why is such an unreliable product subject to attention, or even a blitz? Through this incident, I feel that at least we have brought us two aspects of user consumption:

1. Yearning for new technological things. That is to say, through an event like Blu, we can see that although many technologies are not reliable, everyone still yearns for the changes brought about by this new technology;

2. Confidence in future technology. From the perspective of Blu's popularity on crowdfunding websites, many participants don't understand the difficulty of this new technology, but they choose to believe in the power of future technology. These seemingly distant technologies can be used in this era. Realized.

Blure that is not yet reliable also needs support

Finally, let me talk about whether I should support this "unreliable" Blu. From the perspective of personal development and technology development, I believe that support for this kind of new technology needs, just as we support the development of the smart wear industry, there can be some shortcomings in the current technology of this industry. Hate "such products, we should see that this new technology, with the support of all of us, will evolve at a speed that exceeds our imagination and lead us into a new era of "science fiction."

If you lose the support of capital, many good ideas will be killed in the cradle; if you lose the support of capital, many innovative ideas will lose the opportunity to explore, try, experience, great subversive technology is difficult occur. Therefore, I think that everyone needs to be more tolerant of new technology, including the need for more support for the smart wear industry, support for entrepreneurs to explore and innovate, and the advancement of these new technologies will ultimately benefit us. People of the age.

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