Curved screen on the mobile, necessary or simple posture?

Mobile phones with a curved screen are still present in the market, although to a lesser extent than they were in recent years, when they were an important trend in the sector. These are increasingly rare, although they are still present year after year in various models, but we wonder if they are necessary or a product of posture.

Manufacturers like Samsung continue to bet on the high-end for these screens, although their use in other brands is not as common as it was before, something that can have several explanations as we are going to review below.

Curved screen on the mobile

They have not proven to be more practical

It is certainly something that many have wondered over the years, if a curved screen really makes sense on a mobile and if it is practical. These have been on the market for many years, and what the passage of time has shown us is that it has not become a characteristic by which someone buys a mobile. In functional terms, these screens do not contribute much , to say nothing, since all those gestures that many of them boasted about have not evolved over time, something that says a lot about the limited acceptance they have had.

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Therefore we can think that these curved screens in our mobiles have not offered more functionalities than a flat screen, and the reality is that in practical terms this is the case. Having a curved screen does not give us different characteristics to a mobile with a good flat screen without borders, but with a good contextual software that allows us to open apps or execute tasks from the edge of the screen, without it being curved.

Huawei Mate 30

Nor can it be said that curved screens are scarce because we only find them at the top of the range. There are several mid-range mobiles, even for around 400 euros, that have offered them, and they have not caused a revolution either. We have also seen mobiles that have even made it worse to have a curved screen than a flat one, as is the case with the Motorla Edge, with a curve that made certain areas of the screen look worse. In fact, the new Motorola Edge 20s do not even keep the curve.

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And yes, they are perfect for showing off

What has been shown over time is that having a curved screen on a mobile phone is something that enters our eyes, and conveys the sensation of being in front of a very advanced technology device , and that’s right, curved screens they convey that feeling of a level mobile, of status, and that of course is a very important part of many people’s choosing a phone.

Therefore, the explanation that there are fewer and fewer mobiles with curved screens is that in practice they do not contribute much to the day-to-day life of the phone and they do in the visual section , where it is evident that there is a much more sophisticated appearance with them. The big manufacturers practically launch one or two phones a year with these screens, if they ever launch them, and therefore nowadays they are not much less a trend, because yes, we mostly want them to “posture” and not because they are look especially better or are more practical.