At the tail of August, Tecno launched its Phantom Ultimate 2, an ultra-thin tri-fold concept smartphone that reimagines the large-screen experience in a pocket-sized device. The phablet is the thinnest among existing triple-folding models, measuring just 11mm in thickness. Unfolded, it reveals a 10-inch screen with TDDI technology for the first time in a foldable device.
The new concept offers a glimpse into a more immersive, convenient, and exciting future foldable smartphone experience. Building on previous designs, it addresses key points like hinge durability, camera performance, and software optimization, marking a significant leap forward in foldable innovation.
Phantom Ultimate 2’s tri-fold screen transforms from a standard smartphone into an incredible tablet-like large-screen device. Crucially, the tri-fold design does not mean a major compromise on thickness, measuring 11mm when folded, thanks to an innovative and thinner hinge that enables existing bi-fold models to achieve a thickness of less than 9mm. In addition, the Phantom Ultimate 2 features the smartphone industry’s thinnest battery cover measuring 0.25mm compared to the industry’s current thinnest 0.45mm thickness —thanks to super-compressed Titan Advanced Fiber material, it brings sufficient strength while allowing a thinner form.
The streamlined camera design also contributes to the thinness and lightness of the device without sacrificing image quality and its position to one side of the device makes it easier to find the center of gravity when holding.
Huge immersive and less creased screen with super durability and thinner hinges
The Phantom Ultimate 2 unfolds from a 6.48-inch candy bar smartphone into an impressive 10-inch 4:3 ratio large-screen tablet-style device giving users more flexibility to use the device. To support this upgrade in convenience, the device features OLED Touch and Display Driver Integration (TDDI) and an advanced 3K LTPO screen with 392 PPI.
Empowering the tri-fold screen experience is a state-of-the-art hinge design with incredible 2100MPa strength. The hinges can support over 300,000 folds, exceeding most folding devices and offering exceptional device longevity and folding smoothness. In addition, the hinges also contribute to the device’s superbly flat screen, minimizing the crease visibility for more immersive viewing pleasure.
Versatile scenarios and optimized UI for a foldable experience
The Phantom Ultimate 2 supports screen hovering to open up new possibilities across various scenarios, from work to entertainment and daily life. For instance, the screen hovering with the base of the screen is used flat for typing on a keyboard while the upright screen provides a laptop-style display for convenient note-taking in meetings or university lectures.
The device can be folded into tent mode for dual-screen face-to-face real-time AI translation to communicate across language barriers. For everyday browsing, the foldable screen supports a multi-window mode to improve efficiency —users can entertain themselves; by gaming or watching movies —and simultaneously social networking, working, studying, or browsing the internet. And for more inventive images, users can explore creative unfolded angles enabled by the tri-fold design.
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The Phantom Ultimate 2’s software and UI are optimized for the tri-fold design further enhancing the utility of its cutting-edge hardware. For example, the device supports dynamic wallpapers and adaptive icons that adjust with folding and unfolding —the UI layout on the other hand is adapted for diverse use cases such as large-screen viewing and tent mode —and has the potential for exciting third-party app adaption.
The Phantom Ultimate 2 is not the first innovative concept from Phantom. Its predecessor, the Phantom Ultimate rollable concept demonstrated Phantom’s exceptional capabilities in advanced screen development.
Phantom is a premium technology sub-brand of Tecno that offers advanced and stylish technologies for users seeking the best experiences —and with the new Phantom Ultimate 2 and its tri-fold design, underscores Tecno’s commitment to exploring and innovating the most advanced new technologies to revolutionize users’ experience. The concept brings a new dimension to the relationship between users and their smartphones, creating exciting large-screen possibilities and ushering in a new future of advanced devices.
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