Chinese phone maker Vivo has demonstrated a mobile that can change color at the touch of a button.
Electrochromic glass is also known as 'smart glass,' and it is most commonly used in windows. Perhaps its most famous application is in a glass-walled public restroom in Tokyo, which is see-through when the facilities are not in use, but turns opaque as soon as anybody steps inside.
Electrochromic glass has been used on a smartphone before, though the previous use-case was not quite as compelling. OnePlus' Concept One smartphone, which was unveiled at the beginning of this year, uses the special glass to make its rear cameras stand out less. Commuters pass by an advertising board of Chinese mobile phone maker Vivo on a street in Ahmedabad on June 22, 2020. The company has just demonstrated a color-changing smartphone.Vivo has not released very much information about its eye-catching phone, but the likelihood is that it is a concept model that will not become available to buy anytime soon, if at all.
However, it was not long ago that curved and folding screens seemed a far-off concept, and now we have several different Samsung Galaxy Fold models, and a modern spin on the Motorola Razr. There is a valid argument that the color-changing breakthrough is form over function and that this particular implementation of the technology does not offer any clear practical benefits to users—but the demonstration does offer a tantalizing glimpse of the potential future of smartphone design.
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