CEATEC 2016 – Corner R, smartphone-screen almost without edge Sharp – Digital

the Make screens of small size by limiting the possible edges, Sharp knows how to do, with such an amazing smartphone Aquos Crystal 2 launched in the United States and Japan by the end of 2014. With the Corner R, it is currently at the electronics tradeshow CEATEC in Tokyo, the maker nippon reaches a new milestone in visually marking. Absorbed by Foxconn last spring, Sharp don’t forget to be one of the leading manufacturers of high-tech at the cutting edge when it comes to change the LCD display, especially on the small sizes. With the screens Mems, the firm nippon also offers a LCD panel technology IGZO (more light, better colors, more contrast, efficient) on which it has been experimenting for more than 2 years, the gain space of expression through the removal of edges. With the Aquos Crystal 2 (shown below), Sharp already proposed in 2014 an amazing smartphone with little edges on three sides of the touch screen. Thick and not very attractive, with an aesthetic approach very industrial as the japanese manufacturers know how to do, this terminal is a progeny more pleasing to the eye with the Corner R. Presented at the big CEATEC in Tokyo (Japan), focused on the components and a few concepts of the future in terms of electronics and robotics, especially, this concept of the smartphone highlights the technology Free-Form Sharp. This new type of slab, in addition to present almost without a border (still on 3 of the 4 sides), allows the manufacturer nippon cutting the LCD panels in several forms, rather than limiting ourselves to the usual cutting straight.

And the Corner R arbore-t-it round corners, and a finish to the edges are slightly rounded that we found growing on the market and that the marketing departments of all manufacturers are quick to call “screen 2.5 D“… a news website, The Verge has been able to approach the beast in exclusivity and share a few photos. The screen itself displays a size of 5.2 inches (13,2 cm diagonal) and a resolution of Full HD-1 920 x 1 080 px. Of the characteristics classic to the screen size, the bond being essentially aesthetic.

The Corner R is not intended for sale for the moment. This concept is especially an opportunity for Sharp to try to appeal to other marks, which could as well place an order for its LCD technology IGZO Free Form. Unless it foreshadows the future of screens to Apple for its iPhone 8 and variations. If the rumors are converging for the moment to a passage in the Amoled to 2017 and the 10 years of the iPhone, the Free-Form offers to Sharp-and especially in the Foxconn, the main manufacturer of smartphones the Californian, a point not insignificant for a product that is still very much on appearance, and grows well often the LCD to its limits.