A number of years in the past we examined the Infinix Idea Telephone 2021, which provided spectacular 160W charging and had an electrochromic movie on the again. That movie allowed the cellphone to alter colour from slate grey to metal blue.
Now the corporate is again with a brand new prototype expertise, known as E-Shade Shift. It is a extra superior model of the identical thought – the again of the cellphone can change colours, besides this time there are extra colours to select from and the again is split into particular person segments (the colour of every phase will be managed individually).
A prototype of the Infinix E-Shade Shift Know-how
This was achieved with E Ink Prism 3, not in contrast to what you see in e book readers. That is very energy environment friendly as energy is required just for altering the colours – as soon as set, they’ll stay fastened with zero energy draw.
That mentioned, the expertise can do higher than fastened colours. The segments can shift colours fairly rapidly – sooner than you may be used to from e book readers. Right here’s a fast demo:
This permits completely different animation loops to be loaded and Infinix says that if this idea is utilized in actual units, there shall be an app to allow you to customise the look of your cellphone by setting completely different colours or taking part in numerous animations.
Observe, nevertheless, that within the design above there are solely 4 segments in a 2×2 grid (the darker diamond sample within the heart is fastened). Nonetheless, it’s sufficient to create an attention grabbing animation.
Additionally, E Ink isn’t fastened to an oblong form, Infinix designers can use extra free-form shapes just like the stripes beneath:
Because the tech develops there will be 60 customizable areas or extra. However this isn’t meant to be a second display screen on the again, so don’t consider it by way of decision – particularly if the design makes use of complicated shapes quite than a easy grid.
Infinix desires to offer telephones a dynamic look that may change everyday, even hour to hour. Animations supply much more choices for customizations and are quick sufficient that completely different ones can be utilized for notifications (the electrochromic movie was too sluggish for that).
The corporate nonetheless has a number of challenges to beat earlier than this expertise will be put within the arms of customers – it believes that the primary client units with the Infinix E-Shade Shift Know-how can attain the market in a 12 months or two.