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Ming Chi Kuo says foldable phone requires Liquid Metal

On February 26, Tianfeng International analyst Ming Chi Kuo released an article saying that Samsung and Huawei 's folding mobile phone hinge hinges are designed by themselves. The hinged shaft is one of the important parts of the folding mobile phone, and the unit price is more than 40 US dollars.

The reason why the cost of the hinge shaft is too high is that it contains dozens of metal parts, the assembly process is complicated, and these parts require metal manufacturing processes such as MIM, CNC, and (diecast) stamping. Therefore, the requirements for suppliers are high, and the supplier needs to have the ability to handle several metal materials such as aluminum and liquid metal. In addition, compared to the notebook hinge, the precision, durability, strength and thinness of the hinge of the mobile phone hinge are much higher than the hinge of the notebook.

Ming Chi Kuo said that the exclusive supplier of hinges for Samsung Galaxy Fold is KH Vatec, but potential suppliers of Galaxy Fold hinges in the future include: Seojin System, Qiqi or Xin Rixing. Huawei Mate X's exclusive hinge hinge supplier is Qi Wei, and Qi Wei is also a supplier of high-efficiency cooling modules for Huawei 5G base stations. Potential suppliers of future Huawei Mate X hinged shafts include: Changying Precision, BYD, Qiqi, Xin Rixing, Diabell and Amphenol.

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Note Eontec has been saying many times that they are Tier 2 supplier to Huawei.

It means Tier 1 supplier (which does final assembly of the "hinge system") might be on the list that shown above.