Liquidmetal Technologies Inc (LQMT)

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More whales expected to use liquidmetal hinges.

“It is worth mentioning that Eontec also responded to investors’ questions on Huiyi, “The company’s liquidmetal hinge has already cooperated with five customers, and some customers are working on product development together.” This information indicates that, After the liquidmetal hinge has been successfully used in H Company's folding screen mobile phone, it is currently being recognized by more and more mobile phone manufacturers.”



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(Huawei Subsidy) Honor will push the first folding screen phone, use LiquidMetal hinges

Public information shows that the first folding screen phone of Honor, code-named "Magic X", is expected to be released at the end of this year. This phone has a similar shape to the Mate X2.

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[Honor Magic X Foldable Phone](https://preview.redd.it/ob4uufjhzg181.png?width=734&format=png&auto=webp&s=7d4d9b23c1d260e4ae3d103bd348f01f7f97038c)

In August of this year, Honor mobile phone ushered in a bright moment. The sales volume of that month surpassed Xiaomi to become the third largest smartphone brand in the Chinese market, with a market share of 15%. Prior to this, the Honor mobile phone experienced the most "dark" period since its establishment. Its market share dropped to 3%. The main reason was that Honor did not release new products for a long time, which led to the loss of many users. The Honor V40, Honor 50 series, Honor X20 and Honor Magic 3, which are positioned in the high-end market, are launched, which are well-loved by consumers, declaring the "Return of the King".

Folding screen mobile phones have now become one of the main battlefields for major smartphone manufacturers to enter. Although they have not yet become mainstream products due to cost and price reasons, their position in the field of folding screen mobile phones can also demonstrate the strength of a mobile phone company. R&D and manufacturing capabilities and appeal in the high-end mobile phone market. After the revival of Honor, it quickly launched its own folding screen mobile phone model, fully demonstrating its determination to enter the high-end market.

Analysis believes that Honor has accumulated for many years and has reached the top in the industry in terms of technology and market reputation. This is very helpful for its newly launched "Magic X" folding screen mobile phone to be quickly recognized by consumers, and it is hoped that it will sell in the market. At the same time, the good market performance of the Honor "Magic X" folding screen mobile phone will also drive the sales growth of its upstream component manufacturers.

Compared with ordinary smart phones, the key technologies of folding screen phones are flexible screens and hinges, and mass production also depends on these two parts. It is reported that the screen of the Honor "Magic X" folding screen mobile phone will be provided by my country's local BOE and Visionox. Although the supplier of the hinge has not yet been announced, the market has speculated. Contacting Honor is separated from H company, the technology is the same, and the shape of "Magic X" is similar to the shape of the folding screen mobile phone Mate X2. It is easy to think that the hinge of Honor "Magic X" may be from Mate X2. The same supplier.

Public information shows that Eontec (300328.SZ), an A-share listed company, has continuously supplied several generations of hinge structures for folding screen mobile phones to the largest mobile phone terminal customers in China. Compared with ordinary stainless steel hinges, the liquidmetal hinge provided by Eontec has the advantages of higher strength, good formability and high dimensional accuracy. It can meet the requirements of the strength and accuracy of the hinge supporting folding screen mobile phone with a small thickness. At the same time, due to the excellent elastic deformation ability of liquidmetal itself, the fatigue performance of the product is far better than other materials. It is precisely because of the use of liquidmetal materials that the folding screen mobile phone truly realizes an integrated and perfect folding form when unfolding and folding.

Judging from eontec’s financial reports over the years, the company’s liquidmetal segment sales increased rapidly in the first two years due to the supply of folding screen mobile phone hinges for customers. Sales of metal hinges have also grown weakly.

This time Glory returns with the king of folding screen mobile phones. If the liquidmetal hinge of Eontec is also used, the liquidmetal hinge of Eontec is expected to resume growth.

It is worth mentioning that Eontec also responded to investors’ questions on Huiyi, “The company’s liquidmetal hinge has already cooperated with five customers, and some customers are working on product development together.” This information indicates that, After the liquidmetal hinge has been successfully used in H Company's folding screen mobile phone, it is currently being recognized by more and more mobile phone manufacturers.


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