For years, sci-fi films have repeatedly pressed for the idea of ​​a “one machine” that does everything, easily and flexibly, and remains in service for long periods without charging, carrying, operating and coexisting with it at all. This has been featured in Tom Cruise's "Mission Impossible" films and series such as Star Trek and others. Less than two months after the emergence of folding phones «Samsung», «« Huawei », hand-held devices from« Microsoft », it seems that the era of one device, moving from science fiction to reality, to replace the smartphone, laptop, tablet, TV and watch Smart projectors, etc., as a lightweight device, easy to carry and circulation, able to entertain and carry out personal tasks and productive work.

Technical analysis

According to analyzes of inc42.com/ resources interested in future trends in the world of technology, and the network ZDNet.com specialized in technology, the introduction of phones «Samsung Galaxy Fold» and «Huawei Mate» folding And the dual-screen Microsoft Surface Duo and its physical access to the market is a sign of the dawn of what has been termed the future of one device, in other words "one device," the legendary fantasy device, which allows the end user to carry One piece of equipment, serving almost all of its computing needs, carried out by a laptop and a computer Etbi and Tablet PC mobile smart phone, a data projector, TV, and others.

Remove obstacles

This hypothesis is based on the fact that these devices have opened the way to overcome many of the obstacles that previously prevented access to the “one device”, the most important of which is the fundamental change in the way the screen is produced and operated. Like the Galaxy FOLD, or made up of fewer components, with great joints, as with the dual screens in the Service Duo, it is accompanied by major improvements in design that is easy to use, carry and handle, with excessive lightness. Weight, to the extent that the weight of the devices reached the point that they no longer make a difference A great book or «notepad» to jot down notes, or any of the other purposes that are carried pocket or small bag, with all this increased computing, memory, speed and potential permanent contact via mobile networks, and the networks of the sixth generation for «Wi-Fi» and other processing capabilities.

Realistic introductions

ZDNet analyst Matthew Miller said that the specifications of the "single device" are no longer mad or imaginative, as they now have realistic introductions, including that folding and dual-screen devices are a case of clash and conflict with desktops and laptops. I have succeeded in gradually shifting desktops and laptops, this will usher in the approach of the 'one machine' era. '' Miller added that the emergence of the new devices made the laptop look very large, very heavy and impractical and very lackluster, which will lead many to believe that it is not the device that they should use, as long as folding devices, and the new double screen, opens the door to the possibilities that we all create tables Data in virtual reality, we use the most complex applications easily on a comfortable screen, watch the latest movies in high quality, or hold realistic meetings, all via (one device).

After being too heavy, and its holders felt like a ship anchor on the back, elegant and light models appeared slightly larger than the medium-sized magazine, the screens improved, and battery life improved to the point where it was possible to use the device all day without recharging.

The keyboard can now be detached or folded behind the computer, then opened the door to post-PC designs.

The five characteristics

Analysts said the capabilities of these new devices put the ICT industry on track to achieve the five characteristics that science fiction authors have often talked about: “One Device”:

1- Flexibility and softness such as rubber and more: i.e. the device is flexible and flexible can be repositioned in any way, although it has at least two monitors, the first area of ​​not less than 4.5 inches, and used when operating the device as a phone, and the second at least 9 inches if it runs as a computer Or projector or TV.

2 - storage of information: It is not locally on the device basically, but in another giant place, accumulated data of various types all the time, and communicate with the device smoothly and very quickly, to display everything the user needs anywhere, any time and from any source, This is already materializing in cloud storage.

3 - Portability: It means that the device is able to change its functions, characteristics and shape as needed, working at one time as a phone, and at another time transformed into a tablet through which operations are managed quickly, and in a third position is a laptop or desktop computer capabilities, and in Its fourth position acts as a receiver for HDTV.

4 - Internal super power: It is intended for powerful multi-axis processors, which performs supercomputing operations, with electronic memory «RAM» wide capacity, no less than what is used in a high-spec desktop computer, with the ability to improve itself to ensure not to waste No resources in «idle» mode.

5 - Low power requirement: It is intended to operate the battery of the device for long periods without the need for recharging, regardless of the nature of tasks and operations carried out throughout the day, from video playback and photography, voice and video phone calls, data processing, review maps, etc., and the scale Here it is weeks, not hours or days.

"Foldable devices are ushering in a one-time era."