Why are curved screen phones so common, but many people still prefer flat screen phones?

Curved screen is a very popular screen design on Android phones in recent years. As the name suggests, this kind of screen is to bend the edges of the screen to present a perfect arc to fit the middle frame of the phone, which looks better. Now Android flagship phones basically use curved screen design, and even mid- and low-end models have begun to popularize curved screen design.

However, most of our users hate this appearance, and many people even refuse to buy Android flagships because of the curved screen. So why do people prefer straight-screen phones?

Curved screens look good but are not practical, while flat screens are easy to use

Curved screen phones may look better, and Huawei has even significantly increased the curvature of its phones to create a so-called "waterfall screen" to improve their appearance. However, in the eyes of our users, this fancy design is just a showpiece that only looks good but does not work.

As soon as we get our hands on a curved screen phone, we can easily find the shortcomings of this design. It is too easy to accidentally touch. Because the transition between the curved screen and the screen frame is more natural, when we hold it, we will inevitably touch the edge of the screen, resulting in an accidental touch. This kind of accidental touch is even more annoying when playing games, so gamers are probably the group that hates curved screen phones the most.

Curved screens are easy to break and replacement is expensive

Another feature of curved screen phones is that it is not convenient to apply a film, which is not as easy as the previous straight screen phones. At the same time, if a curved screen phone accidentally falls or bumps, the risk of its screen breaking is much higher than that of a straight screen phone. We can see that users of curved screen phones often have some bumps on their screens. If users can't stand the bumps and want to replace the screen of their phone, the cost of replacing the screen will make us feel painful. The price is almost as high as the price of a new phone. Who can bear this?

Curved screens are more expensive and have a high entry barrier

There is another reason why people don't like curved screen phones, that is, curved screen phones are often more expensive. Many people even think that it is because the current flagship phones use curved screens that their prices have risen so fast. In fact, the reason is not that simple. Under current technical conditions, only OLED screens can achieve curved screens, so curved screen phones are all OLED screens without exception. In addition, the screens used by flagship phones are very advanced, so they are expensive. It can be seen that the current flagship phones are expensive not because of the curved screens.

The curved screen has the above-mentioned disadvantages, so various problems often occur during use. This is the fundamental reason why users don't like it. Apple is very smart in this regard. Starting from the iPhone 12 series, Apple has returned to using a straight screen. Everyone likes to buy an iPhone, and probably has this consideration. What screen are the mobile phones that users are using now?