Manufacturers have begun launching 3D smart phones into the Vietnamese market. However, with the limitations in technology and the poor 3D content, the products are still far from becoming a growing tendency in 2011.
Manufacturers have begun launching 3D smart phones into the Vietnamese market. However, with the limitations in technology and the poor 3D content, the products are still far from becoming a growing tendency in 2011.
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After TVs, laptops and game players, smart phone is the next electronic product which joins the 3D technology trend. On the 4-inch screens, users can enjoy 3D film scripts, pictures, and game apps with their naked eyes, without glasses. Together with the dual core mobile phones, 3D smart phones are expected to create a new tendency among hi-tech users in Vietnam.
LG has put Optimus 3D to the shelf which is priced at 13.8 million dong. Meanwhile, HTC is planning to introduce EVO 3D with the manufacturer’s suggested retail price of between 14 and 15 million dong. These are considered the two genuine mobile phone models which have officially joined the domestic market.
Prior to that, a lot of models of 3D smart phones, sourced from Japan, had also hit the market. The products have been carried to Vietnam across the borders by travelers to Vietnam, or imported through unofficial channels.
Thien Vien, 40, who was seen testing an LG’s smart phone at Vien Thong A Supermarket on February 3 Road in HCM City, said he once intended to buy a 3D smart phone of LG, but has given up the idea. “The phone is well designed with a large screen. The 3D technology is attractive. However, I still think that the technology used for the smart phone is not very good.”
“You may easily get eyestrain with small screens. And though you can look at the screen without glasses, but the visibility will be bad with just a minor eccentric look,” he said.
A salesman here admitted that 3D smart phones have caught the special attention from the public. However, the sales have been going more slowly than other normal smart phone products.
Tran Manh Cuong, an executive of LG Vietnam, said that problems still exist in 3D smart phones. Users need to look into the screens from a certain angle, which is considered a weak point if comparing with TVs or the devices with large screens.
Cuong also said that it is too early to say that 3D smart phone is the tendency of the year. It is more likely happen that manufacturers would introduce the next generations of 3D smart phones, with the improvement in the angles, by the end of the first quarter of 2012.
Sharing the same view, Nguyen Hong Chau, Chief Representative of HTC Vietnam, said that HTC launched EVO 3D as an introduction of the new technology, while whether 3D-technology smart phones can develop will still depend on the convenience level in the eyes of users. Chau also does not think that 3D smart phone is the new tendency of the smart phone’s community in 2011.
One of the other problems of 3D smart phones lies in the associated entertainment content. Nowadays, producers sell smart phones with associated demo film scripts, HTC products, for example, has three 3D games ready with the phones, while LG’s have 10 games. However, users believe that they quickly feel eye-stains when playing games on 3D smart phones. The South Korean manufacturer provides the feature of converting from 2D to 3D, but the pictures are not as lively as real 3D films.
The representatives from HTC and LG both say that they introduced 3D smart phone partially because they want users to generate content themselves. Both EVO 3D and Optimus 3D have two cameras on the backs which allow to take pictures, make 3D videos on HD 720p. LG’s products allow users to upload scripts to YouTube 3D for storage.
According to Vu Hai, a manager of a mobile phone shop on February 3 Road in HCM City, the high prices of 3D smart phones are also a big problem which prevents the 3D technology from becoming popular.
“3D needs powerful configuration, dual core at least. Therefore, it is impossible to equip the feature for low-class series,” he said.
(Source: VnExpress)
LG has put Optimus 3D to the shelf which is priced at 13.8 million dong. Meanwhile, HTC is planning to introduce EVO 3D with the manufacturer’s suggested retail price of between 14 and 15 million dong. These are considered the two genuine mobile phone models which have officially joined the domestic market.
Prior to that, a lot of models of 3D smart phones, sourced from Japan, had also hit the market. The products have been carried to Vietnam across the borders by travelers to Vietnam, or imported through unofficial channels.
Thien Vien, 40, who was seen testing an LG’s smart phone at Vien Thong A Supermarket on February 3 Road in HCM City, said he once intended to buy a 3D smart phone of LG, but has given up the idea. “The phone is well designed with a large screen. The 3D technology is attractive. However, I still think that the technology used for the smart phone is not very good.”
“You may easily get eyestrain with small screens. And though you can look at the screen without glasses, but the visibility will be bad with just a minor eccentric look,” he said.
A salesman here admitted that 3D smart phones have caught the special attention from the public. However, the sales have been going more slowly than other normal smart phone products.
Tran Manh Cuong, an executive of LG Vietnam, said that problems still exist in 3D smart phones. Users need to look into the screens from a certain angle, which is considered a weak point if comparing with TVs or the devices with large screens.
Cuong also said that it is too early to say that 3D smart phone is the tendency of the year. It is more likely happen that manufacturers would introduce the next generations of 3D smart phones, with the improvement in the angles, by the end of the first quarter of 2012.
Sharing the same view, Nguyen Hong Chau, Chief Representative of HTC Vietnam, said that HTC launched EVO 3D as an introduction of the new technology, while whether 3D-technology smart phones can develop will still depend on the convenience level in the eyes of users. Chau also does not think that 3D smart phone is the new tendency of the smart phone’s community in 2011.
One of the other problems of 3D smart phones lies in the associated entertainment content. Nowadays, producers sell smart phones with associated demo film scripts, HTC products, for example, has three 3D games ready with the phones, while LG’s have 10 games. However, users believe that they quickly feel eye-stains when playing games on 3D smart phones. The South Korean manufacturer provides the feature of converting from 2D to 3D, but the pictures are not as lively as real 3D films.
The representatives from HTC and LG both say that they introduced 3D smart phone partially because they want users to generate content themselves. Both EVO 3D and Optimus 3D have two cameras on the backs which allow to take pictures, make 3D videos on HD 720p. LG’s products allow users to upload scripts to YouTube 3D for storage.
According to Vu Hai, a manager of a mobile phone shop on February 3 Road in HCM City, the high prices of 3D smart phones are also a big problem which prevents the 3D technology from becoming popular.
“3D needs powerful configuration, dual core at least. Therefore, it is impossible to equip the feature for low-class series,” he said.
(Source: VnExpress)
