Speaking of smart phones, we have to talk about the way mobile phones are controlled. Most of today's smartphones are touch screens. Moreover, it is touched by a finger. This touch screen is called a capacitive screen by a professional term. The first company to apply capacitive screens to smartphones was Apple, which was Apple's generation. Everyone knows about the later things. Touch-screen phones quickly became popular. Until now, both the elderly and children are using touch-screen phones.
but do you know? The earliest smartphones were resistive screens, the ones that were operated with a stylus. The history of the use of resistive screens is much longer than that of capacitive screens, but why have the resistance screens of the past few years have almost withdrawn from the market and the capacitive screens have become popular? This is to start with the advantages of capacitive screens.
The biggest advantage of capacitive screens is that they can be manipulated directly with their fingers without the need for any tools. This makes it very convenient for us to operate. The previous smartphone is a resistive screen. We also need to prepare a stylus. If the stylus is lost, the screen will be difficult to touch. But you don't have to worry about switching to the current capacitive screen. As long as you touch the finger, the phone can be operated smoothly.
Another advantage of capacitive screens is multi-touch, which refers to multiple contacts that can operate the screen simultaneously. This can be played very well in the game, for example, if we are playing a racing game. The left hand can control the direction of the car, while the right hand can control the throttle and gear of the car. The playability of the game is very high. Switching to the previous resistance screen, we can only single-touch, when playing a racing game, we can only locate the gear and then control the direction. In the event that a shift is required, the steering wheel can only be fixed to shift gears, and the gaming experience is extremely poor. When zooming in and out of the photo, we can easily zoom to the appropriate size with the capacitive screen, while the resistive screen needs to bring up the zoom-in button and the zoom-out button to step-by-step zooming.
Capacitive screens have quickly replaced the resistive screens by the two major advantages, but the capacitive screens still have some shortcomings. These shortcomings are difficult for office and designers to accept. One disadvantage is that capacitive screens cannot achieve refined handwriting operations. Some business users are accustomed to handwritten notes, but capacitive screens cannot satisfy users.
Another disadvantage is that the capacitive screen does not perform well in fine painting. Compared to the precise touch of the resistive screen, the resistive screen has an advantage in painting and design. The resistive screen can be expressed in the fine lines of the characters' hair, and the capacitive screen is very rough. But in the final analysis, the mass market is still the mainstream market. The number of designers and businesses is a minority after all, so it is still the world of capacitive screens.
