Xiaomi’s Potential New Foldable Phone Looks Slick
- Mehedi Hassan
- Jan 03, 2019
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2019, like it or not, is going to be a year of foldable phones, phablets, or whatever we end up calling these devices. Samsung has already teased its foldable phone, with Microsoft also expected to launch its much-awaited Andromeda foldable device sometime this year.
And that’s not all — as it turns out, Xiaomi is also working on a foldable phone. The company has been rumoured to be working on a foldable device in the past, and this is the first time we are getting a first look at the potential Xiaomi foldable phone. Spoiler: it looks really cool.
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Unlike Samsung’s foldable phone, the Xiaomi device can actually be folded twice. The device seems to have three different parts: the main/central screen, one on the left, and another on the right — both of which you can fold to only focus on the main screen:
https://twitter.com/evleaks/status/1080870489990590464
But here’s the catch: the leaker, Evan Blass, says he is unsure of the authenticity of the video above, supposedly showing off the new foldable device made by Xiaomi. It is possible the video is just a fake, which would make a ton of sense as the device honestly looks a bit too good to be true. And if it is, Xiaomi might just have a solid looker here.
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Thom77
<p>Form factor is wrong. I've been screaming about this since the first renditions and leaks and reveals of foldable phones.</p><p><br></p><p>When I take the bus or train, I see people using their phones for 2 things mostly. </p><p><br></p><p>texting and watching videos. the rest are web browing, but that is last on the list. </p><p><br></p><p>a foldable phone should unfold to a movie watching ratio.</p><p><br></p><p>period.</p><p><br></p><p>Nothing aggravates me more then watching a movie on the beautiful screen of the 9.7 Ipad, and having 66% of the screen unused because of the screen ratio (this is why I bought a wide android tablet). Its even worse on the 12.9 Ipad.</p><p><br></p><p>dont get me wrong. I want something like this … but I want it because i want a small phone to carry around that unfolds into a movie watching device. I see more people watching video on their phones then browsing when they are going back and forth to work on the train.</p>
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provision l-3
<p>I'm curious how the whole folding display thing will work out. To me being able to expand the screen size for certain tasks has some obvious advantages but I think the real challenge is keeping the from factor thin when it is folded up. It does't have to be "Apple thin" but I still needs to be able to reasonably fit into a person's pocket. </p>
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dontbe evil
<p>looks slick photoshopped</p>