Huawei just lately launched its newest foldable smartphone beneath its Honor model referred to as the Magic V3 which additionally turned out to be the slimmest manufacturing foldable smartphone in existence. Quickly after, Huawei adopted this with the launch of its (fairly costly) Mate XT Final, which as issues would have it, turned out to be the world’s first production-ready tri-fold smartphone. Xiaomi too launched its newest foldable smartphone again in July referred to as the Combine Fold 4, and now it appears it additionally has a tri-fold smartphone in growth.
Based on a report by 91 Mobiles, Xiaomi just lately filed for a patent utility for its first tri-fold machine on the China Nationwide Mental Property Administration (CNIPA). The applying which was seen by the supply, additionally recommended its design (which we imagine are the schematics) of the machine in query. This patent was filed on September 3, which could be very current.
The supply in its report has provide you with renders based mostly on data proven within the patent and the machine (at the very least in these preliminary renders) does seem fairly chunky compared to Huawei’s Mate XT Final. The machine seems to have two hinges certainly one of which lets the primary (and outermost) a part of the foldable machine flip outwards, turning it into a daily bar-shaped smartphone when fully closed. When absolutely opened, it’s seen to tackle a tablet-like type issue with a correctly rectangular principal show. Xiaomi’s tackle the digital camera module seems to be a horizontal format with three cameras and a flash module positioned subsequent to one another in a line.
Regardless of having two hinges and three physique panels on the again, the cellphone for some purpose doesn’t appear as huge as Huawei’s Mate XT Final however lots taller and narrower visually. It seems this fashion each when open and folded, with a more in-depth resemblance to Samsung’s Galaxy Z Fold 6, which has a slender cowl display in comparison with most foldables at the moment out there globally.
What additionally stays unclear about Xiaomi’s tri-fold smartphone (as identified by the supply) is whether or not it will likely be a production-ready machine, like Huawei’s Mate XT Final.
Information about Xiaomi’s first tri-fold foldable first confirmed up in an earlier report, which got here from Chinese language social media platform Weibo. The tipster didn’t give out any particulars in regards to the cellphone’s {hardware} configuration, however solely randomly said that such a tool was in growth. It additionally said that this tri-fold smartphone could be thicker than normal and that it may very well be introduced at subsequent 12 months’s Cell World Congress (MWC) 2025.