Xiaomi Working on Its Own Tri-Fold Smartphone: Report

Huawei recently launched its latest foldable smartphone under its honor brand called the Magic v3 Which also turned out to be the slimmest production foldable smartphone in existence. Soon after, Huawei Followed This with the launch of its (rather expert) Mate Xt UltimateWhich as things would have it it, turned out to be the world’s first production-redy tri-fold smartphone. Xiaomi too launched its latest foldable smartphone back in july called the Mix fold 4And now it seems it also has a tri-fold smartphone in development.

According to a Report By 91 Mobiles, Xiaomi recently filed for a patent application for its first tri-fold device at the China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA). The application which was seen by the source, also suggested its design (which we be believe are the scheme) of the device in question. This patent was filled on September 3, which is very recent.

The source in its report has come up with renders based on information shown in the patent and the device (at least in these initial renders) does The device appears to have two hinges one of which lets the first (and outermost) part of the foldable device flip outwards, turning it into an into a regular bar-shaped smartphone with Clode. When full open, it is seen to take on a Tablet-Like Form Factor with a Properly Rectangular Main Display. Xiaomi’s take on the camera module appears to be a horizontal layout with three cameras and a flash module placed next to each other in a line.

Despite having two hinges and three body panels at the back, the phone for some reason does not see see as wide as huawei’s mate xt xt ultimate but a lot taller and narrower Visually. It appears this way bot when open and folded, with a closer resamblance to samsung’s Galaxy Z fold 6Which has a narrow cover screen compared to most foldables currently available globally.

Whatso Remains Unclear About Xiaomi’s Tri-Fold Smartphone (as pointed out by the source) is wheether it will be a production-ready device, like Huawei ‘

News about Xiaomi’s First Tri-Fold Foldable First Showed Up in An earlier reportWhoch Came from Chinese Social Media Platform Weibo. The tipster did not give out any details about the phone’s hardware configuration, but only randomly stated that such a device was in development. It also also stated that Tri-Fold Smartphone would be thicker than usual and that it would be announced at next year’s mobile world Congress (MWC) 2025.