In 2019, Xiaomi had registered a patent related to a folding terminal with an external folding screen, something that allows only having a functional screen with both the folded and unfolded terminal. However, this terminal never reached stores, and today we can see images of the prototype.
We can see how the terminal has four cameras, its corresponding LED flash, and under it a button that would allow the terminal to be locked in its folded position in order to better control the possibility that it can be deployed or not, eliminating accidental deployments that years later we have seen are not a problem.
It seems that we cannot see the design of the inside of the terminal in the absence of the protective glass, but we can see two batteries, one of them with about 3500mAh capacity, and another smaller one in the other half of the terminal. We also read in PhoneArena that the terminal had a Snapdragon 855 with an X50 modem, 5G capable.
Apparently, the terminal did not go on sale for reasons of durability, Well, in 2019 the screens were significantly more fragile than what we can find in the current folding terminals, there are reports of damaged screens even due to temperature.
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Jordi Bercial
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