This Double-Folding Xiaomi Phone is Bonkers

Stefan Mileschin · 25th January 2019, 08:00

Whether you like it or not, folding phones are coming. Samsung showed off its folding design late last year, but now Chinese company Xiaomi is teasing its folding phone, and it’s, well, it’s interesting as hell.

When most of us think about “folding phones,” we simply imagine a tablet that folds in half and becomes a phone. That’s cool and all, but what Xiaomi is proposing is…cooler. Maybe more functional? Perhaps even more innovative. Whatever it is, I think I like it. Here’s a look at it in action:

Check out this special video from #Xiaomi President and Co-founder Bin Lin, showing off a very special phone prototype… 😎

What does everyone think we should name this phone? 🤔#InnovationForEveryone pic.twitter.com/1lFj3nM7tD

— Donovan Sung (@donovansung) January 23, 2019

So, instead of folding in half, it folds in two places, which somehow seems a lot cleaner. Of course, more folds means more moving parts, which means more potential points of failure. No design is perfect, I guess.

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25th January 2019, 08:00	#1
Stefan Mileschin [M] Reviewer Join Date: May 2010 Location: Romania Posts: 148,408	This Double-Folding Xiaomi Phone is Bonkers Whether you like it or not, folding phones are coming. Samsung showed off its folding design late last year, but now Chinese company Xiaomi is teasing its folding phone, and it’s, well, it’s interesting as hell. When most of us think about “folding phones,” we simply imagine a tablet that folds in half and becomes a phone. That’s cool and all, but what Xiaomi is proposing is…cooler. Maybe more functional? Perhaps even more innovative. Whatever it is, I think I like it. Here’s a look at it in action: Check out this special video from #Xiaomi President and Co-founder Bin Lin, showing off a very special phone prototype… 😎 What does everyone think we should name this phone? 🤔#InnovationForEveryone pic.twitter.com/1lFj3nM7tD — Donovan Sung (@donovansung) January 23, 2019 So, instead of folding in half, it folds in two places, which somehow seems a lot cleaner. Of course, more folds means more moving parts, which means more potential points of failure. No design is perfect, I guess. https://www.reviewgeek.com/12040/thi...ne-is-bonkers/

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