Huawei just lately launched its newest foldable smartphone below its Honor model known 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 (moderately costly) Mate XT Ultimatewhich as issues would have it, turned out to be the world’s first production-ready tri-fold smartphone. Xiaomi additionally launched its newest foldable smartphone again in July known as the Mix Fold 4and now it appears it additionally has a tri-fold smartphone in growth.

In keeping with 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 appliance 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 may be very latest.

The supply in its report has give you renders primarily based on info 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 considered one of which lets the primary (and outermost) a part of the foldable machine flip outwards, turning it into an everyday bar-shaped smartphone when utterly closed. When absolutely opened, it’s seen to tackle a tablet-like type issue with a correctly rectangular foremost show. Xiaomi’s tackle the digital camera module seems to be a horizontal structure 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 telephone for some purpose doesn’t appear as extensive as Huawei’s Mate XT Final however loads taller and narrower visually. It seems this manner each when open and folded, with a better resemblance to Samsung’s Galaxy Z Fold 6which has a slim cowl display screen in comparison with most foldables presently obtainable 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 proven up in an earlier reportswhich got here from Chinese language social media platform Weibo. The tipster didn’t give out any particulars concerning the telephone’s {hardware} configuration, however solely randomly acknowledged that such a tool was in growth. It additionally acknowledged that this tri-fold smartphone can be thicker than regular and that it may very well be introduced at subsequent 12 months’s Cell World Congress (MWC) 2025.