Why is Xiaomi’s foldable phone foldable twice?

In order to get involved in the folding mobile phone industry faster, various mobile phone manufacturers have thought of many solutions, such as inside-out or outside-out. This year, Xiaomi announced its own design plan, which can be flipped twice! ! !

News on November 21, Beijing time, according to foreign media GSMArena, a number of mobile phone manufacturers’ patents have been officially registered recently, including a folding screen patent for Xiaomi mobile phones. This new patent can be folded twice and will be equipped with four cameras.

Xiaomi has registered a new patent for a foldable mobile phone that can be folded twice

According to the patent, when this folding screen phone is folded, it is very similar to the Xiaomi MIX Alpha released this year. It is not difficult to see in the patent pictures that this foldable phone will be folded in the form of a hinge.

Xiaomi has registered a new patent for a foldable mobile phone that can be folded twice

At the same time, Xiaomi has also registered a patent for a lift-type five-camera system. The folding method shown in the patent is external folding. However, these five cameras are located on the left screen of the fuselage. When the left screen is used, these cameras are front cameras, and when the right screen is used, these cameras are rear cameras.