On December 29, USPTO (United States Patent and Trademark Office) data showed that Xiaomi applied for a patent for the appearance of a folding mobile phone, which is also a left and right folding design, and also supports a stylus and is attached to the side of the fuselage in a magnetic way.
As can be seen from the patent diagram, the right side of the phone has power and volume buttons, while the left side is the space of the stylus, and the camera on the side of the large screen seems to be placed below, similar to the original Mi MIX.
According to previous news, Xiaomi's second folding screen model, mixed fold 2, appeared in the IMEI database and passed the certification. The phone model is "22061218C", referred to as "L18", and it can be seen from the name that the phone is expected to be officially launched from June to July 2022.
Patent for vertical folding
Prior to this, Xiaomi also applied for another patent for a folding screen device, using a vertical folding design, and the design of the phone in the patent was similar to that of Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 3 and Huawei P50 Pocket folding screen mobile phones.
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