A few years ago, Samsung brought a new smartphone technology to the world and it became a thing. Yes, I am talking about the foldable smartphone technology that every brand is working on now. However, Xiaomi seems to be taking the smartphone to the next level now. The Chinese smartphone maker has reportedly filed a patent on the China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) for a detachable phone. Really? A phone that you can detach in two halves? Well, there’s more to it. Read along to find out.
According to a report by 91mobiles, Xiaomi is working on a new unique concept that might or might not make an impact on how smartphones are evolving. This phone will look like a clamshell foldable but can be detached from the middle, as per the report. Xiaomi filed the patent, which includes the sketches of the smartphone and also its detachable mechanism.
If you look closely at the sketches, you can notice the design is quite similar to clamshell foldable smartphones when unfolded. But, when it’s folded, the smartphone doesn’t have any hinge to keep it intact. The body seems to be attached with pogo pins and magnets, which are also used to connect keyboards to tablets. Moreover, the design looks very similar to Xiaomi’s Mix Flip, except for the camera module. There is a lifted camera module on the back, which looks very much like Xiaomi 14’s camera module. Three camera rings are visible inside the camera island and an LED flashlight.
Talking more about its design, so apart from detaching in two halves, this phone can feature volume rockers and power buttons on the right side of the panel, and a speaker grill and USB-C port at the bottom.
However, this technology is said to be just a prototype and can take some time to launch publicly. But do we even need it? Well, I don’t know about the use case or the tech behind that concept yet, but one thing I know is that I want to carry my smartphone fully intact and not in two pieces.
