More competition for the bendables?
Now, a rumoredXiaomifoldable could be the next great gadget to tempt me.
The Chinese manufacturer isreportedly workingon the worlds first dual fold smartphone to be released next year.
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A Xiaomipatent describesan inward folding foldable smartphone with a slider cover display.
The design has one big display where both ends could fold around the sides.
The company previouslyfeatured a promo videofor a foldable concept phone.
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That phone never made its way into stores.
Theres a lot of potential love out there for foldable phones.
Onereport claimsthat foldable smartphones will hit 100 million units by 2025.
I also love the idea of a Gumby-like phone.
True, they maybreak easily.
Outrageously expensive is also an understatement when youre talking abouta cool $2,000for the Galaxy Fold Z 2.
You could buy 13 of the perfectly fineMoto G Fastand still have enough money left over for groceries.
Big Screen, Small Body
Consider the advantages of a flexible phone.
you’re able to have a big screen in a small body.
Boom, you just flatten out your mobile.
Thats surely $2,000 well spent.
But perhaps a dual fold phone could be twice as useful as a boring old single fold phone.
But Xiaomi is cranking out innovations like alarge telephoto lensfor smartphones that can physically zoom.
Its also working on what itclaims to bethe industrys fastest wireless charger.
Lets face it, 2020 may be trying to kill us.
But theres no better way to wait out the end times than folding and unfolding your phone.
Apparently, itsjust as satisfyingas snapping open an old flip phone.
Folding your phone two times would be twice as much fun.
