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Earlier today, I ran across a tweet that contained a video in which Xiaomi president teased us with a cool yet-to-be-announced folding device. I pulled some screenshots from the video to give you some still images. Here are images of the Xiaomi foldable phone in use, fully opened up:
And here it is being folded up
And lastly, this is it in folded form
I think it is cool, even cooler than Samsung’s folding phone. But just so you can see it in action for yourself, here is the tweet with the embedded video:
Xiaomi Foldable Phone Demo Video
Look what it is! The Xiaomi Foldable Phone! This video was posted by Lin Bin, president of Xiaomi, confirms what we saw in the video @evleaks posted earlier! This actually looks amazing and XIoami is looking for a name for it: Mi Mix Flex, Mi Dual Flex, etc. Thoughts? #Xiaomi pic.twitter.com/F3y2jBkxrp — Ishan Agarwal (@ishanagarwal24) January 23, 2019
If you find the Samsung Galaxy Fold, costing $2000, too expensive, and many people do, Xiaomi’s foldable phone is on the way and the grapevine says, it will cost about half that price .
A foldable device is one that has a flexible display that can bend. This ability to bend can be adapted into a number of scenarios. For now, all the announced foldable devices have the technology implemented into one or two folding points or joints. Perhaps in future we will see devices that can be rolled up like a scroll. Other interesting applications might show up too.
Others have mentioned that tinge of nostalgia before, and there is a ring to it. If you never owned or saw a Series 80 Nokia Communicator in use, all of this is going to be lost on you. Not only does the Galaxy Fold look the part as you fold it, the videos we have seen also show a user interface that has been modified to make the best of the large display when opened up.
Dayo and I went on and on about it but we eventually concluded that spending $2000 on a smartphone was not something we want to do in 2019. That’s roughly N700,000. No way. Not even for the thrill of being on the cutting edge. And Huawei’s foldable phone, the Mate X, is even more expensive than Samsung’s. It costs a whopping $2600 (about NGN900,000). Ki lo de?
A Pocket-friendly Foldable Phone
It appears that it is Xiaomi that will save the day and make it possible for many more people to experience folding display technology this year. That is, if a particular leak/rumour is true.
This report says that the Xiaomi foldable phone will cost $999 only. That puts its price at half of the Galaxy Fold. If ever one wants a rumour to be true, here I am wanting this one to be, so badly. LOL.
As seen in the video demonstration above, Xiaomi’s folding phone works differently from Samsung’s. While the Galaxy Fold folds forward and in, the Xiaomi folds backwards. Different implementations, same principle – carry a device with a large display around in the size of a regular smartphone.
Meanwhile, I am tired of say “Xiaomi’s foldable phone” every time. I shall just call it Xiaomi Mi Flex until the official name is announced. These guys cannot be stressing me like that on top of a device that I will still spend N350,000 on.
Come to think of it, spending $1000 to get my hands on a foldable device is not bad at all. Meanwhile, my partner-in-crime, Noni, isn’t bothered about price. She wants to get the Huawei Mate X, the most expensive foldable phone we have seen so far. I have asked if she would like to be my sugar mummy, and she says she will give it some thought.
Join me in lobbying her to accept my application, dear Mobilistas. This is the breakthrough that we have been looking for. Noni for Matron of MobilityArena!!
Whether she adopts me as a sugar son or not, though, I should get my hands on at least one foldable display device this year and have tons of experiences to share here. I hope that your weekend was as good as mine, and I wish you a productive week ahead.
Which foldable display device do you fancy?
PS : Which of the three foldable phones catch your fancy the most – Huawei Mate X, Samsung Galaxy Fold, or Xiaomi Mi Flex?
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So many smartphone companies have been launching smartphones with little or no edges, and also some with minimum holes, stopgap and physical buttons. Meizu has surpassed that by announcing the launch of a new smartphone from the company – it is the first smartphone without holes or buttons – and is named “Zero.”
The Meizu Zero has no charging port or headphone jack. It doesn’t even have a speaker grill. Neither does it have a SIM card slot nor the buttons you normally see on a phone. The only visible elements of its all-display, 7.8 mm thick ceramic body are its dual 20MP and 12MP primary camera and 20MP secondary camera.
A Smartphone Without Holes?
While it has no ports and grilles, the Meizu Zero still has 2 pinholes – one is for hard resets and the other is a microphone hole. So, is this claim baseless. Not exactly. Bezel-less phones do have tiny bezels. So, a smartphone with two pinholes must count as holeless.
Though, there are neither Buttons nor Ports in the Meizu Zero, but it does have edges. It also has 18-Watt Wireless Charging (this is the fastest wireless charging till date) and this is the first smartphone to have no charging port. The Meizu Zero is a natural progression for smartphones, as OEMs have been trying to get rid of Ports and Buttons for quite a long time.
First Smartphone Without Buttons
There are no physical buttons anywhere in the Meizu Zero. Home and back keys have been left out in almost every recent smartphones and have been replaced by software UIs, but this phone is unique in a way that it doesn’t even have volume keys or a power button. Touch capacitive panels with haptic feedback were used in place of the keys which were meant to be physical, this is actually similar to the HTC U12+.
Sound Without A Loudspeaker Cutout
Surprisingly, this phone doesn’t have a speaker cutout on it, as the company has installed a piezoelectric transducer beneath the display to transmit the sound. It is called mSound 2.0, this is almost the same as that visible on the Sharp Aquos Crystal and the Xiaomi Mi MIX.
Meizu Zero is the first smartphone without holes and buttons
Due to the fact that this is a smartphone without holes – no ports and grilles – the traditional SIM card slot has been replaced by the latest eSIM technology, which is similar to that of the new Apple iPhones. Also, data transfer can only be done via Mobile Data or Wi-Fi.
This phone has a 5.99-inch QHD OLED screen, which also acts like some kind of massive speaker and a replacement for its lack of earpiece. Its edges are big enough to house a 20MP selfie camera, it has an on-screen fingerprint scanner and is IP68 certified against dust and water.
The manufacturers of the Meizu Zero made a statement about the phone’s retail launch in China being connected to the progress of the local carriers’ with the eSIM. This will most likely cause its availability to be limited.
The Meizu Zero will run on the Snapdragon 845 chipset instead of the Snapdragon 855. The colour variants available for this phone are Black and White. The battery capacity, price, and storage configurations of the phone have not yet been revealed by the company. But since be Mobile World Congress is close by, we will most likely find out soon.
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