Xiaomi’s Folding Phone Appears For Real

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See the video after the break.

At post time, there isn’t an official Xiaomi YouTube video, just rips of various quality. This is one of the better rips:

Xiaomi Folding Phone Hands-on

So, the screen doesn’t go off when folded back. It just trims the image to the remaining portrait area.

It looks to be a half-inch thick. Is that too much?

I wonder how much stress that screen can handle before material fatigue causes cracks? Well, with Samsung likely to introduce such a phone to the mass market first, we’ll know soon.

Additional:

Xiaomi teases a double-folding smartphone… ohhai digital triptych!

Previously here:

Xiaomi To Topple Apple?!