The experienced display analyst, Ross Young shared a tweet (attached below) on 24th December claiming that Xiaomi will release three new foldable devices in 2021, and all three will have different kinds of the fold.
— Ross Young (@DSCCRoss) December 24, 2020 After his tweet, Dutch media LetsGoDigital have now reported that they have found several patents of foldable devices from Xiaomi in the recent past, from which some devices are expected to release this year.
Is 2021 Going To Be the Year of Xiaomi Foldables?
In the most recent patents, there are designs for three foldable devices with a clamshell design and four foldable devices with an inward folding screen. Each of these comes with a different kind of camera setup at the back. Collage of the renders of Xiaomi’s foldable smartphones | Images: LetsGoDigital So, if we follow Young’s statement in his tweet, Xiaomi will release three new foldable devices in 2021. One will feature a clamshell design like the Galaxy Z Flip or the Moto Razr. Another one will feature an inward-folding screen similar to the Galaxy Fold and the Z Fold 2. The third one will feature an outward-folding display like the Huawei Mate Xs. Quite the variety, right? Now, Xiaomi does not have a line of foldable devices to its brand name (the Mi Mix Alpha is a concept phone with a wraparound screen). So, it makes total sense for the China-based company to release devices that are trending in the market. We have seen Xiaomi file a patent for a device with multiple folds earlier this year. Moreover, as per LetsGoDigital, all the other patents from the Chinese company happen to suggest that this will be the year for Xiaomi’s foldable devices.
