At the beginning of the year, Xiaomi’s Redmi brand became a stand-alone subsidiary. It not only makes phones now has added other products including a computer and a washing machine to its catalog. Xiaomi, on the other hand, is known for its Mi branded-phones but that too will now be split into three lines according to CEO, Lei Jun. There is the Xiaomi digital series which includes phones such as the Mi 9 and the Mi 9 SE; the MIX business flagship series which combines art and professionalism; and the new CC series which is for phones made in partnership with Meitu and is targeted at the younger generation all over the world.
News of the first set of devices in the CC series has been circulating for over a week now. There will be two phones: one is called the CC9e and will have a waterdrop notch and triple rear cameras, while the other is the CC9 which skips the notch and punch hole, and shaves off nearly all the bezels for an all-screen design and flip-triple cameras. A live photo of a phone believed to be the latter has now surfaced online.
The phone has very thin top and side bezels. Even the one at the bottom of the screen is thinner than what we have seen on a lot of other phones. The screen-to-body ratio is definitely over 90%.
Unlike the Redmi K20 and Redmi K20 Pro which also have a similar all-screen design but have a pop-up selfie camera, the Xiaomi CC9 is said to have a flip camera module just like that of the ASUS Zenfone 6. This way, the rear cameras are also the front-facing cameras. However, instead of two cameras, the Xiaomi CC9 will have three cameras.
The source didn’t show the rear of the phone or list any of its specs. The specs we have seen on the web don’t even say the phone has an all-screen design. Instead, it is said to have a waterdrop notch with a 32MP selfie camera while a 48MP triple camera setup sits on the back.
Other than this live photo and the poster that shows a Meitu-branded phone with triple rear cameras, we haven’t come across any new info that reinforces the existence of a phone with a flip camera. Until we get more details, we advise you to take this with a grain of salt.
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