In the year 2016, Xiaomi launched the Mi Mix smartphone, which in its time had an impressive screen to body ratio of 83%. In order to achieve this, Xiaomi placed the front-facing camera in the chin below its display. According to freshly granted patents, the company is working on a couple of other handsets that have a distinctive approach towards incorporating the selfie camera, like the Mi Mix. 
The said patent set includes four different models, all of which have dual front-facing selfie cameras. The first model looks similar to several high-end smartphones from the current era with curved edges. However, instead of a waterdrop style notch, the dual cameras are mounted along the left and right edge of the top bezel.
Moving ahead, the second model looks identical to the first one but not only does it have two cameras mounted along the left and right side of the top edge, but it also has curved corners as shown in the image.
Out of all the models, the third one is the most unusual looking. The illustration exhibits a handset with what could be called ears or horns extending from the right and left side of the top edge. Both of these so-called ears accommodate a front-facing camera. Overall, this design looks very quirky and it would be interesting to see if Xiaomi could make a real-life device out of this.
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The fourth model looks the most reasonable out of all four, it has a thick forehead above the display which houses dual selfie cameras. The overall front fascia of this model looks similar to the Pixel 4 which is set to launch tomorrow i.e the 15th of October.
While all four designs are unique in their own way, it must be noted that companies tend to hold a wide variety of patent portfolio. Whether or not, any of these turns into a reality, we will have to wait to watch. Till then we would recommend taking these with a grain of salt.
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