Xiaomi’s Mi MIX series is known for its bezel-less design. Unfortunately, the company has not released a new model in a very long time. However, it has patented a wide variety of devices with full-screen design in the past few months. Now, yet another new design emerges with a unique slider display implementation.

As usual, this Xiaomi patent was first spotted by LetsGoDigtial. As per the publication, Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software filed this patent with the WIPO (World Intellectual Property Office) and the USPTO (United States Patent and Trademark Office). It got approved and published on October 29, 2020.

According to the documentation, this design includes a slider display similar to the Mi MIX 3 5G. But unlike that phone, this handset’s display covers the front and runs along the bottom side up until half of its back.

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Hence, the only places without a screen on this design are the top, sides, and the top portion of the rear panel. This design is somewhat similar to the Xiaomi AI Super Camera smartphone patent from last year but with a magnetic slider.

Since this design’s display continues from the front to the back from the bottom side, it uses a roller mechanism inside the slider to slide down the front panel to reveal the selfie camera, an ambient light sensor, a distance sensor, a dot projector, and the receiver. This slider can also be moved by voice command.

In other words, this new Xiaomi patent is a combination of slider, rollable, and full-screen smartphone. That said, we don’t think the Chinese smartphone maker will ever release such a device for the commercial market but it may showcase it as a concept like the Mi MIX Alpha.

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Lastly, the renders included in this article are created by an industrial designer called Sarang Sheth, in collaboration with LetsGoDigtial. Also, it is worth noting that the rear camera setup from the Mi 10T Pro is just for reference.

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Xiaomi has been lately applying for weird futuristic design patents. Recently, we saw a smartphone design with an all-around screen and a huge 108MP “AI Super Camera”. Now, just a few days later, another patent has emerged that shows a handset with built-in TWS.

As always, this new patent was spotted by LetsGoDigital. The publication also happens to have found the same design last month at the China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA). But only now, they could understand its design, thanks to the documents submitted at The Hague International Design System, which is part of the World Intellectual Property Office (WIPO).

As you can see from the pictures, the smartphone in the design patent is capable of housing a pair of truly wireless earphones, commonly known as TWS. It is similar to the compartment for S Pen on Samsung Galaxy Note series of phones.

The patent does not mention the working of this TWS but it should be connecting with the handset via Bluetooth. Though it is a cool idea to integrate wireless earphones with the phone, it has shortcomings.

For example, housing for buds requires space inside the phone. Hence, the company needs to cut some corners like reduce the battery size to achieve this design. Anyway, we don’t expect Xiaomi to launch such a smartphone in the new future but who knows.

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Xiaomi is known for popularising bezel-less smartphones with its Mi Mix series of smartphones. Last year, the brand unveiled a one of a kind handset called Mi Mix Alpha with an all-around screen. This device is yet to go on sale, however, the company has already patented design for a similar phone at the China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA).

The said patent was filed by Xiaomi on January 19, 2020, but the documentation, as well as images, were only published today (July 10, 2020). They were unearthed by none other than the patent experts at LetsGoDigital.

According to the patent, this smartphone will have an all-around display but the top portion of the rear will have a single giant 108MP camera with a zoom lens. The company even calls it “AI Super Camera”.

There are two designs for the same device, one in black color and another with transparent panel showcasing the internals, which could be mere placeholder plastic material like on the Mi 8/Mi 9 Explorer Edition.

There’s only one physical key (power button) and a secondary mic at the top, whereas the bottom houses the speaker, primary mic, and USB Type-C port.

The patent also reveals it to be a 5G phone but there’s no mention of the chipset used. But the transparent edition does describe “5G MODEM IVY 650”, which is not a real thing. Other texts inside the phone include “AI SUPER CAMERA”, “108MP MEGA SENSOR ZOOM LENS F/2.0 – 5.0”, “AI GPU”, “MEMORY”, “MIUI”, “DESIGNED BY XIAOMI”, and “ALWAYS BELIEVE SOMETHING WONDERFUL IS ABOUT TO HAPPEN”.

Anyway, it is not known if this handset will ever see the light of the day. Even if it does, we don’t expect Xiaomi to sell it.

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