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Bending Xiaomi Phone Sighted again

AndiOctober 14, 2016

More images of the bendable Xiaomi phone have hit the web this morning!

Tech companies have been working on new hardware that can flex and bend for some time, and for a few years we have seen various displays that offer bending properties.

Recently though we have seen advances in other bending hardware from processors to batteries, which may one day see their way in to production smartphones that can fold neatly in half (like the the clam shell phones of olde).

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Xiaomi appears to be hot on the heels of the latest technology and photos of their own folding device have appeared online this morning.

In all fairness, we have no idea if the actual device is a Xiaomi model, but as the phone runs a MIUI operating system it would be fair to say it is.

Folding phones aren’t likely to become available anytime soon but the tech behind them is certainly getting there!

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realjjj
October 14, 2016
It’s a concept from a clueless fan. Nobody needs that kind of phone , rigidity is a plus.
- Muhammad Yasir
  October 14, 2016
Rick
October 14, 2016
The only concept that is kind of useful is bracelet-like prototype I’ve seen somewhere. You unfold it from your hand to a full sized phone, so no need to keep the phone in your pocket.
Zdeněk Anděl
October 14, 2016
sighted? Should be seen -.-
Anyway I am not sure any1 use this 😀

MattD
October 14, 2016
Phones are like penises: someone has a big one, someone has a small one; some have a bad endurance, some have a better endurance but it’s never really too much, it’s all up to how you use it if its duration could result to be enough or not; and, most important, it’s supposed to be rigid whenever you need it, otherwise it’s damn useless and uncomfortable to play with.
xi7
October 14, 2016

Moose
October 14, 2016
I can’t see the point of a bendable, foldable display. Another crazy gimmick to throw out there to see if anyone is nuts enough to jump on it. This shows how desperate OEM”s are to differentiate themselves when real innovation is at a standstill.
realjjj
October 14, 2016
It’s a concept from a clueless fan. Nobody needs that kind of phone , rigidity is a plus.
- Guest
  October 14, 2016

Wolvie
October 14, 2016
This is just a way for the vendor to jack up the price so their buyers can show off to their friends and say “Come and see, my smartphone can bend but yours cannot muahahahahahahaha”
The sad thing is many rich people will still queue to buy this kind of very expensive premium smartphones. Actually they can use their excess money to help those who are unfortunate and poor people that even don’t have enough money to pay their daily food *sigh*
- Maximiliano On Line
  October 16, 2016
Guest
October 14, 2016
The only concept that is kind of useful is bracelet-like prototype I’ve seen somewhere. You unfold it from your hand to a full sized phone, so no need to keep the phone in your pocket.

Zdeněk Anděl
October 14, 2016
sighted? Should be seen -.-
Anyway I am not sure any1 use this 😀
MattD
October 14, 2016
Phones are like penises: someone has a big one, someone has a small one; some have a bad endurance, some have a better endurance but it’s never really too much, it’s all up to how you use it if its duration could result to be enough or not; and, most important, it’s supposed to be rigid whenever you need it, otherwise it’s damn useless and uncomfortable to play with.

xi7
October 14, 2016
Moose
October 14, 2016
I can’t see the point of a bendable, foldable display. Another crazy gimmick to throw out there to see if anyone is nuts enough to jump on it. This shows how desperate OEM”s are to differentiate themselves when real innovation is at a standstill.

Guest
October 14, 2016
This is just a way for the vendor to jack up the price so their buyers can show off to their friends and say “Come and see, my smartphone can bend but yours cannot muahahahahahahaha”
The sad thing is many rich people will still queue to buy this kind of very expensive premium smartphones. Actually they can use their excess money to help those who are unfortunate and poor people that even don’t have enough money to pay their daily food *sigh*
- Maximiliano On Line
  October 16, 2016
- Ibrahim Bahakim
  October 16, 2016
  You have to have a powerbank or any source of power next to it as this item does not have a battery built in.
  - Maximiliano On Line
    October 16, 2016
    - Ibrahim Bahakim
      October 17, 2016

Maximiliano On Line
October 15, 2016
- Ibrahim Bahakim
  October 16, 2016
  You have to have a powerbank or any source of power next to it as this item does not have a battery built in.
- Maximiliano On Line
  October 16, 2016
  And that make this device useless
- Ibrahim Bahakim
  October 17, 2016
mrjayviper
October 15, 2016
- Ibrahim Bahakim
  October 16, 2016