Xiaomi has announced a new concept phone with a four-sided curved ‘waterfall’ show without the need of any ports or buttons. While certainly not as futuristic as the Mi Mix Alpha, the notion phone – which does not have a name but – brings the “just a screen form factor a step closer to life.”
Xiaomi revealed the ‘challenges’ that went behind creating this one-of-its sort smartphone show attainable in a weblog post. Bending the screen on two sides is anything that a lot of smartphone makers have accomplished. Xiaomi has been in a position to go the additional mile and curve the leading and bottom ends as well – which is a 1st for any smartphone (although, just be clear, the technologies is not prepared for prime-time but).
Come take a closer look at our 1st #QuadCurvedWaterfallDisplay notion smartphone, and witness the revolution in glass screen manufacturing and bonding. #InnovationForEveryone pic.twitter.com/cMFKm6LbiM
— Xiaomi (@Xiaomi) February 5, 2021
“Polishing a piece of such hyper-curved glass with a deep 88-degree bend on four sides requires self-developed glass processing equipment, hot bending under 800-degree Celsius high temperature and pressure, four different polishing tools and up to more than ten complex polishing procedures,” Xiaomi mentioned, adding, “behind such a piece of glass are thousands of attempts.”
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Rounding off the package are stress-sensitive touch sensors, piezoelectric ceramics, below-show cameras, wireless charging, and eSIM assistance. In all, 46 self-created patented technologies went behind creating this notion phone although irrespective of whether or not, Xiaomi will bring it to the marketplace anytime quickly is not quickly clear.
Xiaomi launched a phone known as the Mi Mix Alpha in 2019. It had a “surround screen” that began at one finish, wrapped about one side, and then met a vertically aligned strip on the back. The distinctive setup entailed a screen-to-body ratio of a whopping 180 per cent. The phone traded physical side controls with touch-sensitive options. Xiaomi sold restricted quantity of Mi Mix Alpha phones in China and later, showcased it in India (although the phone was under no circumstances sold in India).