Xiaomi patents foldable phone with 5 pop-up cameras

Beijing, Nov 11 (IANS) Chinese smartphone manufacturer Xiaomi has patented a foldable smartphone with five pop-up camera setup.According to the patent, Xiaomi's foldable phone has an outward-folding screen and depending on how a user holds it, the five cameras can either be rear cameras or front-facing cameras, news portal GizmoChina reported on Sunday. The sketches of the device suggest that it will have a really thin bezels and no display notch. The patent seems to have been submitted on August 20 and was approved and published last week. The patent also shows the pop-up sit on the left side of the foldable phone when unfolded. Last week Xiaomi launched its latest smartphone Mi CC9 Pro with five rear cameras, including a 108MP primary sensor in China.The phone features a 6.47-inch curved full-HD+ (1080x2340 pixels) OLED display. The device is powered by Qualcomm's Snapdragon 730G processor paired with up to 8GB of RAM and 256GB of internal storage.
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