With all that said, there were limits to what Xiaomi could achieve here. If, for example, you were wondering how Xiaomi’s engineers were able to bend and bend that glass around the corners of the phone, the answer is simple: they did not. The company’s dark, moody product versions and videos do well to hide it, but there are small clippings in every corner. So much for the “just a screen” look the company was wondering about.
Aside from all the cleverness on the screen, this latest concept is also striking for the complete lack of physical controls and gates. Instead, the company relies on 46 of its patents and built-in smart alternatives such as pressure-sensitive touch sensors in place of buttons and a ‘first flexible film-acoustic technology’ instead of a traditional speaker and grille. The lack of a USB-C port also means wireless charging, and who knows – maybe it’s meant to work with another of Xiaomi’s recent announcements, a remote wireless charging system that the company calls ‘Mi Air Charge’ .
Granted, not all of these developments are particularly new, but the fact that Xiaomi is exploring how all of these diverse developments can be used together is one of the clearest signs yet that it plans to release a full unibody smartphone in the future. set. Nor are they the only ones. Rumors have long suggested that Apple wants to drop the ports over its iPhone line completely. If Xiaomi and Apple release portless devices, the pressure from the rest of the industry will continue to be a full body, and it’s hard to imagine that the status quo will remain the status quo for very long.