Xiaomi’s new concept phone has a waterfall screen on all four sides

Xiaomi has announced its latest phone concept: a “square waterfall screen”. This means that the screen of the nameless phone not only has a deep waterfall curve of 88 degrees on the left and right side, but also on the top and bottom, leaving no room for ports or buttons. Xiaomi says it is intended to “extend the screens to infinity” and “enable a true, port-free unibody design.”

The obvious question is how it can possibly work on the corners of the screen, and based on the promotional images, it looks like Xiaomi is simply leaving them blank with small, rounded cutouts. So it’s not entirely infinite, but still a neat trick – although for people who do not like the relatively modest curved screens on phones like the Galaxy S21 Ultra, it sounds like their nightmare.

Announcing a concept device entirely through versions does not have the impact of being personally displayed, as pre-COVID was common. A representative of Xiaomi told The edge that this phone does exist and that they used it for what it’s worth. The performance, according to Xiaomi, is the result of ‘countless breakthroughs in glass bending and lamination technology, and’ represents the sum of 46 groundbreaking patents. ‘

This concept phone follows last week’s announcement of the seemingly strange Xiaomi technology, its ‘Mi Wireless Charge’ wireless charging system. And in 2019, Xiaomi unveiled the Mi Mix Alpha phone, with a screen that wrapped around almost the entire device, though it was eventually never offered for sale. This latest concept will probably never make it into a commercially available device.

Xiaomi will be available worldwide for its significantly more conventional Mi 11 flagship phone during an event next Monday, February 8th.

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