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The Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 5 will launch next month, and it seems like Xiaomi is working on a clamshell foldable of its own. This information comes from Digital Chat Station, a well-known tipster.
The Galaxy Z Flip 5 is set to get a “light & thin” rival from Xiaomi
He went to Weibo to confirm that Xiaomi is working on such a device, and he also mentioned that it will be “light and thin”. That’s basically all the information that the tipster shared at this point.
We don’t know when exactly will this phone launch, but it’ll hopefully arrive before the end of the year. As a reminder, this will be Xiaomi’s very first clamshell foldable smartphone, actually.
The company did release two generations of a book-style foldable. The Xiaomi Mi MIX Fold and Xiaomi MIX Fold 2 launched in 2021 and 2022, respectively. The Xiaomi MIX Fold 3 is expected to arrive this year.
The Xiaomi MIX Fold 3 will likely launch in August, while the clamshell foldable is still a mystery
The Xiaomi MIX Fold 2 launched at the end of August last year. Could the MIX Fold 3 arrive in August this year? Well, that’s certainly a possibility, and there’s even a chance that the MIX Flip will arrive alongside it. Nothing is set in stone yet, though.
The thing is, both the Xiaomi Mi MIX Fold and Xiaomi MIX Fold 2 were exclusive to China. They launched in China, and remained exclusive for that market. Xiaomi opted not to launch them globally.
Could things change with the Xiaomi MIX Fold 3? Well, we certainly hope so. Xiaomi would bring much-needed competition to the global foldable smartphone market. The same goes for the company’s upcoming clamshell foldable, by the way.
We’ll likely get more information in the coming weeks/months, so stay tuned for that. The book-style foldable is certainly coming later this year, Xiaomi’s third-gen one. While the clamshell foldable is still a mystery.