Xiaomi phone with pop-up camera & uniform bezels appears

Xiaomi could release a phone with a pop-up camera and uniform bezels at some point in the future. One of the company’s design patents surfaced, and it’s described as a ‘Hidden Electronic Device and Hidden Camera’ patent.

Xiaomi could release a new phone with a pop-up camera & uniform bezels

In that patent filing, Xiaomi details the pop-up camera, and it also shares a placeholder image of a device it could be used on. This pop-up camera is looking to improve upon past models, by reducing weight and improving the mechanism altogether.

We’ve seen quite a few smartphones with pop-up cameras in the past. The OnePlus 7 Pro is likely one of the best-known ones. It’s praised for its design to this day, though pop-up cameras didn’t really stick around.

Smartphone manufacturers shifted to hole punch displays, to eliminate moving parts that pop-up cameras require. Well, Xiaomi could bring them back, better than ever, though this patent doesn’t guarantee anything, of course.

The render you can see below is based on that patent filing, it seems

A render of a phone also surfaced, and it seems to be based on this patent. You can check it out above the article. You’ll notice that the device has uniform bezels, and no hole punch or anything of the sort.

Some smartphone OEMs shifted to under-display cameras in their phones, like RedMagic, for example. Under-display cameras don’t really deliver the image quality that can be praised, though many people don’t really care that much about them. They’d gladly take the hit in selfie image quality to get a clear display canvas.

Xiaomi is looking to offer the best of both worlds, in a way. A good selfie camera when you need it, and a clear canvas when you don’t. It remains to be seen if this device will see the light of day at all. Xiaomi could shift towards under-display cameras too, we’ll see.