Would you ever must open a flip cellphone with a canopy display screen this large?

Xiaomi has introduced two new folding telephones for the Chinese language market. The upgraded Combine Fold 4, which introduces water resistance for the primary time, and the Combine Flip, the corporate’s first flip cellphone foldable that includes a 4.01-inch cowl display screen surrounded by a virtually non-existent bezel.

Xiaomi claims the brand new Combine Flip has the most important exterior show on a flip-style folding smartphone. At 4.01 inches in dimension, it’s simply barely bigger than the four-inch display screen on the Motorola Razr Plus 2024 however a lot greater than the three.4-inch exterior display screen on the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 6.

The Combine Flip’s 120Hz cowl display screen contains its personal earpiece and microphone, permitting the cellphone for use to make calls with out having to open it. Nonetheless, regardless of being massive, a large a part of the Combine Flip’s exterior display screen is taken up by a pair of Leica-branded cameras. A 50-megapixel major digital camera with optical picture stabilization and a 50MP telephoto digital camera with two occasions optical zoom. Opening the Combine Flip reveals a 6.86-inch folding display screen with the identical refresh fee.

Powering the Combine Flip is a Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 processor, which could be paired with as much as 16GB of RAM and 1TB of storage. A 4,780mAh battery helps 67W quick charging with a USB-C cable, however Xiaomi hasn’t stated if wi-fi charging is included.

The Combine Fold 4 options comparable internals with a Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 processor and as much as 16GB of RAM with 1TB of storage. Just like the Google Pixel Fold and earlier iterations of the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold, the brand new Combine Fold 4 lastly will get an IPX8 ranking, which signifies that it’s protected in opposition to full water immersion, however there’s nonetheless no mud resistance.

A barely bigger 5,100mAh battery within the Combine Fold 4 could be charged wirelessly at 50W or benefit from 67W quick charging with a USB-C cable. The foldable additionally carries over the identical hinge sturdiness as final 12 months’s mannequin, promising a lifespan of as much as 500,000 folds based mostly on laboratory testing.

When closed, the Combine Fold 4 measures 9.47mm thick and 4.59mm when opened. That’s thinner than each the Galaxy Z Fold 6 and the Pixel Fold. Due to a redesigned hinge that’s now 34 p.c narrower and 16 p.c lighter, the 226-gram Combine Fold 4 can also be now 29 grams lighter than final 12 months’s Combine Fold 3.

Additional including to weight financial savings is a smaller inner 120Hz show. It now measures 7.98 inches however presents a bump in decision to 2488 x 2224 pixels, whereas the exterior 1080P cowl show stays the identical dimension at 6.56 inches.

The Xiaomi Combine Fold 4 options 4 Leica-branded cameras on the again. It carries ahead the 50-megapixel major digital camera and 12-megapixel ultrawide digital camera from the earlier mannequin however now presents an improved 50-megapixel telephoto digital camera with two occasions optical zoom for portrait images and a 10-megapixel periscope digital camera with 5 occasions optical zoom.

The Xiaomi Combine Fold 4 begins at ¥8,999 (round $1,237) for the bottom mannequin that includes 12GB of RAM and 256GB of storage, or ¥10,999 (round $1,512) with 16GB of RAM and 1TB of storage, in black, white, or blue. The Combine Flip, in white, purple, or black, begins at ¥5,999 (round $825) with 12GB of RAM and 256GB of storage, however with 16GB of RAM and 1TB of storage, the value jumps to ¥7,299 (round $1,004).

As with Xiaomi’s earlier folding telephones, there’s no phrase on whether or not or not these two new fashions will see a worldwide launch exterior of China.