Talking about smartphones as of now,
display and has been an integral part of the smartphones. Not only this, there
is a huge race between brands to make their device with the almost no bezels.
And if this is happening, how can Xiaomi be
left behind, so it has also rolled out the new Xiaomi dual display feature.
In order to achieve that bezel-less display,
companies are trying different ways like – reducing the size of the notch (dot
notch, waterdrop notch), using moving mechanical parts in smartphones (pop-up
cameras).
All these different ways are just to hide
that front camera so that the smartphone can have a bezel-less display and
still have a front camera. Some of the companies are even trying to hide the
front camera under the display, Xiaomi is one of them.
But recently, we got a patent from Xiaomi
and it looks like it’s a different take from Xiaomi on that ‘Front camera hide’
competition.
A sketch for the Xiaomi patent has surfaced
online and it shows a device with two displays, one on each side. But, it’s not
like any previous dual-display smartphones. It is something completely
different.
Instead of having a whole secondary display on the rear, it’s a much smaller display. The size of this secondary display is the same as the size of the quad-camera housing on the back of the phone.
Placement of this secondary display is on
the upper side of the back panel exactly on the opposite side of the camera
housing. So, for the most part, it looks symmetrical.
This screen can be used as an always-on
display to show the time and date. It also can be used to show caller ID and
notification alerts when the phone is placed face down. Moreover, music
playback could also be managed using this secondary display.
On the front, the device is nearly free of
bezels. It has a small top bezel that houses all the necessary sensors like
proximity sensor, notification sensor also the earpiece or front speaker.