Xiaomi has always been finding new ways to launch their smartphones and with more innovations coming in from the design perspective we have the Beijing-based Chinese electronics company file patents for three new sketches produced in front of the Chinese National Intellectual Property Administration also known as CNIPA. Interestingly, all the three drawings submitted by the phone maker features a brand new camera module design that shows off a pop-up camera module, packing both rear primary camera sensors as well as optics for front facing selfies.
As see from attached images above and below, we can see the front and back view of the smartphone traiting the unique pop-up camera modules. Yes, we have seen several smartphone manufacturers debut pop-up camera arrangement for their devices, including Xiaomi over the past years, but what makes this new parent distinctive from others is that it carries both front and back facing camera on a single module on it's either sides, unlike what we have seen on the former devices like the Redmi K20 from Xiaomi and Reno 10x Zoom from Oppo, that all came integrating senors on just one side of the module. The new design here looks somewhat similar to Oppo Reno 10x Zoom, but when popped-up the module opens up straight different Reno 10x Zoom's pop-up unit that slides up in a angle.
So as mentioned above, the people from China have claimed patent for three new models of Xiaomi phones that will likely make an appearance in the future, and as we look at them one after another, we believe them to be different iterations from a possible new series, where the first smartphone comes with dual front facing secondary cameras and dual rear facing primary sensors. The second phone looks to embrace again two lenses on the front and three optics on the back. But what excites us the most is the design of the company's third smartphone, that spots the same dual front facing cameras for selfies but a five (penta) camera lineup on the back for main photography, which makes a total 7 camera lenses positioned on the small pop-up module, sliding up from the top of the handset. We still can't think of a way how Xiaomi will manage to pack all seven camera sensors on the same module in a 2 + 5 setup on either sides. But we will leave that for the time to tell. Apart from the sensors, the phone looks to pose with a flat display, rounded corners and narrow bezels on the front, with the hardware buttons positioned to the right side of the device. The back of the unit doesn't look to boast anything special at least from the blueprints we have here.
Source: SHOT BYTES, Android Headlines
