Xiaomi unveiled the ill-fated Mi Combine Alpha in 2019, exhibiting a smartphone with a display that wrapped across the again of the gadget (seen above). That cellphone could have finally been canceled, however a newly granted patent has proven that Xiaomi is considering a extra formidable design.

ITHome reviews that Xiaomi has been granted a patent by China’s nationwide mental property physique for a smartphone with under-display cameras on each the back and front.

Pictures posted by the outlet (seen above and beneath) certainly present a cellphone that appears similar to the Combine Alpha, that includes a display that wraps across the again. There’s a vertical strip working down the middle of the rear cowl, stopping this from being a full 360-degree wraparound display. We will additionally see the areas of the under-screen cameras, that includes one on the entrance and three on the again of the cellphone.

This wouldn’t be the primary time we’ve seen a Xiaomi cellphone with an under-display digicam, as 2021’s Combine Combine 4 packed this characteristic. Nonetheless, this could be the primary time we see rear cameras getting the under-display remedy too.

Beneath-display selfie cameras nonetheless lag behind even price range smartphones, as selfies taken with these cameras present haziness, poor low-light efficiency, and unusual artifacts. So we’d anticipate any business cellphone with under-display rear cameras to supply equally poor picture high quality.

We additionally surprise why Xiaomi thought of this method when the design within the patent has a large rear strip working down the again. Absolutely the corporate might place rear cameras right here as an alternative? Even punch-hole cutouts for all cameras would ship higher picture high quality. Then once more, that is only a patent anyway, so the general design right here may not be consultant of a ultimate product.

Actually, it’s value noting that firms file patents for all types of zany stuff. So there’s no assure we’ll even see a Xiaomi cellphone with under-display rear cameras sooner or later.