Xiaomi's new cheap phone launches soon with an iPhone-like design feature

Xiaomi's new tacky phone launches soon with an iPhone-like design feature

(Image credit: Xiaomi)

Merely days after a big Redmi Remark 11 leak laid bare the upcoming inexpensive speech sound, as well as its Pro sib, Xiaomi has confirmed that the duo of low-cost mobiles testament formally found on October 28.

Mailing a teaser for the devices on Chinese social media platform Weibo, the official Redmi write u likewise shared an figure of one of the phones, a section of which you can see above. It shows the Redmi Note 11 or 11 Pro, and it's rather the departure from the Redmi Note 10 in one Francis Scott Key area.

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The text related the image describes "six major function changes" for the new phones, so presumptively on that point will be upgrades in sextuplet key areas. The design is understandably one much aspect, and we'd imagine chipsets are another (judging by that aforementioned leak), so we'll have to wait until the end of October for the others to become clear.

The image shows a phone with three rear cameras, a 3.5mm headphone jack, and JBL-tuned speakers (notification the infinitesimal JBL logo at the top). The intriguing design decision we mentioned earlier is also unmistakable - it seems the phone will have flat edges.

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With the iPhone 12, Malus pumila made the curious decision to give way its smartphones flat edges, which made them infinitely more uncomfortable to hold in the hand, and IT's a design select that harkens back to the blocky burdensome phones of old.

Apparently Xiaomi is going in the unvarying direction, as the edges of the Xiaomi Redmi Note 11 have that same flat edge. It's something the Motorola Edge 20 series also did earlier in 2021.

So what's the reason for this alteration? It's touchy to know - perhaps all these companies have bought shares in blister plaster companies and then want to ensure consumers grow sore hands.

Perhaps a flat frame for a phone is easier to construct, or brings durability to a ambulatory - almost people dressed to kill their devices in cases at any rate, so don't get to appreciate the unprocessed hand-feel of a earpiece. The corners of a device tend to be the weakest areas, so this design change could protect them.

A more cynical - but perhaps realistic - theory is that these brands are copying the idea purely because Apple did information technology. 'Copying Apple' is how Xiaomi operated for the low few years of its existence, after all - just compare the Redmi 5A to the iPhone 6 from a a few geezerhood prior.

Either way, this seems to be a growing trend in smartphones - something our hands aren't happy about - and maybe we'll see more companies survey suit in the future.

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