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TL;DR
- Xiaomi may be working on a wide-screen slab phone.
- The phone is rumored to come with a side-mounted fingerprint scanner.
- We’re unsure of the other details, but the same leaker previously claimed several wide phones from Chinese brands could arrive in 2027.
Wide foldables are incredibly popular — far more than we expected. That popularity may also be driven by growing demand for smaller, but not less powerful, phones, as well as the proven convenience wider screens offer over tall phones in terms of usability. This growing demand now appears to fuel the creation of a new category of phones: wide-screen slab phones.
According to leaker Digital Chat Station, Xiaomi is working on a slab phone with a wide screen, similar to the cover-screen dimensions of wide foldables such as the Galaxy Z Fold 8 and the iPhone Duo. While the leaker doesn’t divulge any other details, they add that it could include a side-mounted fingerprint scanner, which is more common on folding phones.