Xiaomi’s Mi Mix 3 is an all-screen magnetic slider phone with 10GB of RAM

Xiaomi is resurrecting the slider phone, complete with magnetically assisted snap action.

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[Otus]

The problem with a phone like this is that the camera lens only gets to take up half the thickness of the phone.

How much of a difference is it really? A significant part of the thickness is front glass and back regardless. The screen itself is pretty thin is it not? Maybe you could taper the front part to be thinner at the top and the back part thicker.

 

[Otus]

The problem with a phone like this is that the camera lens only gets to take up half the thickness of the phone. With a notched phone, the lens and camera can theoretically (or actually) take up just about the full thickness. That means a much, much higher quality picture, all else being equal.

Simple partial solution: have the rear-facing camera part of the screen-side assembly, and have only the front-facing camera in the sliding half. It might not look as elegant though.

The back camera doesn't have to lose any space if it's in the completely covered part of the phone and slides against the back of the screen.