{"id":597602,"date":"2026-08-27T13:06:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-27T13:06:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/597602\/"},"modified":"2026-08-27T13:06:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T13:06:10","slug":"the-xiaomi-18-fold-leaks-ahead-of-the-iphone-ultra-launch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/597602\/","title":{"rendered":"The Xiaomi 18 Fold leaks, ahead of the iPhone Ultra launch"},"content":{"rendered":"

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For a time, it was unclear whether the flip or fold form factor was the future of folding smartphones, but for now at least, it seems clear that the book-style fold is the winner.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s what we saw from Samsung\u2019s 8th-generation folding phone, it\u2019s what we\u2019re expecting from the iPhone Ultra<\/a>, and leaked images of Xiaomi\u2019s 18 Fold also follow the trend \u2026<\/p>\n

There are two form factors for folding smartphones, colloquially known as the flip and the fold.<\/p>\n

The flip design essentially has a conventional smartphone fold in half to a device which is thicker but half the height. This provides a standard-sized screen in a more pocketable format. The Motorola Razr is one example of this, and it echoes a design the same company first popularized way back in 2004.<\/p>\n

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The fold format, now increasingly referred to as a \u201cbook\u201d design for obvious reasons, takes a device with a squarer shape and then unfolds into the equivalent of a small tablet like the iPad mini. This is the design Apple is set to unveil next month.<\/p>\n

Samsung has popularised this with its Galaxy Z Fold series, with the 8th-gen model<\/a> released just last month.<\/p>\n

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Xiaomi is now set to join the party with its 18 Fold, whose camera island bears more than a passing resemblance to the expected look of the iPhone Ultra. Weibo user Peter<\/a> shared two photos (above) of what he suspects to be an engineering prototype rather than the actual production model.<\/p>\n

Our sister site 9to5Google<\/a> notes that the dark cherry color appears to have been based on rumors of one of<\/a> the iPhone 18 Pro<\/a> colors.<\/p>\n

Image: 9to5Mac\/Peter<\/a>\/Annie Spratt<\/a><\/p>\n

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