August 10 (tomorrow on the time of writing) is a giant date on this yr’s tech calendar, as Samsung is holding an occasion the place it’s anticipated to unveil the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 4, the Galaxy Z Flip 4, and the Galaxy Watch 5 line. However simply at some point later, it’s set to have some foldable competitors.

That’s as a result of, as noticed by PlayfulDroid (opens in new tab), Xiaomi has now taken to Weibo (opens in new tab) – a Chinese language social community – to disclose that it’s unveiling the Xiaomi Combine Fold 2, simply at some point later, on August 11.

That is the corporate’s foldable successor to the Xiaomi Mi Combine Fold, and assuming it has an identical design will probably be a direct competitor to the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 4.

We don’t know something concerning the Xiaomi Combine Fold 2 for certain, however in accordance with leaks it might need a 120Hz refresh charge on each the internal and outer display, with the outer show having a 1080 x 2520 decision.

Leaks additionally level to a Snapdragon eight Plus Gen 1 chipset, 12GB of RAM, as much as 1TB of storage, 67W charging, and a triple-lens rear digital camera, with a 50MP major sensor, a telephoto digital camera with 2x optical zoom, and a 13MP digital camera, which we’d assume has an ultrawide lens.

So the Xiaomi Combine Fold 2 sounds excessive spec sufficient to rival the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 4. Nevertheless, we wouldn’t anticipate it to be as extensively accessible. It nearly definitely gained’t land within the US, and there’s an opportunity it gained’t even land outdoors China. As such, it’d solely present competitors to Samsung in very choose areas.

Evaluation: one other foldable contender can also be arriving

Xiaomi isn’t the one firm saying a foldable telephone simply after Samsung, as Motorola is doing the identical, with the Motorola Razr 2022 having been delayed from an August 2 announcement to August 11.

We’re unsure what prompted the delay, however this implies we’ll probably see no less than 4 foldable telephones unveiled within the area of two days.

The Razr 2022’s launch can also be initially only for China, however as earlier fashions had been offered extra extensively, we’d assume the Motorola Razr 2022 finally might be as effectively, so there may very well be lots of new choices among the many finest foldable telephones earlier than lengthy.