Leaked video claims to show Xiaomi's radical folding phone with THREE screens

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Folding phones are shaping up to have a big year in 2019. 

A new video obtained by noted leaker Evan Blass claims to show Xiaomi's yet-to-be-released smartphone featuring a bendable screen that folds out into three panels.

When users no longer want it to be a tablet, the phone's outer panels handily fold into themselves, transforming the device into a standard-sized smartphone.

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The Chinese tech company isn't the first to turn folding phones into a reality. 

Samsung in November took the wraps off of its smartphone with a wraparound 'Infinity Flex Display,' while LG and Huawei are said to be developing their own folding phone prototypes.

The video gives the most detailed look at Xiaomi's upcoming device yet. 

In it, a user can be seen scrolling through Google Maps on an extra-large screen that stretches across three panels. 

These panels then fold backward to make the device more compact. 

This design differs from foldable models developed by Samsung and ZTE, which turns into a tablet by folding one panel out to create two panels intersected by a bezel in the middle. 

Blass noted in a tweet accompanying the video that it's unclear whether or not the device is actually made by Xiaomi. 

However, speculation has been building for several years that the company was planning to launch a foldable phone.

In 2016, Xiaomi released a video of a bendable screen prototype and, as Engadget pointed out, the firm tends to get ahead of emerging smartphone trends. 

Xiaomi released a nearly all-screen phone design with the Mi Mix long before other smartphonemakers did the same.

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