Xiaomi foldable phone with a huge crease in the middle spotted in live images

It is hard to determine what hardware the mystery Xiaomi foldable is running. The images above suggest that it is on some version of MIUI 12 and has 256GB of internal storage. There isn't any sign of a selfie camera either, indicating that the device could come with an under-display camera. Its heavy outer shell indicates that it is an early prototype of the device. Companies usually do this to all early access hardware to not give away the device's thickness. It is also firmly attached to the device, making it rather cumbersome for one to disassemble it. 

We should know more about this foldable smartphone from Xiaomi in the coming months. A prototype out in the wild usually indicates that the product is in its final stages of development. Foldables usually come with top-of-the-line hardware, so we can expect this device to come with the Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 chipset, at the very least. The best part is, Xiaomi reportedly has three different types of foldable smartphone designs in the works; external fold, internal fold, and clamshell.