China’s Xiaomi unveils folding phone with home-grown chip as it takes on Apple, Huawei

Introduction comes on same day as Huawei launches its latest foldable, with Apple expected to enter the fray on Sept 9.

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The Xiaomi 18 Fold will sell from 10,999 yuan (US$1,639/RM6,668), with sales kicking off at 10am on Sept 10. — Xiaomi/SCMP

Xiaomi unveiled a series of new products on Sept 7 – from a flagship foldable phone featuring proprietary chips to new models of its premium Skynomad SUV – underscoring the Chinese giant’s intensified push to compete against rivals including Tesla, Apple and Huawei Technologies.

Beijing-based Xiaomi launched the 18 Fold, a foldable phone featuring a 7.58-inch inner display, a proprietary Xring O3 system-on-chip (SoC), and LPDDR6 memory chips from ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT), said Lei Jun, founder and CEO, at an event held in Beijing.

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