ZTE patent of a dual-display smartphone surfaces online showing a square screen on the back

ZTE had earlier launched a folding device but it is not what you’re thinking. The company had basically attached two displays via a hinge which opened and closed like a small book. The phone was called the ZTE Axon M and was met with a mixed response, partly because the company, at that time, had been blacklisted by the US. Now a new patent has surfaced which shows that the company is working on a dual-screen device. [caption id=“attachment_4439219” align=“alignnone” width=“1280”] ZTE booth. Image: Reuters.[/caption] As per the patent which surfaced about a week back , the device by ZTE appears to have a completely bezel-less screen on the front. On the back, there is square-cutout for a second screen along with vertically aligned camera setup. The phone does not have a headphone jack and has two speaker grills and what appears to be a Type-C port on the bottom. [caption id=“attachment_7034471” align=“alignnone” width=“800”] ZTE patent.[/caption] The second screen suggests that there will be no pop-up camera for the purposes of selfies. This ZTE phone is not going to be the first to come with dual-screens for giving the user a full-screen layout. The company’s separate Nubia brand has already come with a dual-display smartphone called the Nubia X and Vivo has come out with the Nex 2 . It remains to be seen whether ZTE is planning to release such a device this year.