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This is the best tri-fold concept I’ve seen so far

The dual hinges enable it to transform into a device that's more like a traditional candybar phone, just with a larger screen

Infinix Zero Mini

Tri-fold upcoming phones seem to be a theme of this year’s Mobile World Congress, with Infinix demonstrating this Zero Mini tri-fold concept.

Yet it’s a flip size, essentially, so the dual hinges enable it to transform into a device that’s more like a traditional candybar phone, just with a larger screen, though the screen size hasn’t been announced.

And, as someone pointed out to me earlier, it’s not really a tri-fold at all, more a bi-fold (dual hinges with three sections).

Infinix Zero Mini

Because it’s so compact, it’s designed to be small in the pocket or it can be attached to a backpack or mounted somewhere – such as on a bike.

At the MWC 2025 Showstoppers event Infinix also introduced other concepts, too, including E-Colour Shift 2.0 which is essentially a next-gen level of personalisation using e-ink. You can customise patterns on the back of the phone, which can change using a pre-programmed sequence.

Plus Infinix also showed off a solar-powered charging case which is essentially like a continually charged power bank on the back of your device. While all these products are early in gestation, they clearly have potential to come to market in the near future.

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Dan is Editor-in-chief of Stuff, working across the magazine and the Stuff.tv website.  Our Editor-in-Chief is a regular at tech shows such as CES in Las Vegas, IFA in Berlin and Mobile World Congress in Barcelona as well as at other launches and events. He has been a CES Innovation Awards judge. Dan is completely platform agnostic and very at home using and writing about Windows, macOS, Android and iOS/iPadOS plus lots and lots of gadgets including audio and smart home gear, laptops and smartphones. He's also been interviewed and quoted in a wide variety of places including The Sun, BBC World Service, BBC News Online, BBC Radio 5Live, BBC Radio 4, Sky News Radio and BBC Local Radio.

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