Xiaomi refutes Huawei Yu Chengdong: the false remarks made by Huawei Yu about the "keel shaft" technology are seriously inconsistent with the facts.

Thanks to the CTOnews.com netizen Mr. Aviation, the soft media new friend 2199365, the soft media user 1651328 for the clue delivery! CTOnews.com December 12 news, Xiaomi company spokesman official Weibo issued an announcement this afternoon, saying that Huawei Yu Chengdong made false remarks about the company's "keel shaft" technology for no reason, which is seriously inconsistent with the facts.

Recently, some netizens posted a video. At the 2023 Huawei Pollen Annual meeting last weekend, Yu Chengdong said, "people directly plagiarized and made it into their own name, right? you also know that ours is a double water drop hinge that directly turns into a keel." that keel doesn't exist in the world. (starts in 1 minute 15 seconds)

The "keel hinge" mentioned by Yu Chengdong happens to be similar to the name of "Xiaomi keel shaft" of Xiaomi MIX Fold 3 mobile phone.

Xiaomi keel rotating shaft claims to have both light and thin folding and true flagship, using innovative 3-level connecting rod rotating shaft, 14 movable joints, 198 rotating shaft parts, non-hole design rotating shaft floating plate, screen flatness greatly improved, unfolding shape thinned by 8.6%, folding shape thinner by 12.5%, hinge width narrowed by 8%, and hinge area space reduced by 17%.

According to the latest statement from Xiaomi, Xiaomi applied for a patent on September 18, 2020, granted a patent on January 5, 2021, and launched its application on Xiaomi MIX Fold 3 in August 2023. The so-called double-spin water drop hinge claimed by Mr. Yu Chengdong applied for a patent on December 13, 2019 and was not made public until June 18, 2021. From this we can see that the remarks made by Mr Yu Chengdong are totally inconsistent with the facts.

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