Compare that to the previous king of thin devices, the Huawei Ascend P6
that measured in at just 6.16mm thick. Even for such a thin phone, the
device doesn't exactly skimp on the specs: 5-inch display, 1280x720
resolution, a 1.5 GHz quad-core processor and an 8-megapixel rear-facing
camera all running on Android 4.2 Jelly Bean. But then you have "the
compromise", and of course with the device being so thin it's no
surprise that such a compromise comes in the form of battery life. The
device uses a mere 2,000mAH battery.
I understand the appeal to
thinner phones. It's smaller, in a way, so it would seem like it would
fit in more places like pockets, purses and even in the hand better, and
maybe for some people it does. But there comes a point where being too
thin just becomes a cosmetic thing, and not necessarily making the phone
any better. The fact that this phone only shaved off .41mm of thickness
looks like they did it "How do you determine what to carry?
". And the
strange thing is, I'm willing to bet this phone is going to sell fairly
well using that fact.
There's nothing game-changing about the
phone other than it's just "the thinnest". The company behind the phone
even poses it in a humorous photo shoot, acting as a knife. I mean,
maybe I'm missing something here; is this what having a thin phone is
all about? So we can use it as some form of alternative cutlery in case
we find we have dirtied our last knife before the dishes have been
done?But on a more serious note, I think thin phones definitely have a
place in this world, but for the time being I feel like we should hold
off trying to make the thinnest phone a big issue. Nobody is going to
remember this by the time the next thinnest phone is released either;
they're all made with similar materials and there's nothing to make the
phone stand out other than the fact that it's...