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NEC Medias: Docomo To Offer The World’s Thinnest Smartphone In 3 Weeks (Update: Video)

On Monday, we’ve just shown you some leaked pictures, but we can now confirm the “world’s thinnest smartphone”, NEC Casio Mobile’s MEDIAS N-04C, is real. And provider NTT Docomo, Japan’s biggest mobile carrier, doesn’t want to lose time in bringing it to market: it will hit stores over here as early as March 15.

As reported, the Medias measures just 7.7mm, which makes it the slimmest 3G smartphone out there (the Galaxy S II is 8.49mm thick).

At 105g, it’s pretty light, too (the iPhone 4 weighs 137g), especially when you consider what the device packs:

  • 4-inch LCD touchscreen with 480 x 854 resolution
  • Gorilla Glass
  • Android 2.2 (2.3 update in summer this year)
  • 5.1MP CMOS camera
  • i-mode compatibilty
  • 1Seg digital TV tuner
  • e-wallet function
  • 3G/GSM roaming
  • microSDHC card slot
  • GPS
  • Bluetooth Version 2.1+ EDR
  • Wi-Fi
  • HSUPA
  • infrared communication


Docomo plans to offer the Media in black and white. No word yet from NEC Casio Mobile if this beauty will be available outside Japan, too, at some point.

Update:
Here is a good video shot at Docomo’s press conference today:



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POSTED ON February 24, 2011, , , , , , , , ,

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  1. senorgato Reply
    11/02/24

    Battery life is 10 minutes?

  2. Jimbo Reply
    11/02/24

    Say something relavant if you do not want to be deleted @$$(o)

  3. Kenny Reply
    11/02/24

    The Nexus S is a pretty slim and light phone too. It’s feature rich and very responsive so I think it’ll be a hard one to beat.

  4. Daina Thomas Reply
    11/02/24

    Right .. the phone is pretty slim .. but being slim .. is not a feature I guess .. I would prefer the features and then look for the slimmest size of the phone ..

  5. Cloudhosting UK Reply
    11/02/24

    Yes probably just waiting for the phone and eager to see the slim figure of it.

  6. RH Blanchfield Reply
    11/02/24

    I like how the @$$hats at tech crunch keep deleting my comments.

  7. Frazzlerunning Reply
    11/02/24

    @Brian D:
    What’s the difference between 8.7mm and 7.7mm? 1mm!
    Seems to fit the provided photo.

  8. Mark Reply
    11/02/24

    127 x 62 x 7.7 mm (max. 8.7 mm) – it’s 1mm thicker at a certain point, not 1cm thicker!

  9. Ashish Reply
    11/02/24

    is this a CDMa phone?

  10. Sphamandla Reply
    11/02/24

    Pretty slim but not the best smartphone you will find on the market

  11. Brian D Reply
    11/02/24

    127 x 62 x 7.7 mm (max. 8.7 mm)

    What does max 8.7mm mean ? A 1cm thick lager cap battery would be… yeah ok, its not that. or is it ?

    The phone dont slide or flip… so um… ? Is this just another ‘a it’s thinnest point’ rubbish.

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