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