grabbed the title of World’s Thinnest
Smartphone with the Ascend P6 ,
which measures just 6.16mm thick,
after the title had been stolen by
Alcatel at the beginning of the year
with the 6.45mm thick One Touch Idol
Ultra . Now, Huawei has lost it again,
this time to the Vivo X3.
How thin are we talking? Just 5.75mm.
It’s not cheating either, as the X3’s
chassis measures the same all the
way along, with no unsightly bumps
for the battery or camera lens. Just so
you get an idea of how incredibly thin
the Vivo X3 is, a Galaxy S4 is 7.9mm
thick, and the iPhone 5 measures
7.6mm.
Chances are, unless you live in China,
the Vivo name probably isn’t very
familiar. However, it’s owned by BBK
Electronics, which also owns Oppo, a
company which has been making
waves in the smartphone market all
year, most recently with news the
Oppo N1 camera phone will be
announced next month.
So what has BBK managed to squeeze
inside the X3‘s tiny frame? The screen
is 5-inches and has a 1280 x 720 pixel
resolution, while the processor is a
quad-core chip with a 1.5GHz clock
speed. Android 4.2 is installed as the
OS, and there’s an 8-megapixel
camera on the back of the phone.
Surprisingly for such a thin phone, the
X3 is quite heavy at 150 grams, and
the battery is as feeble as you’d
expect at 2000mAh. Also, if you want
the super thin Vivo X3, you’re stuck
with a blue color scheme, as the white
model is 5.95mm thick.
The Vivo X3 will go on sale in China
next month, when it will cost the
equivalent of $410 . So, who’s going to
be next to make a play for the, clearly
coveted, title of world’s most
ridiculously slim phone, and just how
much thinner can they possibly get?
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