World's thinnest smartphone, again

[Bateluer]

First, the SGS2, then the Razr, then the Ascend P1 S, then the Oppo Finder, now the ZTE Athena.

http://www.engadget.com/2012/05/30/zte-athena-teased/

Codenamed "Athena," this mysterious ZTE phone's been getting a fair bit of attention on Sina Weibo with its 6.2mm slimness claim, all thanks to a keen terminal device strategy director from the company. While Mr. Lu hasn't delved into specifics, what we know so far is that Athena will feature a 720p display, Cortex-A15 chip (a source of ours said it will be multi-core) and up to 64GB of internal storage, as well as a "Miflavor UI" -- something that we've already previewed on the Era at MWC -- to go on top of Android 4.0. Lu also hinted that there will be several color options, but we're more than happy to nab that black kevlar edition in the above shot

Wonder how large the battery is? Gotta be integrated, being that thin.

Didn't find the Moto Razr that comfortable to hold, and this a mm thinner. Still, I've seen a couple interesting designs out of ZTE. Any takers?

 

[titan131]

Man, imagine the battery they could put on this thing if they wanted, while still being of reasonable size, I could go for that.

 

[pm]

I recently read that ZTE is the 4th largest manufacturer of mobile phones in the world.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-...catel-on-emerging-market-wireless-demand.html

The Chinese company also aims to become the third-largest vendor of mobile devices after winning the No. 4 spot in the final quarter of last year based on Gartner figures. ZTE sold 18.9 million devices for a market share of 4 percent in the period, behind Nokia Oyj (NOK1V), Samsung Electronics Co. (005930) and Apple Inc. (AAPL) ZTE’s smartphone sales may double this year as it gains market share in Europe, North America, Brazil and Japan, the company said in January.

People always say that China is a big market, but it's clearly bigger than I imagined if some company that I've never heard of is #4 in the world.

 

[Nothinman]

People always say that China is a big market, but it's clearly bigger than I imagined if some company that I've never heard of is #4 in the world.

China accounts for like 1/5th to 1/4th of the entire planet's population, anything popular there is going to easily be in the top 10 for the world.

 

[GTaudiophile]

I thought my G-Nexus was actually hard to hold until I got a rubber cover for it. Feels much better in the hand now!

 

[wirednuts]

China accounts for like 1/5th to 1/4th of the entire planet's population, anything popular there is going to easily be in the top 10 for the world.

yeah but isnt like only 30% of their people in the modern era? its changing rapidly though, of course.

 

[wirednuts]

Man, imagine the battery they could put on this thing if they wanted, while still being of reasonable size, I could go for that.

i agree. should make 2 versions. it would be a smartphone that lasts a business week on a charge.... man that would be sic

 

[Bateluer]

I thought my G-Nexus was actually hard to hold until I got a rubber cover for it. Feels much better in the hand now!

I think thats Samsung phones in general. 😛 The GNex is the first phone I've put a cover on, just a simple TPU Gel case. Without it, the phone is a slippery as a wet bar of soap.

 

[Red Storm]

Whenever I see these "World's thinnest" phones I get disappointed because that's space that could have gone into using a bigger battery. See the joke of phone known as the Razr compared to the pretty nice phone aka the Razr Maxx.

 

[titan131]

See the joke of phone known as the Razr compared to the pretty nice phone aka the Razr Maxx.

LOL, harsh but so true.