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HP's new Spectre laptop is thinner and more powerful than Apple's MacBook

Adrian Potoroaca — Tue, 05 Apr 2016 14:52:02 +0000

HP's latest laptop for consumers is targeted directly at Apple's MacBook, and although it might impress with its powerful internals and luxurious design, it's definitely not perfect. Read more...

Samsung unveils the Galaxy A8, its thinnest smartphone ever

Andy Weir — Wed, 15 Jul 2015 13:18:01 +0000

Samsung's new Galaxy A8 is just 5.9mm thick, but it still has plenty to offer, including a 5.7-inch Full HD display, octa-core processor, 16MP camera, NFC, microSD slot and metal bodywork. Read more...

Seagate's Seven is the world's thinnest portable hard drive, now available for preorder

Adrian Potoroaca — Mon, 05 Jan 2015 13:26:01 +0000

The tiny USB flash drives are getting cheaper at lower capacities, but Seagate now offers a very stilish portable hard drive packing 500 GBs of storage at a very good price point. Read more...

Watch the world's thinnest phone hammer nails, crack nuts and smash through fruit

Steven Johns — Thu, 11 Dec 2014 08:20:01 +0000

Some people were concerned with how strong the 4.8mm Oppo R5 smartphone was, so Oppo decided to release a video detailing exactly how tough the Chinese smartphone really is. Read more...

Vivo hints at launch of the thinnest smartphone ever, just 3.8mm-thick

Andy Weir — Mon, 03 Nov 2014 11:44:01 +0000

Days after the launch of the world's thinnest smartphone, the 4.85mm-thick Oppo R5, Vivo now hopes to steal that title with a device that's half as thick as an iPhone 5/5s, with a sleek 3.8mm profile. Read more...

Oppo R5 is the 'world's thinnest smartphone' at just 4.85mm-thick

Andy Weir — Wed, 29 Oct 2014 10:02:01 +0000

Oppo has unveiled what it calls the 'world's thinnest smartphone', with a 1.5GHz octa-core Snapdragon 615, 2GB RAM, 13MP rear camera and 16GB storage - but no microSD slot or 3.5mm audio connector. Read more...

Dell unveils 'world's thinnest tablet': 6mm-thick, with 4G and 8.4-inch Quad HD OLED

Andy Weir — Wed, 10 Sep 2014 15:01:42 +0000

Dell has shown off what it claims is the thinnest tablet ever - but despite its sleek 6mm-thick body, the Android device also squeezes in an 8.4-inch 2560x1600px OLED screen and 4G LTE connectivity. Read more...

With a 5mm profile, this could be the thinnest smartphone ever

Andy Weir — Mon, 21 Jul 2014 14:25:33 +0000

Chinese manufacturer Gionee looks set to launch the thinnest smartphone ever, at just 5mm-thick - but the device doesn't exactly have flagship-class specs, with a 1.2GHz quad-core CPU and 1GB RAM. Read more...

At 6.13mm, it'll be the world's thinnest smartphone: the Oppo R809T

Andy Weir — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 16:15:22 +0000

Oppo - one-time holder of the 'world's thinnest smartphone' title - will soon take regain that title, with the launch of the R809T, a quad-core, 6.13mm-thick handset with a 4.5-inch HD display. Read more...

Fujitsu launches ‘world's thinnest smartphone'

Andy Weir — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 12:54:23 +0000

7.1mm thick at its leanest point, Motorola's Droid RAZR certainly wowed many. But Fujitsu claims its new Android handset, the Arrows ES IS12F, is the new thinnest smartphone ever - just 6.7mm thick. Read more...

Toshiba unveils world's thinnest 10-inch tablet [Update]

Andy Weir — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 10:21:19 +0000

Toshiba's Excite X10 - its new Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich tablet - is both thinner and lighter than the iPad 2. Could this finally be the device to dethrone the iPad as king of the tablets? Read more...

Panasonic ships World's Thinnest Blu-ray Disc Drives

Sat, 29 Dec 2007 19:56:06 +0000

Panasonic has begun shipping samples of the world's thinnest (that’s 9.5 mm to be exact) internal Blu-ray Disc drives to personal computer manufacturers. The new sample 9.5 mm high BD drives were accomplished by combining... Read more...