Ultrathin form factors are back in style, with Huawei, HTC, Panasonic, and others all looking to shave their devices down as much as possible. As Nokia's Stefan Pannenbecker says, "thinness isn't everything," but it's certainly a major selling point for these phones, which make anything over a centimeter thick look downright chunky.
Feb 28, 2012, 4:20 PM UTCDieter Bohn
HTC's dark materials: hands-on photos with the gray One S, black One X
HTC is touting the design quality of the One X and One S heavily and it's easy to see why. The One X has a polycarbonate body that we like almost as much as the Lumia 800, but it's materials on the One S that really stand out
Feb 27, 2012, 7:02 PM UTCDieter Bohn
ZTE Era and PF112 HD: two Android 4.0 smartphones that should be just one (hands-on photos and video)
ZTE announced a very, very large number of phones today at Mobile World Congress, but the two that are actually notable are the Era and the PF112 HD
Feb 27, 2012, 4:00 PM UTCVlad Savov
Nokia's Stefan Pannenbecker on design: 'thinness isn't everything'
Stefan Pannenbecker is the Vice President for Industrial Design at Nokia, where his job consists mostly of trying out a variety of crazy new ideas in search of the one or two that would help Nokia maintain its edge in design.
Feb 27, 2012, 9:51 AM UTCDieter Bohn
ZTE Era announced with Tegra 3, 4.3-inch screen, and Android 4.0
ZTE has announced the Era, a 4.3-inch Android 4.0 handset with quad-core Tegra 3 SoC.
Feb 27, 2012, 9:18 AM UTCDieter Bohn
Panasonic Eluga Power 5-inch prototype with ICS and Eluga 4.3-inch hands on photos and video
Panasonic had a surprise for us at MWC, a 5-inch prototype Eluga Android smartphone running Android 4.0
Feb 26, 2012, 10:05 PM UTCChris Ziegler
HTC One X and One S thickness comparison
We've done a direct comparison of the thickness of the HTC One S and One X, two very similar devices separated by 1.1 millimeters.
Feb 26, 2012, 8:51 PM UTCVlad Savov
HTC One S pictures, video and hands-on preview
The HTC One S is the best designed phone of the year so far. It measures just 7.6mm in thickness but feels even thinner thanks to its slanted sides and the way the front glass surface slopes off the edges.
Feb 26, 2012, 8:34 PM UTCVlad Savov
HTC One S official: 4.3-inch Super AMOLED display, Android 4.0, thinnest HTC phone ever
The long-awaited launch of HTC's next mainstream superstar phone is upon us and its name is the One S.
Feb 26, 2012, 3:39 PM UTCDavid Pierce
Huawei Ascend D quad: hands-on with the fastest smartphone in the world
We got to check out Huawei's new Ascend D Quad, the company's just-announced flagship smartphone.
Feb 26, 2012, 2:40 PM UTCDavid Pierce
Huawei debuts Ascend D quad, 'the world's fastest smartphone'
At MWC in Barcelona, Huawei has announced the Ascend D quad, a flagship smartphone with a quad-core processor.
Feb 26, 2012, 1:46 PM UTCDieter Bohn
LG Optimus Vu hands-on photos and video
The LG Optimus Vu is not a shy phone / tablet. Like the Galaxy Note, it has a 5-inch screen, but its 4 by 3 aspect ratio makes it a very difficult device to hold in one hand.
Feb 26, 2012, 1:39 PM UTCDieter Bohn
LG Optimus 4X HD hands-on photos and video
LG's Optimus 4X HD is here with a 1.5GHz quad-core Tegra 3 chip inside and a 4.7-inch 1280 x 720 IPS display on the outside.
Feb 23, 2012, 4:22 AM UTCDieter Bohn
LG Optimus 4X HD announced with quad-core Tegra 3, Android 4.0
Whether you're ready for a deluge of quad-core Android handsets or not, LG is getting things started with the Optimus 4X HD. The Tegra 3 processor is clocked at 1.5GHz and it's sitting behind a 4.7-inch IPS "True HD" 1280 x 720 display and within and 8.9mm-thin body. Thankfully, it will launch with Android 4.0, which should sing quite nicely on the quad-core chip along with 1GB of RAM and 16GB of internal storage.
Feb 20, 2012, 1:47 PM UTCNathan Ingraham
Panasonic officially announces Eluga, a waterproof, dustproof smartphone for Europe
Panasonic announced that it was re-entering the smartphone market in Europe this spring, and now the company has officially taken the wraps the Eluga, a 4.3-inch smartphone with a 960 x 540 resolution and NFC onboard.
Feb 19, 2012, 6:03 AM UTCBryan Bishop
LG makes the Optimus Vu official: 5-inch display and LTE in an 8.5mm-thin package
LG has formally announced the Optimus Vu, it's new LTE smartphone with a 5-inch, 1024 x 768 display, 1.5GHz dual-core Qualcomm processor, and 8-megapixel camera.
