Huawei surfaces the thinnest smartphone ever, the Ascend P1 S

Prominent Chinese OEM Huawei surprises the tech world with the world’s thinnest smartphone at CES 2012. Dubbed the Ascend P1 S, the Huawei smartphone is the slimmest ever with a density of just 6.68 mm (0.26 inches). It is an Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich phone and boasts a PPVD back cover meant to dissipate heat. The Huawei Ascend P1 S has a thicker sibling, the P1.

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The devices have the same specs besides the battery and thickness. While the P1 mounts a 1,800 mAh battery, the P1 S gets a 1,670 mAh battery making it the world’s thinnest phone. The P1 is slightly thicker at 7.69 mm (0.3 in) with a big battery inside. Apart from the battery, both models of Huawei smartphones feature same specs.

The Ascend Android phones sport a 4.3-inch 960 x 540 pixel Super AMOLED touchscreen for better viewing of the content. The devices are powered by 1.5 GHz dual core TI OMAP 4460 Cortex A9 processors, 4GB of built-in memory and 1GB of RAM. Features like 5.1 surround sound capability, Bluetooth 3.0, Wi-Fi and DLNA support make the Huawei Ascend P1 S and PI two exciting smartphones.

The Ascends sport 8-megapixel rear cameras with the backlight illuminated sensor. The devices can capture video at 1080p Full HD. For video chatting, the phones mount 1.3-megapixel front cameras. The Huawei phones will land in markets such as Europe, the Asia-Pacific, Australia, China, the Middle East and North America in April this year. The Chinese tech firm has not exposed the pricing and carrier details of the world’s thinnest smartphone and its sibling.

Via: Gizmag/TechRadar