All articles tagged with #thin design
MSI announced the Stealth 16 AI Plus gaming laptop for CES 2026, featuring a thinner, lighter design with a 240Hz OLED display, Intel and Nvidia components, and a focus on portability and discreetness, priced at $2,099 and launching in March.
LG has revived its ultra-thin Wallpaper OLED TV line with the new LG OLED evo W6 at CES, featuring a 9mm thickness, advanced color and brightness technology, and a flush wall-mount design, available in 77 and 83 inches.
Apple has announced the iPhone Air, a super-thin (0.22 inches) and lightweight (5.8 ounces) model that features the A19 Pro chip, a single 48MP camera, and exclusively supports eSIM, eliminating the physical SIM slot. While its design is innovative, it sacrifices battery life and camera versatility compared to other iPhone 17 series models, raising questions about the balance between aesthetics and functionality.
The Honor Magic V5 is the world's thinnest foldable phone, measuring just 4.1mm at its thinnest point, offering a sleek design, powerful Snapdragon 8 Elite processor, and solid camera performance, though at a high price and limited availability outside the US.
The upcoming iPhone 17 Air will feature a binned A19 Pro chip with a five-core GPU, offering similar CPU performance to higher-end models but with slightly reduced graphics capabilities due to fewer GPU cores. Its ultra-thin design may lead to thermal throttling and will lack some features like ProMotion, mmWave 5G, stereo speakers, and a triple-lens camera, positioning it as a lighter, more affordable alternative with some performance trade-offs.
The Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge is an ultra-thin flagship with a 6.7-inch display, but its pursuit of thinness results in compromises like reduced camera features, thermal throttling under heavy load, and a smaller battery, making it less impressive overall despite its sleek design and high-end hardware.
The Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge is an ultra-slim, 5.8mm thick smartphone with a titanium case, offering good battery life, a bright LTPO AMOLED display, and advanced features like WiFi 7 and 7-year updates, but it compromises on camera zoom capabilities and charging speed.
Mous has collaborated with Google to create a super-thin Pixel 8 case that adds MagSafe support without adding bulk. The case is just 1.2 mm thick and offers additional grip. It has a clean, matte finish and is made from primarily recycled materials. The case allows for the use of MagSafe accessories and has strong magnets. However, the case offers minimal protection and the buttons could be improved. The case is priced at $45 on the Google Store but $60 on Mous' website.
YouTuber Zack Nelson of JerryRigEverything assembles the Honor Magic V2, touted as the industry's thinnest foldable phone. The device features a super light titanium alloy hinge that reduces thickness by 75% and is 42% lighter. Honor developed its own silicon-carbon battery system, resulting in a 2.2mm thin design with a combined 5,000mAh capacity and 66W fast charging. The Magic V2's display is fragile but durable when not bent excessively. In comparison to the Galaxy Z Fold 5, the Magic V2 is thinner despite Samsung's hinge improvements.
The Honor Magic V2 is one of the thinnest foldable phones available, offering a sleek design and impressive display quality. It features a Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 processor, 16GB of RAM, and a solid camera setup. The battery life is decent, although wireless charging is not supported. The device is currently limited in availability but is worth considering for those in the market for a foldable phone.