Top 5 smartphones in race of being “thinnest”

In the evolution of the smartphones, one of the most important criteria which has been there is the thinning out of smartphones. Year by year, model by model, the smartphones have turned out to be thinner and lighter. Thinness of the phone, has become one of the most important marketing points in the case of smartphones.

If you are also a freak for thinnest smartphone, then here are 5 top most options in the list of thinnest smartphones:

Huawei P8:

This all metal smartphone, latest flagships of Huawei is 6.4 mm. But at the same time it is the bulkiest out of the 5 which are rated for the thinnest smartphones.

The other specs of this new smartphone are:

Display: 5.2inch IPS LCD panel, 1080 X 1920 pixels resolution.

RAM: 3GB

Storage: it has 16 GB or 64 GB of storage.

For extra storage a slot for microSD card is also provided.

Battery; 2680 mAh , non removable battery.

Camera: Huawei P8 has a 13 MP rear camera as well as 8MP front shooting camera.

Samsung Galaxy A8:

Next comes Samsung Galaxy A8 to the list of thinnest smartphones. Rather it is the thinnest of all the Samsung smartphones till date. It is wonderful looking sleek, all metal phablet.

Except for being the thinnest of all, A8 is also the largest handset in Samsung’s Galaxy A series.

Coming to its specs, A8 features:

Display: 5.7 inch super AMOLED, 1080 X 1920 pixels.

RAM: 2 GB

Processor: 1.5 GHz, octa-core Snapdragon 615.

Memory: it has internal memory of 16 GB or 32 GB which is expandable through a microSD card slot.

Camera: 16 MP primary and 5 MP front shooter which is provided with a ‘wide angle’ feature for selfie .

Gionee Elife S7:

This is one of the most recent phones in the race of being thinnest.

Measures only 5.5 mm across the waist. Other specs of this phone include:

This phone comes in a metal frame having Gorilla Glass on both front and back side.

It has 5.2 inch super AMOLED screen and 13 MP rear camera alongwith 8 MP front shooter.

VIVO X5 MAX:

Further in this race of slimmest smartphones comes VIVO X5 MAX. This phone measures only 5.1 mm and same as Gionee it has metallic construction.

Specs of this android phone are:

Display: 5.5 inch, super AMOLED display, 1080 x 1920 p.

RAM: 2 GB

Processor: octa-core Snapdragon 615 chipset.

Camera: 13 MP rear and 5 MP front shooter.

OPPO R5:

Slimmest of all is this particular phone which just 4.85 mm thick.

As far as specs are concerned, the major drawbacks of this phone are: it has only 2000 mAh battery and its thickness did not leave enough space for a 3.5 mm headphone jack.