Thursday, April 7, 2011

NEC Medias: World’s Slimmest Smartphone Tops Japanese Cell Phone Sales Charts

The NEC Medias is not only “the world’s slimmest smartphone”, it’s also selling really well. The handset, which we have shown you last month, was the best-selling cell phone in Japan between March 14 and March 20, according to market research firm Gfk Japan [JP].

To recap, the NEC Medias is just 8.7mm thick and features a 4-inch LCD touchscreen with 480 x 854 resolution, Android 2.2, a 5.1MP CMOS camera, a digital TV tuner, e-wallet function, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth Version 2.1+ EDR, a microSDHC card slot etc.

Here’s the full top 10:

NEC Medias

iPhone 4 / 16GB

Sharp IS05

iPhone 4 / 32GB

Samsung Galaxy S

Sharp SH009

Toshiba IS04

Panasonic P-07B

Kyocera Kantan Keitai K005

Sharp IS03

Via IT Media [JP]