The iPhone 6 looks chubby compared to this startup’s new Android phone. China-based Oppo recently unveiled its new R5 smartphone, which is more than two millimeters thinner than Apple’s iPhone 6. The sleek Oppo R5 measures just 4.85mm thin, compared to the 6.9mm iPhone 6. It’s the thinnest smartphone in the world, and it’s even too slim to fit a traditional headphone jack. You’ll need to use Oppo’s special adapter,
The R5’s most standout characteristic is its asymmetric design. Generally, phone frames have symmetrically rounded corners for both aesthetic and ergonomic reasons. This approach, however, was not suitable for the OPPO R5’s 4.85mm ultra-thin frame. Each corner of the R5’s frame has two curves that are the same diameter but are different heights (in contrast with commonly used symmetrical curves), with the upper curve being slightly longer than the lower
Following the Finder, the thinnest smartphone in the world for its time, OPPO launched the R5 on the 29th of October, 2014. Packing leading technologies and flagship specifications in an ultra-thin body which measures at just 4.85mm, the R5 sets the record as the thinnest phone in the world yet again. In addition to the smartphone’s thinness, another major highlight of the phone is the adoption of higher-strength stainless steel
