Samsung SGH-X820 Ultra Edition 6.9

I’ll get this right out of the way – the Samsung Ultra Edition 6.9 is the thinnest phone in the whole world. At 6.9mm, it’s thinner than the RAZR or the SLVR. In fact, it’s so thin and so light, that it sometimes becomes difficult to find the phone in your pockets and it always makes you skip a heartbeat. You don’t want to lose this phone! The phone is a bit wide at around 5cm, but not too tall at around 11.3cm. The slimness and the weight (only 66gm) totally redeem this phone.

Even after being so thin, the phone offers a full featured keypad with actual buttons that give you proper tactile feedback, so typing an SMS or generally using the phone requires no adjusting. The only two problems with the keypad lie within the flatness of the keys and the navipad. The keys, even though tactile, are a bit too flat to discover and differentiate by touch if you’re not looking at the phone. You’ll need to look at the phone to end or make a call. The other problem is in the navipad. While the left and right direction keys are well-sized, the up and down keys are a little thin and require nail-typing. Even the "Ok" key in the center is a bit small, and moderately large thumbs may accidentally end up clicking one of the directions instead.

The phone is not just ridiculously thin – it also manages to pack in a good set of features which increase the usefulness of a phone so slim. After all, what’s a really slim phone that has a monochrome display and basic phone features? The Ultra Edition 6.9, also known as the SGH-X820, features a nice, wide 1.9-inch 220x176 262k color display, which is essentially the same as most other mobile phones, only rotated sideways. The display is bright and very readable in sunlight as well.