Huawei Unveils World’s Slimmest Smartphone

Huawei has unveiled what is says is the world’s thinnest smartphone.

The Android-based Ascend P6 is 6.18mm (0.24in) thick and is also unusual in that it has a 5 megapixel front camera for “high quality” self-portraits.

It is also slightly slimmer than both the iPhone 5 and the Alcatel One Idol Ultra – which previously claimed to be the world’s thinnest – but at 120g (0.26lb) weighs a little more than both.

The Chinese firm has said it expects the handset to do “miracles” for its brand.

Huawei is already a well known brand in China where it grew to become the country’s biggest maker of telecoms equipment after being founded in 1987.