Cellphones thinner than ever

Strategy Analytics latest look at its spec-tracking (hence the name) SpecTRAX database of wireless devices has unearthed a few juicy tidbits of information, none more notable than the fact that phone thickness is at a new all-time low — 13.96mm on average, the first time the metric has ever fallen below 14mm (for comparison, Motorola’s original DynaTAC clocked in around 89mm, so we’re making some solid improvement there). USB penetration is at a new high, too, supported by some 85 percent of newly-entered devices in the database, and battery life is up 25 percent from two years ago. Of course, that’s still not nearly long enough — battery tech is falling dangerously behind virtually every other technology that goes into the making of a mobile device, sadly — but we’ll take any improvement we can get.

[Via MobileTechNews]

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