Is This the Thinnest Pill Ever?

If you happen to assume the 12.9-inch iPad Pro is skinny at 5.1mm, assume once more. At CES 2026, I got here throughout a pill that’s merely 3.1mm—an entire 2mm thinner than the skinniest machine that Apple at present sells.

Tucked within the again sides of CES Unveiled, a mini kickoff occasion for the principle occasion, is an Android-based pill referred to as Paper from an organization referred to as Haining Toall Expertise Co., Ltd. I believed it was an exterior show at first or perhaps a dummy pill, however nope, a rep informed me it’s an entire pill.

The Paper’s major promoting level is how skinny it’s. To realize its slim profile, most of its elements are crammed inside a piece on the again left of the pill. The ports—mini HDMI and two USB-C ports—are additionally jammed in there. This hump additionally serves as a technique to grip the pill with one hand. As a result of the Paper is so rattling skinny and the bezels surrounding the display screen are additionally tremendous slim, there’s actually no technique to maintain the light-weight (400g) machine comfortably. So the grip-like design truly works effectively.

It’s additionally not a brand new concept. Sony’s Xperia Tablet S from 2012 had an analogous design.

What I don’t know is sort of all the things concerning the specs. The Chinese language firm reps and translator had a troublesome time understanding what I used to be asking and gave me obscure responses like “it’s Chinese language innovation” or “due to miniaturization” after I requested them how they made the machine so skinny or for particular specs on the front-facing digicam and battery life. I was in a position to verify that the Paper’s display screen is AMOLED. And the touchscreen appeared responsive sufficient after I tapped and swiped on it.

Oh, they usually additionally informed me the Paper prices $1,500. Sure, one, 5, zero, zero. That’s some huge cash for a pill from a model that nearly no one’s heard of and for which there’s little or no on-line data about.

Alas, that is one thing that’s widespread at CES. Distributors come from everywhere in the world to point out off their progressive merchandise, however don’t at all times have solutions for curious media.

As for whether or not the Paper is the world’s thinnest pill proper now? Possibly? I’m not conscious of any pill that’s slim. However do right me if I’m flawed.

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