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—a complete 2mm thinner than the skinniest gadget 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 Know-how Co., Ltd. I believed it was an exterior show at first or perhaps a dummy pill, however nope, a rep instructed me it’s a complete pill.

The Paper’s essential promoting level is how skinny it’s. To attain its slim profile, most of its elements are crammed inside a bit 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 option to grip the pill with one hand. As a result of the Paper is so rattling skinny and the bezels surrounding the display are additionally tremendous slim, there’s actually no option to maintain the light-weight gadget comfortably. So the grip-like design truly works nicely.

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

What I don’t know is sort of all the things in regards to the specs. The Chinese language firm reps and translator had a tough time understanding what I used to be asking and gave me obscure responses like “it’s Chinese language innovation” or “due to miniaturization” once I requested them how they made the gadget 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 is AMOLED. And the touchscreen appeared responsive sufficient once I tapped and swiped on it.

Oh, they usually additionally instructed 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 person’s heard of and for which there’s little or no on-line data about.

Alas, that is one thing that’s frequent at CES. Distributors come from everywhere in the world to indicate off their modern merchandise, however don’t all the time 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 appropriate me if I’m flawed.

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