This TV Is Thinner Than An iPhone

The current trend among Television manufacturers is to compete in three areas; size, video quality, and thinness. With so many units reaching more than 60 inches in width, sporting 4K resolution with HDR, it was only a matter of time before a TV was created that was thinner than even an iPhone. Introducing the Xiaomi Mi TV, which is officially 30 percent thinner than Apple’s flagship smartphone at 4.9 mm.

The Mi TV was revealed at the 2017 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nevada and comes in three sizes; 45 inches, 55 inches, and 65 inches. Hugo Barra made the announcement, Tech Crunch reports, and he noted that looking at the unit from the side almost makes it go invisible.

Its thinness isn’t the only thing that makes the Mi TV a standout offer either. Inside is an onboard artificial intelligence and the PatchWall UI by the company. In order to make the interface more pleasing, the company also installed a grid that easily adapts to the user’s habits. Supposedly, the company took inspiration from magazines in order to bring the layout to life.

“One our biggest innovations in building smart TVs is our approach to building modular TVs,” Barra had said about the adaptive layout.

Perhaps more than the size and layout of the TVs, however, the prices caught the attention of attendees. Large-screen smart TVs have been known to cost up to $3,000 or more, but the 65-inch version of the Mi TV will only cost customers $2,000 according to the company. Among the accessories included in that packages is the modular sound bar, Futurism reports, which has 10 speakers.

This trend that Xiaomi just pushed even further naturally has a limit since engineers really wouldn’t be able to keep on making thinner and thinner screens forever. At some point, companies will need to move on to other trends. For now, it would seem that the Chinese firm has gotten the attention it wanted.