2025 | Professional

MUSE Design Awards Platinum Winner

TECNO Slim

Entrant Company

TECNO MOBILE LIMITED

Category

Product Design - Digital & Electronic Devices

Client's Name

Country / Region

China

For years, the relentless pursuit of enhanced performance and advanced imaging capabilities led to increasingly bulky phones. Due to technical limitations, consumers—especially those in emerging markets—have struggled with a trade-off between slimness and battery life. TECNO Slim settles this long-standing yet often overlooked issue by balancing ultra-slim elegance and powerful performance, making itself a visual masterpiece without sacrificing functionality.

TECNO Slim redefines the technical standards of ultra-slim smartphones by coming out as the world’s slimmest 3D-curved phone with a powerful 5160mAh battery supporting 45W fast charging. Its record-breaking thickness—5.93 mm (4G) / 5.95 mm (5G)—paired with a rounded frame and a seamless 3D curved display, provides unprecedented grip comfort and portability. Such a design effectively addresses the common hassles of large-screen handsets being heavy, thick, and tiring to hold. On the back, the interactive Mood Light design lends the device a distinctive high-tech look. The two iconic circular eyes respond playfully to actions such as incoming calls, the charging status, or self-timer countdowns, deepening the emotional connection between the user and the smartphone.

While making cutting-edge slimness available to more consumers, TECNO Slim delivers a reliable, full-featured solution. To enable the ultra-slim body, TECNO’s proprietary Honeycomb Stacking Technology is used to significantly compress internal spacing, including Double Data Rate (DDR) spacing and component gaps, thus increasing Printed Circuit Board (PCB) density. The optimized layout, together with reduced thickness of eight core components, improves space efficiency by 12%. In terms of battery design, the built-in 5,160 mAh lithium cobalt oxide (LCO) battery boasts an energy density of 800 Wh/kg to meet daily needs. For consistent performance during extended use, TECNO Slim employs a 0.3 mm vapor chamber and high-performance graphite rated at 1,800 W/m·K, making possible a thermal dissipation area of 24,532 mm². To support its slim architecture, TECNO Slim uses a 0.36 mm aerospace-grade fiberglass back cover—0.19 mm thinner than standard composite plates—while delivering 300% greater strength and 200% higher toughness. The automotive-grade alloy HS306 offers extra durability. Additionally, SGS certification confirms its outstanding dust and water resistance.

Credits

Senior Industrial Designer
Shengming Li
Senior Industrial Designer
Peng Chen
Industrial Designer
Chujun Huang
CMF Designer
Shuai Yang
Senior Industrial Designer
Jie Chen
Assistant CMF Designer
Yixin Wang
CMF Engineer
Zizhen Zhou
CMF Engineer
Chenyu Wang
CMF Supervisor
Jingyi Xie
Deputy Director of Design
Bin Zhang
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