With a 2.9" display screen, Hitachi W51H offering a wide VGA LCD at 480 x 800 pixels

With such a high resolution, the display screen of the Hitachi W51H can be rotated and use it as a mobile TV gadget. The LCD panel uses Hitachi’s proprietary LCD technology called IPS instead of general TFT. The difference between them is that with the IPS “a horizontal electric field causes liquid crystal molecules to rotate in a plane parallel to the TFT substrate.” Whatever that means, the end result is a wider viewing angle, better color reproduction, and faster gray-to-gray response time.

In addition, the phone got built in a fingerprint security sensor, document viewer and 2 megapixel camera. The fingerprint security can be used to lock individual documents instead of mobile phone. The W51H body size 50 x 106 x 22 mm is not small, and you have to bear with the 142 grams gadget to enjoy the wide screen. Good news is you are still able to get a pretty good battery life. It has a 4 hours talk time and 280 hours standby time.

The 22mm thickness is giving another advantage too. See how many buttons you can have at the side!