Remember when the Japanese smartphone manufacturers said that they will focus more on Android smartphones in 2011? Well, it seems that it’s true. NEC has just announced a new Android phone called the MEDIAS N-04C.

It seemed that slim Android phones are getting more and more popular, as smartphone manufacturers are obsessed with slim phones. The MEDIAS N-04C is not only extremely slim, but also has extra protection against water, just in case you are in a tsunami-prone area.

According to a pamphlet obtained by datacider, the MEDIAS family will soon be welcoming a Gingerbread-powered N-06C, which closely resembles the N-04C except for the extra 0.2mm thickness plus 10g weight, as well as touch buttons instead of physical ones. Ok, I’m already starting to drool over them.

But that’s not the only unique feature that it has. The phone has IPX5 and IPX7 waterproof ratings, meaning that this 7.9mm-thick Android has been tested against small water jets and one-meter immersion, respectively. On the inside, apart from the faster 1GHz chip and 14Mbps FOMA download speed, the rest are pretty much what we’ve seen before: 4-inch 480 x 854 LCD, 1GB ROM, 512MB RAM, 802.11n WiFi, and 5 megapixel camera with 720p video.

There’s no clear indication on a release date, but you can still drool over the full spec sheet after the break, until they announce it in Japan. Then you can swim over there and get one for yourself, and another for me, thank you!

SOURCE via datacider