But other recent in-flight movies from memory have been pretty grim.

FORBES: Skip The In-Flight Movie

The UE 6.9 brings pretty much the same network coverage, cam, Bluetooth, media capabilities, and on-board memory as the 9.9 but had to forgo the microSD card and flash while dropping down to a 1.9-inch 176x220 262k TFT display in order to slip into that world's slimmest, 6.9-mm, 2.33-ounce dress.

ENGADGET: Samsung's Ultra Edition 9.9, 12.9, 6.9: World's slimmest cellphones launched

Other than minor screen size disparities, the 16GB built-in memory of the N96 and the fresh candybar form of the N79, these three phones are pretty much exactly identical on specs, and yet the N96 manages to be inexcusably bulky, while the N79 sports an inexcusably terrible screen -- we're hoping that was just the prototype being funky, but we saw two versions with the same problem.

ENGADGET: Nokia N79, N85 and N96 hands-on Hands-on