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Sharp Aquos Mini unveiled in Japan, and it’s for them only

Daniel Morial

A compact powerhouse smartphone is a rare catch nowadays with only the Xperia Compact series being released in the main market. But, Sharp has a new smartphone that has a less than 5″ display with extremely thin bezels.

sharp-aquos-mini

The Sharp Aquos Mini (SH-03H) sports a 4.7-inch 1080p IGZO panel with a 120Hz refresh rate, that’s double than most smartphones around and expect smoother animation and reduced blur when viewing. It’s a similar tech used on your LED TVs. Also, it can go as low as 1Hz if needed to save juice. The dimension of the phone is just 126 x 66 x 9mm resulting to extremely thin bezel on up top and on its sides. Not only that, the phone is lightweight too at 120g and to top it all, it’s IPX68 waterproofed.

sharp-aquos-mini-light

Sharp didn’t stop there, the phone has a unique notification system called Emopa. It can emit light at the bottom corners to call your attention or do a pulse as breathing lights. Another feature is the pressure sensitive sides that you can squeeze to confirm an action.

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Inside the phone is a Snapdragon 808 chipset with 3GB of RAM. There’s a 13-megapixel main camera with a bright f/1.9 aperture and optical image stabilization. The front camera is an 8-megapixel  wide-angle shooter but placed rather at the chin of the handset due to the limited space up top. It runs Android 6.0 Marshmallow out of the box.

Sharp Aquos Mini (SH-03H) specs:
4.7-inch IGZO 120Hz LCD @ 1920 x 1080 pixels
1.8GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 808 hexa-core processor
Adreno 418 GPU
3GB RAM
16GB internal storage
Expandable via microSD, up to 200GB
13-megapixel f/1.9 autofocus rear camera w/ OIS, LED flash
5-megapixel front-facing camera
4G LTE
Wi-Fi 802.11ac
Bluetooth 4.1
GPS w/ A-GPS, GLONASS
IPX68 certified
2810mAh battery
126 × 66 × 8.9 mm
120 g

If you’re in Japan, you can grab one from Rakuten Mobile for JPY 44,800 or roughly Php 20,500. International availability is out of the question, for now.

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Sharp Aquos Mini unveiled in Japan, and it’s for them only

Daniel Morial

A compact powerhouse smartphone is a rare catch nowadays with only the Xperia Compact series being released in the main market. But, Sharp has a new smartphone that has a less than 5″ display with extremely thin bezels.

sharp-aquos-mini

The Sharp Aquos Mini (SH-03H) sports a 4.7-inch 1080p IGZO panel with a 120Hz refresh rate, that’s double than most smartphones around and expect smoother animation and reduced blur when viewing. It’s a similar tech used on your LED TVs. Also, it can go as low as 1Hz if needed to save juice. The dimension of the phone is just 126 x 66 x 9mm resulting to extremely thin bezel on up top and on its sides. Not only that, the phone is lightweight too at 120g and to top it all, it’s IPX68 waterproofed.

sharp-aquos-mini-light

Sharp didn’t stop there, the phone has a unique notification system called Emopa. It can emit light at the bottom corners to call your attention or do a pulse as breathing lights. Another feature is the pressure sensitive sides that you can squeeze to confirm an action.

sharp-aquos-mini-white

Inside the phone is a Snapdragon 808 chipset with 3GB of RAM. There’s a 13-megapixel main camera with a bright f/1.9 aperture and optical image stabilization. The front camera is an 8-megapixel  wide-angle shooter but placed rather at the chin of the handset due to the limited space up top. It runs Android 6.0 Marshmallow out of the box.

Sharp Aquos Mini (SH-03H) specs:
4.7-inch IGZO 120Hz LCD @ 1920 x 1080 pixels
1.8GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 808 hexa-core processor
Adreno 418 GPU
3GB RAM
16GB internal storage
Expandable via microSD, up to 200GB
13-megapixel f/1.9 autofocus rear camera w/ OIS, LED flash
5-megapixel front-facing camera
4G LTE
Wi-Fi 802.11ac
Bluetooth 4.1
GPS w/ A-GPS, GLONASS
IPX68 certified
2810mAh battery
126 × 66 × 8.9 mm
120 g

If you’re in Japan, you can grab one from Rakuten Mobile for JPY 44,800 or roughly Php 20,500. International availability is out of the question, for now.

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Sharp Announces 5.5-inch 4K IGZO Display Panel

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You think Quad-HD resolution on a 5-inch screen is overkill? Sharp begs to differ and thinks that users, especially those on Android, deserve something “better”. So they announced the world’s first 5.5-inch IGZO display for mobile phones with a whopping 3840 x 2160 screen resolution.

By working out a simple calculation, Sharp’s new 5.5-inch smartphone screen with 4K resolution will equate to even lower battery life a ludicrous pixel density of 806ppi. Call me crazy, but if that still doesn’t fall under the overkill category, I don’t what does.

For the most part, regular consumers won’t need that many pixels on their 5.5-inch screen as we pointed out in the past. Sadly, we don’t really have a say on what components will be included on our devices and in the spirit of “more and bigger is better” ideology, manufacturers will just happily slap this panel on their flagship device with utter disregard to other aspects like battery life.

For what it’s worth, we think that the only rational explanation for having this kind of display is for 4K content consumption. Smartphones with 4K display will no longer have to resample the content to fit lower resolution display, which theoretically results to better viewing experience.

Sharp-5.5-4k-806ppi-2

Another point of consideration is virtual reality. Having that many pixels on a relatively small screen, combined with some kick-ass audio setup, will provide more immersive experience for the user. But until such time that 4K contents become more mainstream and VR technology gained enough traction in the consumer market, Sharp’s newly-announced 4K LTPS IGZO display will, in our opinion, just be another impractical addition to the flagship smartphone of the near future.

Sharp stated that the 5.5-inch IGZO display panel will enter mass production in 2016.

RELATED CONTENTS:
Pixel Density: Feature or Gimmick?
Smartphone Features That We Would Happily Trade For Better Battery Life

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Sharp Announces 5.5-inch 4K IGZO Display Panel

Ronnie Bulaong Leave a comment

You think Quad-HD resolution on a 5-inch screen is overkill? Sharp begs to differ and thinks that users, especially those on Android, deserve something “better”. So they announced the world’s first 5.5-inch IGZO display for mobile phones with a whopping 3840 x 2160 screen resolution.

By working out a simple calculation, Sharp’s new 5.5-inch smartphone screen with 4K resolution will equate to even lower battery life a ludicrous pixel density of 806ppi. Call me crazy, but if that still doesn’t fall under the overkill category, I don’t what does.

For the most part, regular consumers won’t need that many pixels on their 5.5-inch screen as we pointed out in the past. Sadly, we don’t really have a say on what components will be included on our devices and in the spirit of “more and bigger is better” ideology, manufacturers will just happily slap this panel on their flagship device with utter disregard to other aspects like battery life.

For what it’s worth, we think that the only rational explanation for having this kind of display is for 4K content consumption. Smartphones with 4K display will no longer have to resample the content to fit lower resolution display, which theoretically results to better viewing experience.

Sharp-5.5-4k-806ppi-2

Another point of consideration is virtual reality. Having that many pixels on a relatively small screen, combined with some kick-ass audio setup, will provide more immersive experience for the user. But until such time that 4K contents become more mainstream and VR technology gained enough traction in the consumer market, Sharp’s newly-announced 4K LTPS IGZO display will, in our opinion, just be another impractical addition to the flagship smartphone of the near future.

Sharp stated that the 5.5-inch IGZO display panel will enter mass production in 2016.

RELATED CONTENTS:
Pixel Density: Feature or Gimmick?
Smartphone Features That We Would Happily Trade For Better Battery Life

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Sharp Announces 5.5-inch 4K IGZO Display Panel

Ronnie Bulaong Leave a comment

You think Quad-HD resolution on a 5-inch screen is overkill? Sharp begs to differ and thinks that users, especially those on Android, deserve something “better”. So they announced the world’s first 5.5-inch IGZO display for mobile phones with a whopping 3840 x 2160 screen resolution.

By working out a simple calculation, Sharp’s new 5.5-inch smartphone screen with 4K resolution will equate to even lower battery life a ludicrous pixel density of 806ppi. Call me crazy, but if that still doesn’t fall under the overkill category, I don’t what does.

For the most part, regular consumers won’t need that many pixels on their 5.5-inch screen as we pointed out in the past. Sadly, we don’t really have a say on what components will be included on our devices and in the spirit of “more and bigger is better” ideology, manufacturers will just happily slap this panel on their flagship device with utter disregard to other aspects like battery life.

For what it’s worth, we think that the only rational explanation for having this kind of display is for 4K content consumption. Smartphones with 4K display will no longer have to resample the content to fit lower resolution display, which theoretically results to better viewing experience.

Sharp-5.5-4k-806ppi-2

Another point of consideration is virtual reality. Having that many pixels on a relatively small screen, combined with some kick-ass audio setup, will provide more immersive experience for the user. But until such time that 4K contents become more mainstream and VR technology gained enough traction in the consumer market, Sharp’s newly-announced 4K LTPS IGZO display will, in our opinion, just be another impractical addition to the flagship smartphone of the near future.

Sharp stated that the 5.5-inch IGZO display panel will enter mass production in 2016.

RELATED CONTENTS:
Pixel Density: Feature or Gimmick?
Smartphone Features That We Would Happily Trade For Better Battery Life

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