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

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.

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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.

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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

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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RoBoHon, a robot smartphone from Sharp

Sharp has a peculiar device positioned to be a personal smartphone but shaped liked a humanoid. He is RoBoHon.

robohon

The robot phone measures 19.5cm in height and weighs 390g. It has a 2-inch QVGA display and supports LTE and Wi-Fi. If you are as curious as we are, watch the concept video below and see this tiny robot in action.

The person behind this is Tokyo professor and roboticist Tomotaka Takahashi. RoBoHon will be launched next year. Pricing and availability is yet to be announced.

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RoBoHon, a robot smartphone from Sharp

Sharp has a peculiar device positioned to be a personal smartphone but shaped liked a humanoid. He is RoBoHon.

robohon

The robot phone measures 19.5cm in height and weighs 390g. It has a 2-inch QVGA display and supports LTE and Wi-Fi. If you are as curious as we are, watch the concept video below and see this tiny robot in action.

The person behind this is Tokyo professor and roboticist Tomotaka Takahashi. RoBoHon will be launched next year. Pricing and availability is yet to be announced.

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Sharp unveils high-end and flagship AQUOS phones

Sharp introduced its first phones for the year and they are the high-end AQUOS mini and the flip phone AQUOS K which is the flagship model in its kind. They both carry capable specs and are blessed with the company’s signature designs that we approve of.

The AQUOS mini sports a 4.5-inch display with 1920 x 1080 resolution. Inside, it’s run by a Snapdragon 801 CPU with Android 4.4 KitKat, shoots through 13MP rear and 1.2MP front cameras, and is backed up by a 2,120mAh battery that promises two to three days on a single charge thanks to the company’s IGZO screen technology. Just like other AQUOS models, the mini will inherit their sexy slim bezels that we’ve always admired about the company. Available in blue, white, black, or pink, each model has a cloak of protection which gives it a waterproof design.

The flagship flip phone, AQUOS K, is also fitted with a good bunch of specs. Flip it open and you’ll be greeted with a 3.4-inch LCD display, a quad-core processor clocked at 1.2GHz, a 13MP rear camera as well, 1,410mAh battery, and a waterproof design just like the AQUOS mini. It will be available in black, white, and red colors.

No pricing and availability were released along with the devices but as the source puts it, it looks like it’s limited to Japan as of now.

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