Articles tagged "Sharp"

Just days after the Sharp FS8018 with one camera popped up on TENAA, a phone codenamed FS8015 also appeared on the Chinese regulator's website. It sports similar specs to the Aquos S2 flagship but comes with a fingerprint scanner on the back,...

Sharp launched the Aquos S2 in August and now a followup with the model name FS8018 appeared on TENAA. Although quite similar in looks, it has one 16 MP camera on the back and a massive 20 MP snapper on the front. Sharp FS8018 from...

Sharp has announced the Aquos R Compact, a smaller model in its Aquos R range of smartphones. Unlike the other models in the series, the Aquos R Compact has a different, more of an edge-to-edge display design similar to the company's previous...

The Japanese company Sharp that launched the Aquos S2 with tri-bezel-less screen might arrive in Europe next summer. President and CEO of Sharp Jeng-Wu Tai confirmed this at an event in Berlin at IFA 2017. The first Sharp smartphones for the...

Chinese e-tailer JD.com started selling the Sharp Aquos S2 on the 14th and less than 24 hours later there are no more units left. There will be another batch available on August 18, but you’ll need to register first. The bezel-less phone is priced...

It may look like the Essential phone, but the Sharp Aquos S2 is its own thing. The company has been making bezel-less phones before everyone else jumped on that bandwagon and it shows in how skillfully the S2 is put together. The rear panel...

Sharp is not the first company that comes to mind when you think of smartphone manufacturers. But when as a screen maker, they sure know how to make a bezel-less smartphone. After the Aquos Crystal 2 in 2015, today the Aquos S2 was announced at an...

On Friday we told you about the Sharp Aquos S2 official announcement and today, a day before the launch, we have the first camera samples. They were shared by Luo Zhongsheng, senior VP at Foxconn Technology Group and also a CEO of Sharp’s mobile...

Do you remember the SHARP AQUOS Crystal? It was a smartphone made by the Japanese electronics maker in 2014 which incorporated a display that cut really close to the edges of the phone itself. The phone would make it to Sprint and Boost Mobile in...

Update: The device is set to be made official next month - August 8 to be precise. Original story follows: There have already been rumors that Sharp will come up with a couple of bezel-less smartphones. Not only that, a leaked teaser image...

Sharp was rumored to unveil a couple of bezelless smartphones on July 17, but that didn't happen. Last week, a teaser image alleged to be of one of the upcoming phones surfaced, revealing a design inline with previous rumors. Now, a new image has...

Sharp is going to announce a couple of bezelless smartphones on July 17. Now that we're just five days away from that event, an image reportedly showing one of the upcoming devices has been leaked in China. Interestingly (or oddly, rather), the way...

Sharp did the whole 'nearly bezelless' thing in the smartphone world way before the Xiaomi Mi Mix made it cool last year. And now the Japanese company is getting ready to take things to the next level, if a new rumor out of China is accurate. An...

Here's a fun fact: Google's not really that successful Android One initiative still exists. Not only that, but today it's unveiled the latest smartphone in the lineup - the Sharp X1. This will be exclusive to Japan, and it comes around one year...

A new Sharp smartphone has been spotted in a listing on Geekbench. Listed as FS8016, the device is powered by Snapdragon 660 SoC with octa-core, 1.84 GHz processor, and packs in 4GB RAM. The listing also reveals the handset runs Android...

After not hearing about a major smartphone release from Sharp for a while, today the company is announcing a new high-end smartphone which carries the “Aquos” moniker with it. The Sharp Aquos R is the company’s newest top-tier offering packing a...

The Japanese company Sharp that is well-known for making TVs and displays is currently one of the main LCD suppliers of Apple. Previously there were reports that Samsung will supply Apple with OLED displays and apparently Sharp is reacting to such...

Foxconn acquired Sharp earlier this year and formed a joint venture, Sakai Display Products. Sakai (and Sharp before that) used to deliver LCD TV panels to Samsung (to the tune of 5 million units a year, 11% of the global production), but the...

Verizon typically has dibs on Star Wars-themed smartphones - they even licensed the word “Droid” from George Lucas. Now Sharp is stepping into their territory with a phone for SoftBank. The phone comes in two versions - Light side and Dark side,...

Sharp has announced the Aquos Xx3 mini smartphone in Japan. The unfortunately named device is otherwise pretty interestingly specced and is likely to entice compact phone fans. For starters, it has a 4.7-inch FullHD IGZO display which makes for a...