Articles tagged "Sharp"
New phones of the week
This week saw a few exciting launches and a couple of headscratchers. And, surprisingly, they all hail from the East even though there's a new BlackBerry. But we'll get to the new hardware strategy of the Canadians in a minute. The Xiaomi Redmi...
Sharp Basio 2 is an oddball of a 5-incher with physical Phone and Message buttons
Sharp has come up with a rather unorthodox smartphone offering, likely limited to its home Japanese market. Looking at the specsheet alone there's nothing all that spectacular about the Basio 2 SHV36 (except perhaps its name) - a 5-inch 720p IGZO...
Sharp Aquos 507SH is Japan's first Android One phone
Japan just got its first Android One device, the Sharp Aquos 507SH, a compact mid-range device. It's not as kick-ass as Sharps other recent mini, but it's a solid alternative to the Nexus 5X that we wish was available worldwide. The 507SH has a...
Sharp Aquos Mini is the best mini you can't buy
Sharp loves to launch mini phones with stunningly thin bezels, but they rarely leave Japan. The new Sharp Aquos Mini has a 4.7" screen framed in just 126 x 66 x 9mm of phone. It's lightweight too, 120g, despite its solid IPX68...
Sharp Aquos Zeta will come with Ricoh-certified camera and waterproof body
Following the Leica-Huawei partnership, Sharp is teaming with premium camera company Ricoh. Ricoh has given its blessing to the upcoming Sharp Aquos Zeta in the form of official certification. Sharp's upcoming flagship will feature a...
Foxconn acquires Sharp in deal worth $6.2 billion
Just over a month after there were reports that Foxconn is in talks to acquire Sharp, the deal has been sealed for a total of JPY 700 billion ($6.2 billion), according to Japanese financial newspaper Nikkei. Foxconn was earlier said to have made a...
Foxconn allegedly wants to buy Sharp
Sharp has been struggling for years and now chatter from Japan indicates that there’s a bidding war going on for the ailing company. Interestingly, Foxconn is said to have made a $5.1 billion bid. Sharp is one of Apple’s main display suppliers...
Meet RoboHon, the robo-companion smarthphone (Hands-On)
Meet Robo-Hon, the smartphone robo-companion CES is all about anything related to technology. Everything about consumer electronics and things that people want to buy. This next product is surely a perfect example of that. In October, last...
Sharp announces RoboHon, a human-shaped robot smartphone
Sharp has announced a unique phone that is designed as a humanoid robot. Dubbed RoboHon, the device, which has been developed by the famous Tokyo professor and roboticist Tomotaka Takahashi, will be launched in H1 next year. As you can see in...
DoCoMo's Sharp Aquos Compact, Aquos Zeta have super slim bezels
Sharp is the real master of vanishing bezels, unfortunately the best models always seem to stay Japan-only. So, are you ready to see the best compact phones you'll probably never be able to buy? By the way, the duo is headed to NTT DoCoMo. Sharp...
Check out the new phones of the week
With the flagship announcement season all but over, most of the mobile world has already turned its attention to rumors and speculations of future models, like the Samsung Galaxy A8 and even the Galaxy Note 5. However, during the past week, there...
Sharp Aquos Xx packs a 5.7" screen in aluminum body
After the new mid-range Crystal 2, Sharp unveiled the flagship version too – the Aquos Crystal Xx. Its screen is bigger too, grown to a massive 5.7", and the chipset has been upgraded to the latest Snapdragon 810. Despite the screen size, the...
Sharp unveils Aquos Crystal 2 with a bigger, bezel-less display
Sharp is back with a successor to the bezel-less Aquos Crystal mid-ranger from last year. The Sharp Aquos Crystal 2 boosts the screen size to 5.2", adds basic waterproofing and mobile wallet support. The phone will launch on Softbank in Japan in...
Sharp announces 5.5” 4K LCD with crazy 806ppi density
Mobile phones are on the verge of breaking yet another pixel density record as Sharp just announced its first 4K mobile display. The 5.5” panel has a resolution of 3860 x 2160 pixels for the insane density of 806ppi. The IGZO screen utilizes a...
Sharp announces Aquos mini for Japan, flip-phone in tow
Sharp is starting the new year early with a couple of Japan-exclusive phones. The interesting one in the duo is the Aquos mini - an Android 4.4 KitKat smartphone with a 4.5" IGZO 1080p screen with Sharp's EDGEST minimal bezel design. It has a...
Sharp reveals 4.1” IGZO LCD display with a whopping 736ppi
Sharp took the wraps off a 4.1” IGZO LCD display with a resolution of 2560 x 1600 pixels. Such high resolution on a display this size results in the barely believable pixel density of 736ppi. Compared, the above mentioned pixel density equals...
Sharp will have a 4K smartphone display ready in 2016
If you think QHD screen resolution (that's 2,560x1,440) on smartphones is rather ridiculous, you'll surely be even more flabbergasted in 2016. That's because at some point during that year, Sharp is set to have finalized its first 4K smartphone...
Sharp Aquos Crystal lands on Boost Mobile and Sprint
The Sharp Aquos Crystal went official in Japan in mid-August and was due to launch on Sprint two weeks later, but due to some delays it is only now making its way to the US shores. Boost Mobile is getting the mid-range smartphone today for $149.99...
Sharp Aquos Crystal for Sprint gets priced
Yesterday the impressive-looking Sharp Aquos Crystal was announced for Japan, and back then we heard that it would be headed to Sprint in the USA, because that particular carrier is now owned by Japan's SoftBank. So here we are today, when Sprint...
Sharp Aquos Crystal and Crystal X go live in Japan
Sharp unleashed two smartphones for Japan called Aquos Crystal and Crystal X tidat. The Crystal X is the better-equipped phone of the two with a 5.5" 1080p display, Snapdragon 801 chipset with a 2.3GHz processor and 2GB of RAM. It has 32GB of...
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