Sharp Aquos R9 pro unveiled with a giant 1/0.98" sensor, plus a 1/1.56" 65mm tele camera

29 October 2024
The phone will be available in Japan first (this December), but will expand to several other markets later on. 

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NiJon, 29 Oct 2024Too bad it's Asia only. Would love for Sharp to enter ... moreNot happening in next five years.

    Dometalican, 29 Oct 2024Very expensive considering the chipset but I can imagine th... moreNorth Americans don't even move out of iPhones and Galaxies, why you are expecting this to come to US. People should use One Plus 12 and Moto Edge+(2023) first to expect this getting released in US.

      jiyen235, 29 Oct 2024why do japanese phones cost so much yet skimp out on stuff?... moreIt's exclusive to Japan. Relax and enjoy your Oppo Find X7 Ultra. Xiaomi 15 Ultra needs a lot of work in post processing.

        So far so good and perfect design.

          tsukimi, 29 Oct 2024I'm making this claim based on actual experience. Als... moreAnd where are these displays made because I heard the factory in Japan was closed???

            DavidFr, 29 Oct 2024If you can't count, don't say anything LOL. Yes,... morehttps://www.sony-semicon.com/en/info/2023/2023061501.html

            >LYT-900
            >1/0.98-type

            X100 Ultra, Xiaomi 14 Ultra and Oppo Find X7 Ultra use this. I know what I'm talking about. Do you know what YOU are talking about?

              DavidFr, 29 Oct 2024If you can't count, don't say anything LOL. Yes,... moreYou're not getting the point. All those 1" flagships use this same exact sensor with a 1/0.98" size. They are all this same exact size, which is ever so slightly larger than 1 inch despite being called a 1 inch sensor.

                Bot10, 29 Oct 2024They said it was larger than other flagships, not the large... moreThey said it is larger than other 1" sensor that we've seen in other phones. And it's not, it's the same exact size.

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                  Eno2, 29 Oct 2024"the main 50.3MP camera has a massive 1/0.98” sensor i... moreI was about to write the same, it took me 2 min to find out the sensor type it uses and it was the same as x100 ultra and find x7 ultra 😂

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                    jiyen235, 29 Oct 2024larger than the 1 inch type we saw in flagships. bro, it do... moreIf you can't count, don't say anything LOL.
                    Yes, it is slightly larger than 1 inch. 1/0.98 = 1.02”.

                      Mobilemaster, 29 Oct 2024Did you experience such a thing?I'm making this claim based on actual experience.
                      Also, AQUOS junk has a very large number of defective displays compared to other manufacturers.

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                        Qimchi, 29 Oct 2024Another phone to prove that sensor size doesn't matter... moreNo?

                        Go see how weaker vivo x200 pro 1/1.28" is compared to x100 ultra.
                        Drag race between Mustang x Fiesta would be more fair .
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                          No it's not larger than the 1-inch type sensor. It's exactly the same as the rest of them. Like xiaomi 14 ultra as a In the LYTIA’s “double-layer transistor pixel technology,” the first layer is a photodiode while the second is the transistor. The first layer helps detect light, and the second helps store and process light information. LYT900 1/0.98-type (16.384 mm diagonal) approx. 50-effective-megapixel

                            Another phone to prove that sensor size doesn't matter above 1/56" for general everyday usability unless you really want to prioritize real bokeh. I like it, but I don't see it as a valid selling point but hey if it can shoot video at more than ISO12,800 that'll be neat.

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                              Anonymous, 29 Oct 2024Japanese companies do not like to work with cheap component... moreYet Sharp has been plagued with display issues for years and years.

                              Sharp and Sony aren't just good when it comes to quality control. They always seem to have some types of hardware-related issues, and bugs in software break features every now often.

                              They are no 'hidden gem' that people are trying to make them out to be. They have low sales numbers for a reason.

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                                "Yes, it’s larger than the 1-inch type sensor we’ve seen in several flagships."
                                Wrong. All smartphone 4:3 1" type sensors actually are a tiny bit larger than a 1.0" type sensor.
                                A 1.0" type sensor has a crop factor of approximately 2.73 and has an area between approximately 120mm and 121mm².
                                All smartphone 1.0" type 4:3 sensors have an area between 128mm² and 129mm².

                                It's just marketing whether you write 1.0" or 0.98", etc. These numbers are meaningless anyway because 1.0", 0.98", etc are just the names of the sensor size type. It doesn't tell you how large the sensor really is. The diagonal of a 1.0" type sensor is NOT exactly three times as large as the diagonal of a 1/3" type sensor.

                                  SA466, 29 Oct 2024I kind of thought of Sharp as being on their way out after ... moreThey chose this CPU because if not, the price would be like the Leica phones, very high. Sharp phones are always expensive, because if I am not wrong they use more in house components, and sometimes they make their flagships in Japan.

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                                    Anonymous, 29 Oct 2024Japanese companies do not like to work with cheap component... moreBro, Sharp is owned by Foxconn, literally the masters of cutting production cost.

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                                      I kind of thought of Sharp as being on their way out after the R8, but this seems pretty competent, close enough to current flagships while still having the unique 240 Hz display. I'm just curious what made them go with the 8s Gen 3

                                        Hmm new leica leitz base.

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