Sharp announces Aquos mini for Japan, flip-phone in tow

19 January, 2015

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 Snapdragon 801 chipset with a quad-core 2.3GHz processor, 2GB of RAM, 16GB storage expandable through a microSD card slot, LTE and a 13MP main camera. Built inside is a 2,120mAh battery rated at540 hours of stand-by.

The Sharp Aquos mini is water proof and comes in four color options - Cyan, Magenta, White and Black.

The other announcement is the Sharp Aquos K - a flip-phone with a 13MP camera with auto HDR, LTE, a touch-sensitive trackpad and quad-core 1.2GHz processor.

The Sharp Aquos K is also water proof, has a 1,410mAh battery and is offered in three colors - Red, White and Black.

Source

Sharp Android

Reader comments

Anonymous
07 Apr 2015
ICM

Check out the "Kyoto exports" on ebay,the seller sells phones directly out of japan and the phones are unlocked. The seller will answer any question you have.

Snow_King
03 Mar 2015
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I want to buy that flip-phone! Can anyone tell me how to buy an Unlocked phone from Japan??

Eske Rahn
20 Jan 2015
3ii

Interesting, thanks! They seem to disagree with Sharps own page (linked earlier) on the 303SH, Without understanding the Japanese chars, I still see FDD-LTE here: W-CDMA方式（900MHz／2.1GHz）、GSM方式（900MHz／1800MHz／1900MHz）、 FDD-LTE方式（1.7GHz／2.1GH...