Sharp Aquos R9 pro
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- Asta
- Kiu
- 07 Feb 2025
This smartphone entered my country this month, and was sold for $ 1,100 and with a gift of $ 300. basically this smartphone costs only $800. This price is more reasonable considering the specifications provided, and it is possible that the price will drop to $400-$500 at the end of this year.
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- HypnoK
- sXi
- 05 Feb 2025
Hi all! Loving this phone overall, takes amazing photos and handles multitasking easily but I am experiencing one potential issue that is starting to concern me. Every so often when I press the power button to unlock the device the screen for maybe half a second flashes green and then goes normal, at the moment it's possibly happening 6 or 7 times a day.
I've factory reset, virus scanned and still the same so I'm thinking it must be something to do with the OLED panel...I have done sharps built in fault checker on the screen which doesn't find any issues but I have my doubts.
I contacted the company I bought the phone from who asked me for video proof of the fault before they will take it in for repair....which unless I sit a camera on my shoulder all day I'm going to struggle to prove the fault so looks like I'm stuck with it like it is until it fully fails.
My only hope is sharp push a software update and it turns out it was that instead however I'm still on October 2024 so not holding out much hope for one of them any time soon 🤣
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- BobbyCastle
- dSV
- 02 Feb 2025
YourMother, 19 Jan 2025Are there sample pics from this phone? I couldn't find... moreFinally found a video with real pictures on it from a YouTuber called Mert Kazam, got some reasonable shots from what I can see although I don't think I would trade my Vivo X200 Pro for it.... especially not with that snapdragon 8s Gen 3 that Sharp decided to put in it.....crazy considering the price.
- David 040882
- spY
- 01 Feb 2025
awyar, 31 Jan 2025Fake 240hz it's just 120hz 🤣While it's not a native 240Hz panel, it uses frame interpolation or black frame insertion to smooth things out even more than a regular 120Hz display. But claiming that it has 240Hz is indeed, unethical
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- Anonymous
- dSV
- 31 Jan 2025
awyar, 31 Jan 2025Fake 240hz it's just 120hz 🤣Don't talk about something you don't know about Aywar
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- Mellifluous
- 3aG
- 27 Jan 2025
AquosE9, 25 Jan 2025Yeah mine is the international version also so hopefully we... moreI'm on the 03 version and that seems to be the most recent one on their website - are you sure the 06 build doesn't refer to the non pro R9?
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- AquosE9
- sXi
- 25 Jan 2025
Mellifluous, 25 Jan 2025What model do you have, the Japan one with Leica branding o... moreYeah mine is the international version also so hopefully we will get an update soon! I was a bit worried as I watched a review from a guy in the UK on YouTube (Mert Kazam the channel name was) and he mentioned at the end of the review unless you are in Japan or Singapore the phone wouldn't get auto updates....I also noticed on the Sharp Singapore Instagram that they were advertising 01.00.06 update whereas mine is on 01.00.03....unless they are working backwards in numbers 😂
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- Mellifluous
- 3aG
- 25 Jan 2025
AquosE9, 25 Jan 2025Has anyone internationally managed to update this device ye... moreWhat model do you have, the Japan one with Leica branding or the international one without? I'm on the international one and think it's on October 2024 as well - think that may be the most recent update Sharp have released as my phone shows that, and the build version is updated to the current one on their website.
If you have the Japan one and definitely don't receive updates, you can get a Japan esim from Mobal. I bought one from them to update a Leitz Phone 2 (rebranded Sharp phone), and that worked.
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- AquosE9
- myx
- 25 Jan 2025
Has anyone internationally managed to update this device yet? I saw online that to update it you need to download a VPN and change the region to Japan, disable Google framework etc but non of that has worked for me....still stuck on October 2024 security patch haha
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- Anonymous
- GXs
- 25 Jan 2025
Mellifluous, 20 Jan 2025I searched Aquos R9 Pro on Google, X and Threads. There are... moreDo you know how it works for popular search engines that most of them, including with google, lists the one who pays the most on top.
You should try to use multiple search engines if you are to find unbiased real information.
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- Mellifluous
- 3HF
- 20 Jan 2025
YourMother, 19 Jan 2025Are there sample pics from this phone? I couldn't find... moreI searched Aquos R9 Pro on Google, X and Threads. There are lots of posts on the latter 2, articles are a bit harder to find on Google as most will be in Japanese. I did find reviews with photos though on rentio.jp and dime.jp which you could try searching for.
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- Anonymous
- XMr
- 20 Jan 2025
Buyer, 16 Jan 2025Anyone knows if there will be any firmware updates that wou... moreUnlikely, I saw the limitations of the Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 chip and it's limited to 4K 60 fps recording.
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- YourMother
- KgZ
- 19 Jan 2025
Are there sample pics from this phone? I couldn't find them on YT, just promo vids of the phone and fake photo comparisons between this and some iPhone
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- Buyer
- XMr
- 16 Jan 2025
Anyone knows if there will be any firmware updates that would allow for higher resolution video recording? Now apparently it tops out at 4k?
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- Mellifluous
- 3HV
- 14 Jan 2025
AQOUS, 14 Jan 2025I realised that there is no Panoramic function on the phoneI've checked and you're right.
The Leitz Phone 2 also seems to lack panorama function so this seems to be common to Sharp phones.
I think I've used a panorama mode about twice so it's no biggie for me, but an interesting omission.
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- AQOUS
- Mfs
- 14 Jan 2025
I realised that there is no Panoramic function on the phone
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- HypnoK
- myx
- 13 Jan 2025
Mellifluous, 13 Jan 2025Heya, etoren was great but my main criticism is the status ... moreThanks for your quick reply, that is reassuring to know! The majority of Etorens reviews online looked positive but there was the odd one or two relating to open boxes or wrong items that worried me slightly so it's nice to hear from someone who has actually used them.
I have also been doing some research and saw that the international version has an "aquos Pro pix" camera system but like you said the specs seem the same as Leica... How have you found the cameras? Does the quality seem good?
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- Mellifluous
- 3HV
- 13 Jan 2025
HypnoK, 13 Jan 2025Hey mate, also just bought this from Etoren, out of interes... moreHeya, etoren was great but my main criticism is the status updates actually! Mine stayed at "transferring" for a week, then pretty much a week after my order etoren updated the status as fulfilled and passed to the delivery company DPD. I then received a notification the same day I think from DPD that it was out for delivery, and received it a week after my order.
As mentioned the version etoren send does not have Leica branding, and I've seen press releases with disclaimers that other markets may have different spec, but I believe it's pretty much the same phone. The Singapore marketing video (which excludes the Leica branding) is identical to the Japan one, and the Aquos app on the phone autolinks to Japan pages with Leica branding. A nice bonus is that a clear case is included as well as a Sharp UK 3 pin power plug. My phone was also sealed (I've seen reference to etoren opening some phones to check them but that didn't seem to be the case with mine!)
Hope your order goes smoothly and it's soon in your hands!
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- HypnoK
- TkJ
- 13 Jan 2025
Mellifluous, 11 Jan 2025I'm in UK and works fine there. Hey mate, also just bought this from Etoren, out of interest how long did it take for you to receive? Mine has been sat on "transferring" for a couple of days in the online account so worried there is an issue haha.... Excited to get trying this device