Sharp this week announced the worlds first Android smartphone with clamshell form factor
The Sharp AQUOS SoftBank 007SH is for customers of the Japanese network operator SoftBank. It is the fist clamshell model running Android having a regular number key dial pad. Strangely enough, Sharp did not equip the phone with a QWERTY keypad. We are not very familiar with Japanese testing preferences but they might prefer having a virtual keyboard with full set of Japanese characters instead of the Latin alphabet on a hardware keys.
Apart from the unusual clamshell form factor on an Android smartphone, AQUOS 007SH has an impressive 16.1 megapixel camera, 720p HD video recording. It is running on Android 2.3 Gingerbread. It also has a uncommon display size of 3.4 inch.
While normal 3D recording is done using two lenses capturing two different images at the same time, Sharp AQUOS SoftBank 007SH can capture 3D images using one single lens. The phone are capturing images in a sequence and register and calculates the camera movement before merging two of those images into one 3D stereoscopic image.
The 007SH is a though smart phone. It has earned a IPX5 and IPX7 IP code which means it is waterproof and can be put under one meter of water for 30 minutes.
AQUOS 007SH highlights
The Sharp AQUOS SoftBank 007SH is for customers of the Japanese network operator SoftBank. It is the fist clamshell model running Android having a regular number key dial pad. Strangely enough, Sharp did not equip the phone with a QWERTY keypad. We are not very familiar with Japanese testing preferences but they might prefer having a virtual keyboard with full set of Japanese characters instead of the Latin alphabet on a hardware keys.
Apart from the unusual clamshell form factor on an Android smartphone, AQUOS 007SH has an impressive 16.1 megapixel camera, 720p HD video recording. It is running on Android 2.3 Gingerbread. It also has a uncommon display size of 3.4 inch.
While normal 3D recording is done using two lenses capturing two different images at the same time, Sharp AQUOS SoftBank 007SH can capture 3D images using one single lens. The phone are capturing images in a sequence and register and calculates the camera movement before merging two of those images into one 3D stereoscopic image.
The 007SH is a though smart phone. It has earned a IPX5 and IPX7 IP code which means it is waterproof and can be put under one meter of water for 30 minutes.
AQUOS 007SH highlights
- 140 gram
- 113 x 51.8 x 19.3 mm
- 3.4 inch touch display, 480 x 854 pixel resolution. Sharp ASV LCD
- 16.1 megapixel camera with 3D image capture using Morpho Slide 3D technology
- 720p HD video capture
- Wi-Fi
- HDMI out
- Android 2.3 Gingerbread
