Recently, according to a number of technology media, Sharp released the AQUOS R9 mobile phone in the Japanese market, equipped with Qualcomm's third-generation Snapdragon 7+ mobile platform. Available in both green and white options, the phone is scheduled to be officially launched in Japan in July, with the exact price to be announced by the operator at launch. Once upon a time, Sharp had a place in the global smartphone market. However, with the fierce competition in the market, Sharp has gradually limited itself to the domestic smartphone market in Japan. As for the new AQUOS R9, it should not be launched in the national version.
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Specifically, for the just-released Sharp AQUOS R9, the exterior design is more eye-catching, and it was designed by "Miyake Design" (founded by Issey Miyake), which is very representative. On the screen, the AQUOS R9 features a 6.5-inch Pro IGZO OLED straight screen on the front. According to the introduction, OLED (Organic Light-Emitting Diode) is an organic light-emitting diode, which is a new type of product in mobile phone OLED, and is known as a "dream display". Unlike traditional LCD displays, OLED display technology does not require a backlight and uses a very thin coating of organic materials and a glass substrate (or flexible organic substrate) that emits light when an electric current is passed. Moreover, the OLED display screen can be made lighter and thinner, with a larger viewing angle, and can significantly save power consumption.
On top of that, the AQUOS R9 has a screen resolution of 2340x1080, supports a variable refresh rate of 1-240Hz, and a maximum brightness of 1500 nits. At the same time, for the just-released Sharp AQUOS R9, the irregular design of the rear lens is currently unique in the industry, and it looks elegant, especially the fonts of AQUOS and LEICA also form a symmetry, and the position of the two lenses is the same, full of design.
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In terms of core configuration, AQUOS R9 uses Qualcomm's third-generation Snapdragon 7+ mobile platform. From the point of view of specifications, this 7 series processor uses 4nm process technology, 1+4+3 triple cluster design, and uses the third-generation Snapdragon 8 with the same architecture X4 and A720, fully inheriting its core advantages, and all of them use TSMC's 4nm process. Positioned higher than the Snapdragon Snapdragon 8+ Gen1 and lower than the Snapdragon 8 Gen2, it is called the "Little 8 Gen3". In the eyes of industry insiders, the biggest advantage of the third-generation Snapdragon 7+ is energy efficiency and power consumption control, which means longer battery life for mobile phones. In this regard, in the author's opinion, the blessing of Qualcomm's third-generation Snapdragon 7+ chip has prompted AQUOS R9 to be able to match the mid-range models of Huawei, Xiaomi, OPPO, vivo, Samsung and other manufacturers.
Meanwhile, the Sharp AQUOS R9 phone is equipped with 12GB LPDDR5X RAM and 256GB storage, and supports up to 1TB microSD card expansion. In terms of imaging, the rear main camera aperture of the Sharp AQUOS R9 mobile phone is f/1.9, 1/1.5 inches, equivalent to 23mm, supports optical image stabilization, and the aperture of the ultra-wide-angle camera is f/2.2, equivalent to 13mm, and the cameras are all 50.3 million pixels, and supervised by Leica, and the front camera aperture is f/2.2, equivalent to 23mm. In this regard, in the author's opinion, the camera configuration of AQUOS R9 still has a certain competitive advantage, which can meet the needs of most users.
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In other configurations, the Sharp AQUOS R9 phone has a 5000mAh battery with side fingerprint recognition, and in terms of dust and water resistance, the AQUOS R9 supports IP65/IP68 rating. It is also MIL-STD-810G certified for durability and reliability.
Combined with the relevant information on the AQUOS R9 product side that has been officially announced, it is not difficult to find that in addition to the regular hardware configuration upgrades, the biggest selling point of this smartphone is undoubtedly in the exterior design. However, the specific price and launch time of the new Sharp AQUOS R9 remain to be confirmed by Sharp for further information in the future. So, the question is, what do you think about the just-released Sharp AQUOS R9? What do you think the final selling price will be?