SHARP has announced its latest smartphone; Sharp Aquos S2 at an event in China. The smartphone features an FFD (Free Form Display) technology to make holes precisely in the screen for front camera and receiver.
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Sharp Aquos S2
The Aquos S2 features a 5.5-inch (1080 x 2048 pixels) Full HD+ display with 84.95% screen-to-body ratio, powered by an Octa Core Snapdragon 630 SoC / Octa Core Snapdragon 660 SoC, paired with 4GB / 6GB RAM and 64GB / 128GB expandable storage.
The smartphone features a 12-megapixel primary rear camera with dual-tone LED flash, along with 8-megapixel secondary camera for capturing depth information which helps in blurring out the background. It runs on Android Nougat with Smile UX, has RoboS assistant and all these are backed by a 3020mAh battery.
Sharp Aquos S2 Features
►The Aquos comes with a metal frame with 3D glass body with SHARP carved on it. The fingerprint sensor of this smartphone is just 3.6mm, making it world’s narrowest fingerprint identification module.
►The fingerprint sensor of this smartphone is just 3.6mm, making it world’s narrowest fingerprint identification module.
► It is world’s first smartphone to be powered by Snapdragon 630 and its high-end version of Aquos S2 comes with Snapdragon 660.
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Sharp Aquos S2 Specifications
- 5.5-inch (1080 x 2040 pixels) Full HD+ LCD Display With 2.5D Corning Gorilla Glass Protection
- Octa Core Snapdragon 630 Processor / Octa Core Snapdragon 660 Processor
- Adreno 508 GPU / Adreno 512 GPU
- 4GB / 6GB RAM
- 64GB /128GB Storage + Expandable Via MicroSD (up to 128GB)
- 12MP + 8MP Dual Rear Cameras With f/1.75 Aperture, 1.4um Pixel Size, Dual-Tone LED Flash, PDAF
- 8MP Front-Facing Camera With 1.4um Pixel Size, f/2.0 Aperture
- Android 7.1.1 Nougat With Smile UX
- 3020mAh Battery With Quick Charge 3.0
- Dual SIM (Hybrid), Fingerprint sensor
- 4G VoLTE, WiFi 802.11 ac, Bluetooth 4.2, GPS + GLONASS, USB-C
- Dimensions: 141.8 x 72.04 x 7.9mm; Weight: 140g
The Sharp Aquos S2 comes in Black, White, Blue and Green colors and is priced at RMB 2499 (roughly equals Rs 23,765 / US$373) for the Snapdragon 630 + 4GB RAM + 64GB storage variant, while the top-end variant with Snapdragon 660 + 6GB RAM + 128GB storage is priced at RMB 3499 (which is Rs 33,275 / US$522 approx). It is available for pre-orders from jd.com from today and will go on sale from August 14th in China.
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