Sharp Aquos 923SH mobile TV phone


Sharp, one of Japan's main manufacturers of handsets (among lots of other electronic products) has launched a new mobile TV phone on the Japanese market: Sharp Aquos 923SH. First unveiled back in June, the 923SH will be available under the name of SoftBank 923SH, starting July 5, only for the subscribers of SoftBank, the third largest Japanese mobile operator.

In terms of features, the new Sharp is what we can call a "monster phone". First of all, being a handset made to provide the best possible mobile TV experience, the 923SH packs a 1Seg receiver and a 3.3 inch LCD swiveling display, built with the same technology embedded in Sharp's Aquos line of LCD TVs. This display supports 16.7 million colors and a 480 x 845 pixel resolution.

Adopting a 3.3-inch AQUOS swiveling LCD with 480*845 resolution, the 923SH supports auto-focus and stabilizes hand-shake blurring. Other features included GPS function, Bluetooth connectivity, global roaming service and 1-Seg support.

The display on the 923SH is something that we do know about. It uses Sharp’s unique AQUOS LCD panel, technology that we reported about with the SE94 Series. Clearly, this HDTV technology has somehow been miniaturized, and this display is capable of many, many colors.

This phone is capable of recording video content. It features a 29mm wide-angle lens, and can record at 15 fps (Frame per second) and 30 fps.

For those of you who have never heard of Softbank, it is a Japanese telecommunications company that is pretty big in its country of origin. I am guessing that the availability of their newest phone is limited in Japan, as much of the information that I found was on sites in Japanese.

The Softbank 923SH release is planned for this summer, and is available in many colors including black, navy, clear white, and silk pink.