Sharp intros Aquos Wish with MIL-STD-810H rating, 5.7-inch screen, and SD480 5G chip

Sharp in Japan recently introduced a new entry-level smartphone called the Aquos Wish.

Aquos Wish

Sharp has a new compact smartphone with 5G!

The Sharp Aquos Wish is a compact Android smartphone boasting a body IPX5, IPX7, IP6X, and MIL-STD-810H compliant in Olive Green Ivory and Charcoal colorways as well as a 5.7-inch HD+ screen with a waterdrop notch housing its 8MP front camera for selfies and video calls.

Sturdy and compact

Under the hood, it is using Qualcomm's 8nm Snapdragon 480 5G Mobile Platform, a chip for budget 5G smartphones with up to 2.0GHz clock speed, Adreno 619 GPU, and an integrated Snapdragon X51 5G Modem-RF system with support for mmWave and sub-6GHz global 5G.

Sharp paired it with 4GB RAM, 64GB expandable via microSD card slot, and a 3,370mAh battery capacity with USB-C charging.

The back camera is using a single 13MP shooter with an LED flash. This is interesting as most budget phones have multiple camera configurations.

It also has a side-mounted fingerprint scanner, dual-band WiFi, 4G LTE (apart from 5G), Bluetooth, and GPS. Similar to Sony smartphones, it has a flap design so you will only need your fingernail to pull out the SIM card tray.

The handset measures 147 x 71 x 8.9 mm and weighs 162 grams making it one of the smallest and lightest smartphones around.

The device is scheduled to go on sale this mid-January. The SRP hasn't been revealed yet.

Hopefully, this won't be a Japan-only release.

Source: Sharp