As we previously reported, Leica Camera AG and Sharp recently announced a long-term technology partnership. The first smartphone developed jointly was the Sharp AQUOS R6 smartphone. Leica today announced the release of the first smartphone under its own brand. The model, dubbed the Leitz Phone 1, will be available in July.
Leica has made it clear that the Leitz Phone 1 is actually a renamed and slightly different outwardly Aquos R6. Named after the original Leica brand, the device echoes the legendary manufacturer’s cameras in design and comes complete with a magnetic circular lens cover. Instead of a leather back panel, the device has received a black matte glass panel, which is combined with a Leica silver metal case. The thickness of the device remained the same as that of the Sharp Aquos R6 – 9.5 mm, but the weight increased slightly – from 207 to 212 mm. You can protect the back with the included hard case.
According to the technical characteristics, Leitz Phone 1 almost completely repeats the Aquos R6, but the amount of flash memory has been doubled – from 128 to 256 GB. The microSD slot allows you to expand the storage up to 1TB. The Leitz Phone 1 runs Android 11 with a “predominantly monochrome” proprietary user interface.
Leitz Phone 1 is currently an exclusive product from Softbank in Japan and costs about $ 1,700. Acceptance of pre-orders will begin tomorrow, June 18th. There is no information on availability in other countries yet.
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