Sharp announced a new budget smartphone in the Japanese market, called the Sharp AQUOS Wish6. The company has shared the design and specs of the phone, but it’s only launching in mid-September. Sharp hasn’t shared a price either — that’s likely coming closer to launch day.
This is the sixth phone in the Wish series, and it follows the same idea as its predecessors: give people a simple, dependable phone without a big price tag.
Sharp AQOUS Wish6 Specifications
The phone is built around a 6.6-inch HD+ display that refreshes at 120Hz and has a peak brightness of 1000 nits. The device is 8.33mm thick and weighs 189 grams, while Sharp says Wish6 has approximately 20% greater bending strength than its predecessor.
Under the hood, you get a MediaTek Dimensity 6300 chip, 4GB of RAM, and 128GB of storage. That’s the same core setup you get in the AQUOS Wish5, so the phone is more like a refresh than a full redesign. It’s powered by a 5000mAh battery, and Sharp has a smart charging feature meant to slow down battery wear over time.
On the camera side, you’re looking at a 50.1-megapixel rear main camera with an f/1.8 aperture, paired with an 8-megapixel front camera at f/2.0. The phone ships with Android 16 out of the box, and Sharp promises two major OS upgrades plus four years of security updates, so it should stay usable for a while. It also supports fingerprint and face unlock, FeliCa for mobile payments, dual SIM with nanoSIM and eSIM, up to 2TB of microSD expansion, and a 3.5mm headphone jack.
The Wish6 also has a built-in “crime alarm” that sets off a loud alert if someone shakes the phone, then automatically calls preset emergency contacts and texts them your location. There’s also AI call analysis that flags calls that match patterns from known scams, and the Wish6 is the first in the series to let you block international calls outright, a direct response to overseas phone fraud. When you can’t pick up, an AI call assistant transcribes voicemails for you automatically.
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