Last year, Sharp’s AQUOS Sense 3 series received a good reception in Japan. Now, the company has unveiled the AQUOS Sense 4 series, which includes three devices such as AQUOS Sense 5G, Sense 4, and Sense 4 Plus. Apart from the 5G-ready AQOUS Sense 5G, the Japanese firm also unveiled the AQUOS Zero 5G Basic upper mid-range 5G phone.

Sharp AQUOS Zero 5G Basic specifications and features

The AQUOS Zero 5G Basic is an IP65/68 rated smartphone that measures 161 x 75 x 9mm and it weighs 182 grams. It has a 6.4-inch OLED display that offers 1080 x 2340 pixels resolution. The waterdrop notch screen supports a 240Hz refresh rate and it comes with an in-screen fingerprint reader. The Snapdragon 765G chipset powers the phone’s two variants such as 6 GB RAM + 64 GB storage and 8 GB RAM + 128 GB storage.

The AQUOS Zero 5G Basic has a 16.3-megapixel front camera with an f/2.0 aperture. Its rear-facing triple camera system has an f/1.8 aperture 48-megapixel main camera with hybrid AF, an f/2.4 aperture 13.1-megapixel ultrawide lens with 125-degree field-of-view, and an f/2.4 aperture 8-megapixel telephoto lens with PDAF. The AQUOS Zero 5G has a 4,050mAh battery and it comes with other features like Wi-Fi 802.11ac, Bluetooth 5.1, GPS, NFC, and USB-C. The device is preinstalled with Android 11 and it lacks a 3.5mm audio jack.

Sharp AQUOS Sense 5G specifications and features

The AQUOS Sense 5G has 148 x 71 x 8.9mm and it weighs 176 grams. It has a 5.8-inch IGZO LCD display with a waterdrop notch. It supports 1080 x 2280Full HD+ resolution. The AQUOS Sense 5G seems is the world’s first phone to be fueled by the Snapdragon 690 5G chipset. The device is equipped with 4 GB of RAM and 64 GB of native storage.

The Sense 5G has a front-facing camera of 8-megapixel with f/2.2 aperture. The back panel of the phone has a triple camera system. It includes a 12-megapixel main camera with f/2.0 aperture, a 12-megapixel ultrawide lens with 121-degree FOV and f/2.4 aperture, and an 8-megapixel telephoto snapper with f/2.4 aperture. It is backed by a 4,570mAh battery that promises a battery life of one week. The device is also equipped with other features like face recognition, front-facing fingerprint sensor, Wi-Fi 802.11ac, Bluetooth 5.1, GPS, NFC, USB-C, and IP65 / 68 rated chassis. The Sense 5G is also loaded with Android 11 and it does not feature a 3.5mm audio jack.

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Sharp AQUOS Sense 4 Plus and Sense 4 specifications and features

The AQUOS Sense 4 Plus measures 166 x 78 x 8.8mm and it weighs 198 grams. It has a larger 6.7-inch IGZO LCD notch-less display that offers 1080 x 2400 pixels resolution. The device is flanked with stereo speakers. The Snapdragon 720G chipset ships with Android 10 OS and is accompanied by 8 GB of RAM and 128 GB of storage.

The Sense 4 Plus has a dual selfie camera system that comprises of an f/2.0 aperture 8-megapixel main camera and a 2-megapixel depth sensor with f/2.5 aperture. Its rear-mounted triple camera system comprises of a 48-megapixel main lens with f/1.8 aperture, a 5-megapixel ultrawide lens with 115-degree FOV, and f/2.2 aperture, 2-megapixel macro shooter with f/2.4 aperture, and a 2-megapixel depth sensor with f/2.4 aperture. It has a smaller battery of 4,120mAh capacity. The other features of the Sense 4 Plus include face unlock, rear-mounted fingerprint sensor, IP65 / 68 certified body, Wi-Fi 802.11ac, Bluetooth 5.1, GPS, NFC, USB-C, and 3.5mm audio jack.

The measurements and weight of AQUOS Sense 4 are identical with Sense 5G. It has a 5.8-inch IGZO LCD panel with a waterdrop notch that delivers 1080 x 2280 pixels resolution. The Snapdragon 720G driven handset has Android 10 OS, 4 GB of RAM, and 64 GB of native storage.

It has the same quad-camera system that is available on the Sense 4 Plus. At front, it features a single selfie camera of 8-megapixel with f/2.4 aperture. The phone houses a 4,570mAh battery. Like the Sense 4 Plus, the Sense 4 offers other specs like face unlock, rear-mounted fingerprint sensor, IP65 / 68 certified body, Wi-Fi 802.11ac, Bluetooth 5.1, GPS, NFC, USB-C, and 3.5mm audio jack.

At present, there is no word on the pricing of the AQUOS Zero 5G Basic, Sense 5G, Sense 4, and Sense 4 Plus.

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U.S fabless chipmaker Qualcomm first announced its new Snapdragon 700 series at MWC 2018 with the Snapdragon 710 being the first of the series to find its way into smartphones. The new SDM700 series lies in between the flagship Snapdragon 800 series and the premium mid-range Snapdragon 600 series. It draws a number of advanced features from the former and is very suitable for high-end models.

Apart from the Snapdragon 710, little is known of other members of the series but a new rumour has emerged which deals with the Snapdragon 720. While there is presently no information on the specification of the Snapdragon 720, it is only known to be an enhanced version of the Snapdragon 710. However, the SDM720 is said to have a Neural Processing Unit (NPU) similar to Huawei’s Kirin 970 which is dedicated to AI acceleration. If this turns out to be true, it will be the first time Qualcomm as the current Snapdragon platform doesn’t have a dedicated AI hardware unit but rather relies on the Artificial Intelligence Engine(AIE). This is software-based and the efficiency in the specific AI scene is still low.

In addition to Snapdragon 720, there had been a leaked poster that appeared a few months back containing details of the Snapdragon 730. The earlier leak tipped that Qualcomm’s SDM730 will be manufactured using a Samsung 8nm LPP process (10nm upgrade), integrating two Kryo 4xx 2.3GHz, six Kryo 4xx 1.8 GHz CPU core and specially equipped with NPU 120 unit!

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Finally, the new rumour also includes that at least three mobile phone manufacturers are currently developing Snapdragon 720-powered models, of which Samsung is expected to be the first to utilise the chipset on its mid-range Galaxy series.

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