SoftBank has announced a Leica-branded phone for the Japanese market. Leica has lent its name to phone camera systems before, but this Leitz Phone 1 is the first time the Leica brand and iconic red dot has taken precedence on a smartphone. <\/p>\n
The camera system is of course going to be paramount for a device like this, and the hardware here is certainly unusual. There\u2019s a single 20-megapixel 1-inch sensor \u2014 the biggest in any phone \u2014 with a 19mm-equivalent f\/1.9 ultrawide lens, meaning other focal lengths need to use digital zoom. <\/p>\n
If that sounds familiar, well, Sharp announced the exact same thing a month ago. The Aquos R6 has the same Leica-branded camera system \u2014 though the Leitz Phone 1 makes it look a lot bigger \u2014 and other specs like its 120Hz Pro IGZO OLED screen are also a match. <\/p>\n
On the other hand, the Aquos R6 doesn\u2019t come with a lens cap and matching case.<\/p>\n
SoftBank is also selling the Aquos R6 alongside the Leitz Phone 1, and isn\u2019t attempting to hide the similarities behind the two phones. Instead, it\u2019s positioning the R6 as a model for someone who just wants the Leica camera, and the Leitz Phone 1 for those who value Leica\u2019s hardware design. And besides, what could be more in keeping with Leica tradition than tweaking existing products with a red dot? <\/p>\n
Preorders for the Leitz Phone 1 start tomorrow in Japan. It\u2019ll cost 187,920 yen, or about $1,700.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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