• Japan's KDDI Rolls Out New Smartphones And Designer Phones

    Monday, October 18th, 2010

    Dr. Serkan Toto is an independent consultant and advisor focusing on Japan’s web, mobile and social gaming industries. Based in Tokyo, he works together with financial institutions and startups worldwide. Serkan has been the Japan contributor for TechCrunch.com since 2008. He is sept-lingual, holds an MBA and is a PhD in economics. → Learn More

    Japan’s second biggest mobile carrier KDDI has just announced its cell phone line-up for the coming winter and spring. The company unveiled no less than 19 new handsets today: three smartphones, 14 feature phones and another two “designer phones”, which will be marketed under KDDI’s sub brand iida.

    Here are all the main specs for the new smartphones and iida handsets (the feature phones follow in a separate post).

    KDDI’s New Smartphone Line-Up

    Toshiba REGZA Phone IS04
    (4-inch LCD screen with 854×480 resolution, 12MP camera, 1GHz Snapdragon CPU, waterproof, digital TV tuner, EEE802.11b/g Wifi, Bluetooth 2.1+EDR, Skype pre-installed, microSDHC card slot, microUSB port, Android 2.1)

    Sharp IS05
    (3.4-inch AQUOS screen with 854×480 resolution, 8MP camera with 720p video recording, digital TV tuner, EEE802.11b/g Wifi, Bluetooth 2.1+EDR, HDMI interface, microSDHC card slot, microUSB port, Android 2.2)

    Pantech SIRIUSα IS06
    (3.4-inch screen with 800×480 resolution, 5MP camera with 720p video recording, 1GHz Snapdragon CPU, 4GB RAM, digital TV tuner, Skype pre-installed, EEE802.11b/g Wifi, Bluetooth 2.1+EDR, microSDHC card slot, microUSB port, Android 2.2)

    KDDI’s New Designer (iida) Phone Line-Up

    iida X-RAY
    (3-inch LCD display, LED sub display with 7×102 resolution, transparent body, 8MP CMOS camera, QSD8650 1GHz Snapdragon CPU, digital TV tuner, microSDHC card slot, GPS, GSM/CDMA)

    iida G11
    (3.2-inch LCD screen with 854×480 resolution, 8MP CMOS camera, “Anti-Stain Coating”, Bluetooth, digital TV tuner, microSDHC card slot)

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