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Japan Gets 8 New Cell Phones: KDDI’s Entire Winter Line-Up

Serkan Toto

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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

Monday, September 26th, 2011
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Japan’s second biggest carrier KDDI took the wraps off [JP] a total of eight new cell phones for the domestic market today. To be more concrete, the telco (which is likely to become the second in Japan to provide the iPhone 5) showed six Android handsets (the Arrows Z is the most impressive) and two feature phones.

Here are all models that KDDI showed today:

Fujitsu Toshiba Arrows Z ISW11F
(Android 2.3.5, 4.3-inch LCD with 1,280×720 resolution, Wimax, Wi-Fi, waterproof body, 13MP CMOS camera, infrared, e-wallet function, digital TV tuner)

Kyocera DIGNO ISW11K
(Android 2.3.5, 4-inch OLED screen with 480×800 resolution, Wimax, Wi-Fi, waterproof body that’s just 8.7mm thick, Snapdragon dual-core MSM8655 CPU (1.4GHz), 8MP CMOS camera, infrared, e-wallet function, digital TV tuner)

HTC EVO 3D ISW12HT
(Android 2.3.4, 4.3-inch 3D LCD with 960×540 resolution, Wimax, Wi-Fi, Snapdragon dual-core MSM8660 CPU (1.2GHz), two 5MP CMOS cameras, 1.3MP sub-camera)

MOTOROLA PHOTON ISW11M
(Android 2.3.4, 4.3-inch LCD screen with 960×540 resolution, Wimax, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 2.1＋EDR, dual-core Tegra 2 CPU (1GHz), 8MP CMOS camera)

Sharp AQUOS PHONE IS13SH
(Android 2.3.5, 4.2-inch LCD screen with 960×540 resolution, 2.1-inch LCD screen with 56×304 resolution, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 3.0, DLNA support, Snapdragon dual-core MSM8655 CPU (1.4GHz) CPU, 8MP CMOS camera, waterproof body that’s just 8.9mm thick)

NEC MEDIAS BR IS11N
(Android 2.3.5, 3.6-inch LCD with 480×800 resolution, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.0, Snapdragon dual-core QSD8655 (1.4GHz) CPU, 8MP CMOS camera, waterproof body, digital TV tuner, infrared, e-wallet function)

Fujitsu-Toshiba F001
(3.3-inch LCD with 854×480 resolution, 0.8-inch OLED sub-screen, 13MP Exmor R for mobile CMOS camera, Bluetooth, digital TV tuner, infrared, e-wallet function, waterproof body)

Sony Ericsson URBANO AFFARE
(3.3-inch LCD with 854×480, 1.1-inch e-ink sub-screen, 8MP CMOS camera, Snapdragon dual-core QSD8655 CPU, Bluetooth, digital TV tuner, infrared, e-wallet function)

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