Sharp’s New Android Phone: Waterproof Body, 4.5-Inch 3D QHD Display, 12MP Cam, DLNA

Sharp has been producing quite a few nice Android phones for the Japanese market lately (with a 25% share, it’s the leading manufacturer over here), and today, the company introduced [JP] another great-looking handset, the AQUOS PHONE 102SH.

Local carrier SoftBank will start distributing the phone in Japan in December as part of its fall/winter line-up. And there can be now doubt that subscribers can get a real monster with this model.

Here are the main specs:

• Android 2.3
• 4.5-inch naked-eye 3D LCD screen with 720×1280 resolution and 329dpi pixel density
• 12MP CMOS camera with full HD video recording
• compatible with SoftBank’s “Ultra Speed” high-speed data communication service (max. 21Mbps)
• TI OMAP4430 dual-core CPU (1GHz)
• RAM: 1GB, ROM: 2.2GB
• waterproof body (IPX5/7, IP5X)
• IEEE802.11b/g/n Wifi
• Bluetooth 3.0
• DLNA support
• microSDHC card slot
• infrared connection
• e-wallet function
• digital TV tuner
• W-CDMA, GSM
• size: 128×65×9.7mm, weight: 135g

Will this phone ever make it outside Japan? Maybe: back in May, Sharp said they would introduce the AQUOS PHONE worldwide at some point in the future…