Sharp 902
Discontinued 24th September 2004
One of two Sharp 3G phones launched worldwide by
Vodafone (in Japan, this is called the Vodafone V902SH)
which are groundbreaking in a variety of ways.
The main point of interest with the Sharp 902 is
actually the camera - it's the first phone of any type,
2G or 3G, with a 2.0 megapixel camera in the European
market, and it also comes with a 2X optical zoom. We've
seen something similar in the Sharp
V602SH (also a Japanese handset) which seems to
be the inspiration for the Sharp 902.
The 902 offers all the usual 3G facilities, including
video calling (it has a VGA-resolution secondary camera
for this), and it comes with Bluetooth, SD removable
memory, Macromedia Flash playback and Sharp's excellent
240x320 pixel 262,000 colour display - and like the
V602SH, the Sharp 902's display swivels to act as a
giant viewfinder.
The Sharp 902 is a fairly large phone, weighing
150 grams and measuring 102x50x26mm. This makes
it a fair bit bigger than the benchmark Sharp
GX30, but it's hardly enormous. Talktime is
a little over two hours.
This handset is exclusive to Vodafone,
and they hope to have the Sharp 902 in the shops by
Christmas 2004, as part of an impressive lineup of 3G
phones. We think that the Sharp 902's specifications
are so impressive, that it will sell readily to mobile
power users. Price and tariffs are yet to be confirmed.
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Sharp
902 at a glance
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Available:
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Q4
2004
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Network:
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UMTS
(3G) + GSM
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Data:
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UMTS
(3G) + GPRS
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Screen:
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240x320
pixels, 262,000 colours
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Camera:
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2.0
megapixel main camera 0.3
megapixel secondary camera
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Size:
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Large
clamshell 102x50x26mm
/ 150 grams
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Bluetooth:
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Yes
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Infra-red:
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Not
specified
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Polyphonic:
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Yes
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Java:
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Yes
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Battery
life:
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2
hours talk
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