The AQUOS Crystal mobile phone launched by SHARP in the summer of 2014 was groundbreaking. In addition to the jaw-dropping ultra-narrow bezel, which is very futuristic, it also brings many “supporting measures” with narrow bezels, including bone conduction earpieces, self-timer lenses, etc., which were later adopted by other manufacturers. designs that have been imitated. It is not an exaggeration to say that 305sh is the pioneer of narrow bezel mobile phones. Other mobile phone manufacturers have developed the high-ratio screen phones we use now on the shoulders of Sharp.
SHARP AQUOS Crystal is a mid-range mobile phone powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 MSM8926 processor. The screen uses a 5-inch 720P HD S-CG Silicon screen, equipped with 8GB ROM and 1.5GB RAM. The camera has only a single 8 million pixels, while the front lens is 1.2 million pixels. Since the front lens is located at the bottom, you need to turn the phone upside down to show the normal angle when taking a video or taking a selfie. The battery comes with only 2,040mAh. The fuselage is available in four colors: black, white, pink, and blue. Another feature of the phone is the built-in Harman/Kardon sound technology, and an exclusive speaker of the same brand.
▲Sharp Aquos Crystal has a body size of 131 x 67 x 10mm, a weight of only 140g, and a screen size of 5 inches.
▲As for why the edge can be reduced to such a small size?In fact, Sharp played some tricks here
▲The reason why AQOUS CRYSTAL’s screen is so amazing is that it uses such a “magnifying glass” principle to refract the image and make the whole picture look completely edgeless. Facts have proved that this effect is really amazing. But I don’t know if it’s because of poor production yield. The same mobile phone launched by Sharp did not use the same technology on the mobile phone SH01G launched by another telecom operator Docomo at the same time. And this technology can only be applied to the next generation, and then it will disappear. For whatever reason, there is no way to make this kind of refraction technology available on a large scale, and I really hope this technology can return to today’s mobile phones.
▲From this angle, we can see how the “magnifying glass” effect is realized, which is really amazing.
▲The mobile phone 9 years ago was still in the era of Micro USB
▲The paint on the back of the 305sh is a bit off. The back cover is very similar to the “OK stretch” back that was scolded by people on the Galaxy S4 back then.
▲A strange design of this phone is that although the back cover can be opened, the battery cannot be removed. After removing the back cover, only the SIM card and memory card can be replaced.Although this design is weird, it was the mainstream design of Japanese smartphones back then, which is quite puzzling.
▲The mobile phone version is still at 4.4.2 at the time of release
▲Because it is a mid-level positioning, the camera of the mobile phone only has 8 million pixels, and it does not use the CCD photosensitive element that Sharp was proud of back then.
But everyone should be quite curious, how far is the difference between the 9-year-old camera and today’s mobile phone. I just went to Saigon, Vietnam during the Dragon Boat Festival holiday. I used AQUOS CRYSTAL to shoot the whole process. Next, let’s take a look at the real shots of AQUOS CRSTAL.
▲The post office in Saigon is full of French Barlow-style buildings, but because the mobile phone does not have a wide angle, there is no way to capture all of them.
▲When shooting the Saigon Notre Dame Cathedral opposite, I also faced the embarrassing situation that the wide angle was not enough
▲Ben Thanh Market is a market with a long history in the center of Saigon, and there is no way to let the whole building into the mirror
▲It sells all kinds of nuts produced in Vietnam. The photos have a feeling of traveling back to blogger articles 10 years ago
▲ Next is the War Remnants Museum, which can only capture part of the building. I only realized it at this moment. No wonder all mobile phones now have ultra-wide-angle lenses.
▲ There are a large number of tanks and aircraft seized from the US military in the park. The barrel of this tank is really very long
▲The summer in Saigon is as muggy and hot as in Taipei. Find Trung Nguyen Legend, the largest chain coffee shop in Saigon
▲The previous cameras always had a foggy feeling, which made the food look unpalatable
▲The must-eat lunch is the famous broken rice in Saigon. It is said that it was originally pig feed. The photo was so blurry I thought it wasn’t in focus.
▲ In the afternoon, go to Bookstore Street, the gathering place for youths in Saigon. The details of this photo are also very blurred, and the focus is also in the middle of something that seems to be nothing.
▲The last photo I took before leaving, Saigon Johor Bahru Airport is much more modern than I expected, it looks like a smaller Taoji Terminal 2, clean and tidy.
This trip was shot with SHARP AQUOS Crystal throughout. The most difficult thing to use in shooting is focusing. The mobile phone is often out of focus, and the hand must be very steady even in broad daylight. This makes it quite incredible for us who are used to mobile phones to focus in seconds. Similarly, it takes a long time to store a photo after taking it. To sum up, the mobile phone 9 years ago was so simple that it was difficult to even travel and shoot. Of course, this is a mobile phone that did not focus on shooting performance back then. However, it is still amazing that the current mobile phone photography, imaging, and experience improvements are so huge.
The AQUOS Crystal mobile phone is generally “outside the gold and jade, but inside it”. The narrow borders that are almost non-existent, and the futuristic square shape are really amazing, but no matter the UI design or the camera, even compared with the iPhone 6 of the year, there is a considerable gap. This mobile phone also reflects a characteristic of Japanese manufacturers, that is, “full score for hardware and zero score for software”. The various innovations in the appearance and the matching design to maintain this unique appearance, such as bone conduction, front lens moving down, etc. are so creative, but the internal UI and camera adjustment are so casual, From here, it is revealed why Japanese manufacturers lost to foreign mobile phone manufacturers.
However, telecom operators Softbank and Sharp were full of confidence in this mobile phone back then, and even recruited Kimura Takuzai as an endorsement and filmed a TV commercial. However, the popularity of Tianwang seemed to be difficult to drive the purchase of this mobile phone back then. Finally, let us take a look at the TV commercials of the year and relive the era of Sharp.
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2023-07-02 10:43:00
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